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Calgary Flames send picks to Seattle for Swedish forward Calle Jarnkrok
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames acquired forward Calle Jarnkrok from Seattle on Wednesday as the Kraken started their pre-trade deadline fire sale. The Flames gave up three draft picks: a second-round pi...
Mar 16, 2022
Canadian Pacific Railway issues 72-hour lockout notice on Teamsters Canada
CALGARY - Close to 3,000 employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. could be off the job early Sunday morning. Calgary-based CP Rail said in a release Wednesday that it has issued 72-hour notice to th...
Mar 16, 2022
Hospitalizations drop, 593 new COVID cases in Alberta Wednesday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Wednesday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.593 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 5...
Mar 16, 2022
Alberta proposes more safety for roadside workers
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta government is introducing Bill 5 aimed at improving safety for roadside workers. Under Bill 5, protection is given to roadside maintenance workers and snowplow operators, wh...
Mar 16, 2022
Province to limit reporting of COVID numbers, wind down RAPID testing program
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta Government has announced a couple of changes to the way in which it responds to the COVID-19 pandemic.The province has lifted COVID restrictions twice in 2022 so far, once...
Mar 16, 2022
Two Ontario students survive Texas crash that killed nine
HOBBS, N.M. - Nine people have died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university who were returning home from a golf tournament, authori...
Mar 16, 2022
NHL Notebook: A look at how some NHL coaches navigate the looming trade deadline
Bruce Boudreau was running a recent practice when one of his players skated over for a chat. The Vancouver Canucks head coach assumed winger Conor Garland was going to ask him about trade speculation....
Mar 16, 2022
CRTC bans Russian state-run broadcaster RT from Canadian airwaves
OTTAWA - Canadian broadcasters are no longer allowed to distribute Russia's state-run broadcaster, RT, after the federal regulator found the programming has targeted Ukrainians during the ongoing Russ...
Mar 16, 2022
Additional charges laid in Coutts blockade
COUTTS, AB - RCMP have laid more charges against members of the Coutts convoy.At approximately 11:00 am on February 14, 2022, officers say they were monitoring traffic at a check stop near the protest...
Mar 16, 2022
B.C. premier raises concerns to prime minister about job impact of fish farm closures
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan has written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying federal salmon farm transition plans threaten hundreds of jobs and the economies of coastal...
Mar 16, 2022