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Ottawa, Pacific and Forge coaches up for Canadian Premier League award
TORONTO - Atletico Ottawa's Carlos Gonzalez, Pacific FC's James Merriman and Forge FC's Bobby Smyrniotis are the finalists for Canadian Premier League coach of the year. Voting involved the head coach...
Oct 19, 2022

Panthers put D Aaron Ekblad on long-term injured reserve
SUNRISE, Fla. - The Florida Panthers will be without top defenseman Aaron Ekblad until at least mid-November, and quite possibly longer, after the team putting him on the long-term injured reserve lis...
Oct 19, 2022

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to skip Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has declined an invitation to attend the Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner on Saturday night, an event that was on a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. It'...
Oct 19, 2022

Recommended breast cancer screening age lowered to 45 in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Women in Alberta are now being advised to get an early start on regular breast cancer screening.The Alberta Breast Cancer Screening Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) Committee has upd...
Oct 19, 2022

Rotary Club of Lethbridge East opens applications for 2023 $10,000 Ag Scholarship Program
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Applications are now open for the 2023 Agricultural Scholarship Program from the Rotary Club of Lethbridge East.The program offers $10,000 for eligible post-secondary undergraduate st...
Oct 19, 2022

Governments weren't always working in tandem during 'Freedom Convoy': Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there were times during the "Freedom Convoy" protests last winter that the three levels of government were not working together as well as they could. But h...
Oct 19, 2022

Police chief said 'Freedom Convoy' would end by first Monday: ex-police board chair
OTTAWA - The former chair of Ottawa's police board says the chief of police told her in late January that he would be very surprised if the "Freedom Convoy" protesters stayed for longer than one weeke...
Oct 19, 2022

Estimate puts hurricane Fiona insured damages at $660 million
An initial estimate by Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. suggests hurricane Fiona caused $660 million in insured damage. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the storm was the most costly ext...
Oct 19, 2022

Putin declares martial law in annexed regions of Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law Wednesday in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed and given additional emergency powers to the heads of all regions of Ru...
Oct 19, 2022

Toronto Raptors set to tip new season off against Cavaliers at Scotiabank Arena
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to Scotiabank Arena for their regular-season opener tonight. Toronto has kept much of its roster from last year, with second-round draft p...
Oct 19, 2022