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Officials report progress on Alberta wildfires as many evacuees return home
EDMONTON - Officials in Alberta say there has been significant progress in the fight against wildfires in the province due to rain, cooler weather and the efforts of firefighters. Several evacuated co...
May 24, 2023

Biden picks history-making Air Force fighter pilot to serve as next Joint Chiefs chairman
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is tapping a history-making Air Force fighter pilot with years of experience in shaping U.S. defenses to meet China's rise to serve...
May 24, 2023

Lethbridge walk raises awareness about schizophrenia
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A walk to raise awareness about schizophrenia was held across Alberta, including in Lethbridge on May 24, 2023. The Lethbridge branch of the Schizophrenia Society of Alberta (SSA) hel...
May 24, 2023

Busy week in professional golf sees 14 Canadians in action across six events
A busy week in golf sees six professional tournaments with 14 Canadians playing in them across the Americas. LPGA TOUR - Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., faces South Korea's Yaeeun Hong on the ...
May 24, 2023

Chinese hackers targeted U.S. infrastructure, warn Five Eyes, including Canada
WASHINGTON - The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security is warning about evidence that Chinese hackers have been targeting critical infrastructure networks in the U.S. The alert issued earlier today is pa...
May 24, 2023

Canada's Leylah Fernandez eliminated from Morocco Open with loss to Stearns
RABAT, Morocco - Canada's Leylah Fernandez is out of the Morocco Open after a 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 loss to Peyton Stearns of the United States in second-round action Wednesday. The fifth-seeded Fernandez, fr...
May 24, 2023

Stampeders sign veteran Canadian linebacker Jordan Herdman-Reed
CALGARY - National linebacker Jordan Herdman-Reed has signed with the Calgary Stampeders. The 29-year-old has played in 69 regular-season CFL games over five seasons with the B.C. Lions and Saskatchew...
May 24, 2023

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime advances to quarterfinals of Lyon Open
LYON, France - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Lyon Open. He beat Spain's Pablo Llamas Ruiz 7-5, 6-2 to move on at the outdoor clay court event. Auger-Aliassi...
May 24, 2023

Pathologist in B.C. murder trial defends independence, impartiality
VANCOUVER - A pathologist who performed an autopsy on the body of a 13-year-old girl found dead in a park defended his impartiality as an expert during cross-examination in the murder trial of Ibrahim...
May 24, 2023

Canadian MPs ask Trudeau to condemn Pakistan arrest of ex-PM Imran Khan
OTTAWA - More than a dozen MPs in the Canada-Pakistan friendship group are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to call out Pakistan's arrest of its former prime minister. Imran Khan, who is now the o...
May 24, 2023