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Barrhead’s Gavin Moes commits to Kodiaks men’s volleyball team
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Barrhead, Alberta's Gavin Moes has committed to the Lethbridge College Kodiaks men's volleyball team.The six-foot-seven outside attacker is the third member of the Moes family to repr...
Apr 25, 2022

Medicine Hat woman pleads not guilty to first-degree murder of Calgary woman
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lawyers will now work to set trial dates for a person accused in the death of a woman late last year.In Lethbridge Court of Queen's Bench on Monday, April 25, 2022, Melissa Martens-La...
Apr 25, 2022

Mom of slain Quebec boys seeking compensation over alleged youth protection failures
MONTREAL - The mother of two deceased boys whose father is accused of killing them is seeking $2 million from the Quebec government because she says youth protection services failed her family. In a l...
Apr 25, 2022

Rich trio back on Earth after charter trip to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Three rich businessmen returned from the International Space Station with their astronaut escort Monday, wrapping up a pricey trip that marked NASA's debut as a B&B hos...
Apr 25, 2022

Carey Price, Ryan Getzlaf headline 2022 Masterton Trophy nominees
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price and outgoing NHL star Ryan Getzlaf of the Anaheim Ducks are among the nominees for the 2022 Bill Masterton Trophy. Each of the Professional Hockey Writers Ass...
Apr 25, 2022

Key interest rate could soon go up another half percentage point, central bank says
OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada is signalling Canada's key interest rate could go up another half percentage point in June to help wrestle inflation under control. Tick Macklem is appearin...
Apr 25, 2022

Many knew of N.S. killer's replica RCMP patrol car but didn't report to police
HALIFAX - A public inquiry heard today that many people knew about a replica patrol car owned by the gunman in Nova Scotia's mass shooting, but they didn't inform police of his activities. The killer ...
Apr 25, 2022

Toronto Raptors' all-star guard VanVleet ruled out of Game 5 in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA - The Toronto Raptors will not have all-star guard Fred VanVleet in the lineup for Monday's playoff game with the Philadelphia 76ers. VanVleet has been ruled out of Game 5 with a strained...
Apr 25, 2022

17 dead in Russian military research facility fire last week
MOSCOW (AP) - At least 17 people have died in last week's fire at a Russian military research facility, authorities said Monday. The regional government in Tver, a city about 180 kilometers (112 miles...
Apr 25, 2022

Upcoming census release to show how country is aging, detail gender for first time
OTTAWA - To Parminder Raina, age is really just a number - scientifically speaking. Raina, the scientific director of the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, points to the difference between com...
Apr 25, 2022