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Leafs' Muzzin ready for 1st game versus Kings as Tavares inches closer to return
TORONTO - Jake Muzzin will be in uncharted waters. The big defenceman has made a home on the Maple Leafs' blue line since the Los Angeles Kings traded him to Toronto nine months ago. A calmi...
Nov 04, 2019

Calgary Dinos uniforms stolen ahead of U Sports women's soccer championship
CALGARY - A set of University of Calgary women's soccer uniforms was stolen ahead of the team's appearance at the national championship starting Thursday. Head coach Troye Flannery said the ...
Nov 04, 2019

Scientists using aerial drones to compare northern and southern whale behaviour
VANCOUVER - Scientists at the University of British Columbia are using aerial drones to study whether endangered southern resident killer whales are getting enough of their preferred pr...
Nov 04, 2019

'I need answers:' Slain caseworker's sister in court as mental exam ordered
CALGARY - The sister of a caseworker who was stabbed to death while on the job at an assisted-living home says she doesn't want any other family to suffer the same way. Nancy Euwangue travel...
Nov 04, 2019

Raptors' VanVleet "humbled" by chance to give back to basketball in Rockford
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet is giving back to basketball in his hometown of Rockford, Ill. The Toronto Raptors guard has sponsored the VanVleet Court at the BMO Harris Bank Center in R...
Nov 04, 2019

Second trial underway for Raymond man facing historical sex assault charges
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A second trial got underway Monday, Nov. 4, in Court of Queen's Bench, involving a 51-year-old Raymond man, charged with a series of historical sexual assaults dating back between 198...
Nov 04, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

River otter likely snuck through open gates to get to Vancouver koi pond
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver park board official says a hungry river otter following the scent of fresh koi likely scaled a fence or took advantage of a brief opening of gates at a downtown garde...
Nov 04, 2019

Local company fined for workplace accident
REGINA -- A southern Alberta company has been fined 60-thousand dollars for a workplace accident in Saskatchewan that seriously injured a worker.Varsteel Limited of Lethbridge pleaded guilty in a Regi...
Nov 04, 2019 VarSteel - Photo credit to Var Steel Lethbridge web site

Load management still hot topic with VanVleet, Lowry logging career-high minutes
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet would prefer nobody noticed the major minutes he's been logging this season. The Toronto Raptors guard is averaging a career-high 37.8 minutes as a starter through six gam...
Nov 04, 2019

Draisaitl's OT winner lifts Oilers past Penguins
PITTSBURGH - Goaltender Mike Smith and forward Leon Draisaitl stole the spotlight for the Edmonton Oilers in a game that featured NHL superstars Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid. Smith stopped 51 shot...
Nov 04, 2019