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Winnipeg Jets forwards Patrik Laine, Nate Thompson head to injured reserve
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have placed forwards Patrik Laine and Nate Thompson on injured reserve.Laine has missed the past three games with an upper-body injury.The second overall pick in the 2016 ...
Jan 22, 2021
Blood Tribe Police arrest man on drug trafficking charge
STANDOFF, AB - Police in the Blood Tribe have made an arrest in regards to the trafficking of crack cocaine.On Wednesday, January 20, officers conducted a traffic stop in Standoff and claim the driver...
Jan 22, 2021
A year after Wuhan lockdown, a world still deep in crisis
Nearly a year to the day after the Chinese city of Wuhan went into lockdown to contain a virus that had already escaped, President Joe Biden began putting into effect a new war plan for fighting the o...
Jan 22, 2021
$500-million wind farm proposed near Lomond, input needed
LOMOND, AB - ABO Wind is proposing to build the largest single-phase wind project in the country right here in Southern Alberta.Located to the north, west, and south of Lomond, the German company want...
Jan 22, 2021
Federal public safety minister suspends sale of decommissioned RCMP vehicles
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has suspended the sale of decommissioned RCMP vehicles, two days after a man in Nova Scotia was arrested for allegedly impersonating an officer while driving...
Jan 22, 2021
'Our Friend' is an opportunity for a good cry - if wanted
NEW YORK - If his new movie, " Our Friend, " makes audiences cry, Jason Segel can sympathize. He recalls being on an airplane and watching a movie that made him break down so uncontrollably that it go...
Jan 22, 2021
Saskatchewan Roughriders add to depth at quarterback with signing of Tom Flacco
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American quarterback Tom Flacco. Flacco joins the Roughriders after two strong seasons at Towson University in Maryland. In his senior year, Flacco wa...
Jan 22, 2021
Provinces doing 'extraordinary' job to avoid wasting doses of COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA - Health Canada says vaccine clinics are doing an "extraordinary" job preventing many doses of precious COVID-19 vaccine from going to waste. Canada has received more than 1.1 million doses of ...
Jan 22, 2021
Alberta premier wants direct compensation from U.S. if Keystone XL pipeline dead
EDMONTON, AB - Premier Jason Kenney is making another demand of Justin Trudeau over the Keystone XL pipeline expansion ahead of the prime minister's call today with new U.S. President Joe Biden.In a l...
Jan 22, 2021
Town of Coaldale issues "cease and desist" to outspoken former employee
COALDALE, AB - The battle between the Town of Coaldale and one of its former employees continues.Kris Mikado used to work in the municipality's maintenance department but was laid off by his now-forme...
Jan 22, 2021