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NBA suspends Ja Morant 8 games for having gun in video
MIAMI (AP) - The NBA has suspended Memphis Grizzilies guard Ja Morant eight games without pay, after determining that his holding a firearm at a club in suburban Denver earlier this month was "conduct...
Mar 15, 2023
Competition Bureau recommends merger review reforms in submission to Ottawa
OTTAWA - Canada's competition regulator is urging Ottawa to enact safeguards with respect to large-scale mergers by shifting the burden to the merging companies to prove why their deals are unlikely t...
Mar 15, 2023
Alberta's plan to mandate police body cameras could be expensive: criminologist
CALGARY - A Calgary criminologist says Alberta's plan to make all police services in the province use body cameras could come with prohibitive costs and take a long time to put in place. Public Safety...
Mar 15, 2023
Lethbridge Sport Council announces winners of Achievement Awards
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Sport Council has announced the winners of its 2022 Achievement Awards. A total of 15 recipients will be recognized and honoured for their significant contributions thr...
Mar 15, 2023
Five of eight Canadian Premier League teams set to make playoffs this season
The Canadian Premier League is expanding its playoffs to include a fifth team. Previously the top four clubs in the eight-team league made the post-season, with No. 1 facing No. 4 and Nov. 2 taking on...
Mar 15, 2023
US, Russian military chiefs resume contact to discuss drone
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he spoke to his Russian counterpart on Wednesday about the destruction of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea, which had brought the two countries clo...
Mar 15, 2023
Rodgers plans to play for Jets in 2023, awaits Packers' move
Aaron Rodgers said Wednesday he intends to play for the New York Jets in 2023 after 18 seasons in Green Bay as the four-time NFL MVP quarterback waits for the Packers to trade him. Rodgers made his co...
Mar 15, 2023
Rodgers says he intends to play for Jets this coming season
Aaron Rodgers says his intention is to play for the New York Jets in the coming season as the four-time NFL MVP quarterback waits for the Green Bay Packers to trade him. Rodgers made his comments Wedn...
Mar 15, 2023
Federal and Alberta governments to study oilsands tailings leak communication
EDMONTON - The Alberta and federal governments say they will work together to understand what happened around public notifications of toxic seepage at an oilsands tailings pond. Alberta environment mi...
Mar 15, 2023
Victoria group lends a helping hand to Ukraine, setting up prosthetic clinics
Nick Dechev was startled when an air raid siren blared across a medical site in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv last month. The resident of Victoria, B.C., was in Lviv setting up one of two prosthe...
Mar 15, 2023