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Miller puts up four points, Canucks snap Flames' 10-game win streak with lopsided win
VANCOUVER - The Calgary Flames saw their extended win streak extinguished in dramatic fashion Thursday with a lopsided 7-1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks. J.T. Miller scored twice - including on a pena...
Feb 24, 2022

Russia presses invasion to outskirts of Ukrainian capital
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital Friday after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three s...
Feb 24, 2022

Matthews scores twice as Leafs beat Wild 3-1 to end losing streak
TORONTO - Little has gone right for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the past week. The team was stuck in a slump with a three-game losing streak. Defenceman Jake Muzzin suffered his second concussion in fi...
Feb 24, 2022

RCMP advise public of "policing incident" in Picture Butte
PICTURE BUTTE, AB - UPDATE: Suspect injured in officer-involved shooting in Picture Butte, ASIRT investigatingOriginal story below:Residents of Picture Butte are being advised of what RCMP are referri...
Feb 24, 2022

Alberta presents balanced budget for 2022
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta is back in the black.Premier Jason Kenney and Finance Minister Travis Toews announced the 2022 Budget Thursday, February 24, and according to Kenney, the deficit is gone. Kenney...
Feb 24, 2022

Active COVID cases fall sharply in South Zone
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Thursday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.682 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 52...
Feb 24, 2022

CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matte...
Feb 24, 2022

Canada's over all farm income forecast to see record growth in 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Even in the face of many challenges in 2021, Canada's agriculture sector contributed nearly $140 billion to the national economy, and was responsible for more than 2 million jobs ac...
Feb 24, 2022

Toronto Raptors player Svi Mykhailiuk condemns Russian attack on Ukraine
Svi Mykhailiuk of the Toronto Raptors has condemned the Russian attack on his Ukrainian homeland. On his Instagram account on Thursday, Mykhailiuk posted a joint statement with fellow Ukrainian NBA pl...
Feb 24, 2022

Michael Moldaver to retire from Supreme Court of Canada in September
OTTAWA - Justice Michael Moldaver plans to step down from the Supreme Court of Canada on Sept. 1, a few months before he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 75. Chief Justice Richard Wagner says M...
Feb 24, 2022