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Quebec Nordiques fans turn up to see Kings, but still mourn lost hockey team
QUBEC - NHL hockey is back in Quebec City this week, but the Los Angeles Kings aren't the team that fans of the long-departed Quebec Nordiques have longed to see. In his Quebec City basement, surround...
Oct 03, 2024

Quebec Nordiques fans turn up to see Kings, but still mourn lost hockey team
QUBEC - NHL hockey is back in Quebec City this week, but the Los Angeles Kings aren't the team that fans of the long-departed Quebec Nordiques have longed to see. In his Quebec City basement, surround...
Oct 03, 2024

Strike vote looms for Alberta nurses union as informal mediation talks unsuccessful
Alberta's nurses could soon find themselves on the picket line as recent talks with the provincial government failed to secure a new agreement.David Harrigan, with the United Nurses of Alberta, says l...
Oct 03, 2024

Crowsnest Pass Music Festival celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025
The Crowsnest Pass Music Festival - a member of the Alberta Music Festival Association - is approaching its 100th anniversary in the Spring of 2025. The Crownest Pass Music Festival was originally sta...
Oct 03, 2024

Funding secured to continue Lethbridge Polytechnic's programs at correctional centre
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Polytechnic will continue to offer courses to inmates at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre (LCC).The Government of Alberta has announced $2.1 million over the next three y...
Oct 03, 2024

Saskatchewan Party pledges rebate help for youth in sports, arts if re-elected
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The Saskatchewan Party is promising more help for parents trying to keep their children in sports and the arts. With a provincial election set for Oct. 28, Saskatchewan Party Le...
Oct 03, 2024

Coalhurst launches housing survey
COALHURST, AB - One community near Lethbridge wants to hear from current, past and prospective residents as it plans for the future.The Town of Coalhurst has launched a housing survey.Community Housin...
Oct 03, 2024

Montreal police probe whether incendiary materials tied to Middle East conflict
MONTREAL - Montreal police say they are investigating whether five people arrested Wednesday in possession of incendiary materials could have been planning something in connection to the war in the Mi...
Oct 03, 2024

Jury mulling fate of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' fatal beating
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The future of three former Memphis officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols' civil rights in a beating that proved fatal is in the hands of a jury after a nearly monthlong fe...
Oct 03, 2024

Human connections bring hope in North Carolina after devastation of Helene
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) - Sarah Vekasi is a potter who runs a store in Black Mountain, North Carolina, called Sarah Sunshine Pottery, named after her normally bubbly personality. But these days she'...
Oct 03, 2024