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Curbing Canadian forest fires could be an affordable way to cut emissions: study
Better wildfire management in Canadian and Alaskan forests could offer a cost-effective way to limit greenhouse gas emissions, a new study says. Research published in the journal Science Advances on W...
Apr 27, 2022
COVID creeping back up in Alberta as all reported metrics rising
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest weekly report on COVID-19. The numbers reported in this update reflect data from April 19-25, 2022.In that time, 6,592 cases were confirmed across...
Apr 27, 2022
Passersby tried to rob dying victim: Saskatchewan woman sentenced in fatal stabbing
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan woman who stabbed her victim outside a mall where people robbed her as she lay dying has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for manslaughter. Latisha Grumbo,...
Apr 27, 2022
After lengthy injury layoff, Toronto FC's Ayo Akinola is ready for liftoff
TORONTO - An unused substitute in Toronto FC's last two games, forward Ayo Akinola is still waiting for liftoff. It's been a long road back from knee surgery last August. But the 22-year-old from Bram...
Apr 27, 2022
Former Toronto FC goalkeeper Freddy Hall dies in Bermuda car crash
HAMILTON, Bermuda - Bermuda goalkeeper Freddy Hall, who played 11 games for Toronto FC in 2012, has died in a car crash. He was 37. 'Toronto FC mourns the loss of goalkeeper Freddy Hall. Everyone at t...
Apr 27, 2022
Emergencies Act inquiry 'could' get access to cabinet secrets: Mendicino
OTTAWA - The public safety minister says the judge tasked with leading a public inquiry into the government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act will have access to information that "could" includ...
Apr 27, 2022
Blue Jays place reliever Ryan Borucki on 10-day injured list with finger blister
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays placed reliever Ryan Borucki on the 10-day injured list on Wednesday with a left middle finger blister and recalled left-hander Andrew Vasquez from triple-A Buffalo. Ma...
Apr 27, 2022
Legislation introduced to improve affordability of electricity for Albertans
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has introduced a bill focused on modernizing the province's electricity system to improve affordability for Albertans.Bill 22, known as the Electricity Statute...
Apr 27, 2022
"Could be us" — Nick Nurse believes Raptors are capable of historic comeback
TORONTO - The morning after the Toronto Raptors' heartbreaking overtime loss to Philadelphia that dumped them into a seemingly insurmountable 3-0 series hole, coach Nick Nurse had a simple message for...
Apr 27, 2022
Southern Alberta woman to face trial this fall for allegedly trying to mail pets
VULCAN, AB - Trial dates have been set for a woman charged with causing an animal to be in distress.Jill Heather Marshall, 56, was arrested in June 2019. She is from the Village of Milo in Vulcan Coun...
Apr 27, 2022