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Athlete Women Empowered Classic to showcase basketball teams led by Black women
A unique collegiate basketball tournament is coming to Toronto to encourage more Black, Indigenous and racialized women to get into coaching. The Athlete Women Empowered Classic, a four-team U Sports ...
Oct 13, 2023
Israeli shelling along Lebanon border kills 1 journalist, wounds 6
ALMA Al-SHAAB, Lebanon (AP) - An Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon, killing a Reuters videographer and leaving six other ...
Oct 13, 2023
Home Health Monitoring Project shows quality of life improvements for central Albertans
A home health monitoring project is showing an improvement in the quality of life for central Albertans, according to non-profit organization Health Cities. In 2012, Pearl O'Gorman says she received a...
Oct 13, 2023
Effort to recall Medicine Hat mayor requires signatures of 40 per cent of eligible voters
MEDICINE HAT - The clock is ticking on an effort to recall Medicine Hat Mayor Linnsie Clark.The city of Medicine Hat has received official notice of a mayoral recall petition in accordance with the mu...
Oct 13, 2023
Former Mountie acknowledges tension between intelligence units within RCMP
OTTAWA - A former senior Mountie acknowledges there were tensions from time to time between an intelligence unit he led and one run by Cameron Jay Ortis, who is charged with breaching Canada's secrets...
Oct 13, 2023
Governments of Canada and Alberta sign bilateral agreement to end gender-based violence
The Governments of Canada and Alberta signed a bilateral agreement on Thursday to end gender-based violence (GBV). The province will receive $54 million in federal funding to develop and deploy a 10-y...
Oct 13, 2023
Surrey, B.C., to ask court to review provincial order to stay with municipal police
SURREY, B.C. - The City of Surrey says it will file a petition with the Supreme Court of British Columbia for a judicial review of the provincial government's order that forces it to continue the tran...
Oct 13, 2023
Rare eclipse due Saturday over western B.C., but clouds could block the show
VANCOUVER - Western British Columbia will be the best place in Canada to view a rare annular solar eclipse set to happen Saturday, but cloudy skies could obscure the phenomenon for many viewers. An an...
Oct 13, 2023
US says North Korea delivered 1,000 containers of equipment and munitions to Russia for Ukraine war
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House said on Friday that North Korea has delivered more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions to Russia for its ongoing war in Ukraine. Speculation abo...
Oct 13, 2023
Andre De Grasse shares life lessons from on and off the track in new book
Reflecting on how he overcame obstacles in the past helped Andre De Grasse break out of his funk in 2023. De Grasse had to look back at his life and his career while writing his new book "Ignite: Unlo...
Oct 13, 2023