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Western Energy sends drilling rig to southern U.S. as Canadian activity dries up
CALGARY — Drilling companies continue to move rigs from Western Canada to the more active oilfields of the southern United States. Calgary-based Western Energy Services Corp. says it moved a dri...
Feb 13, 2019
Students, physicians in Calgary call for government crackdown on teen vaping
CALGARY – A group of students and physicians in Calgary want the federal and Alberta governments to crack down on teen vaping. SAAVE which stands for Stop Addicting Adolescents to Vaping and E-c...
Feb 13, 2019
First period flurry powers Hurricanes past Hitmen 6-2
LETHBRIDGE, AB - On the backs of five 1st period goals, the Lethbridge Hurricanes snapped their three-game losing streak with a decisive 6-2 win over the Calgary Hitmen on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Lethbrid...
Feb 13, 2019
Producers plan TV show set, filmed in southeast Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska - Los Angeles-based producers are working to develop a TV series that would be set and filmed in southeast Alaska. Helena Sardinha and Rafael Thomaseto are planning an eight-episode ant...
Feb 13, 2019
Tenth Care from the Heart Radio-a-thon expects to push decade of giving past $2 Million
LETHBRIDGE — Once again this year, the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation hopes to raise $230,000 during Thursday's (Feb 14) Care from the Heart Radio-a-thon. While the goal has been the same ...
Feb 13, 2019
Too big to sell: Airbus bids pained adieu to superjumbo A380
TOULOUSE, France - To passengers, the A380 feels immediately different - spacious, smooth and oddly elegant for a jet so gargantuan. Yet to Airbus, it’s become a burden so super-sized that the E...
Feb 13, 2019
Crosby, Penguins trip up McDavid, Oilers 3-1
PITTSBURGH - The NHL’s most electric playmaker swooping in on him and his team’s one-goal lead very much in doubt, Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray did something that’s kin...
Feb 13, 2019
Siakam, Anunoby lead Raptors past Wizards with Leonard watching from bench
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam got chants of “MVP, MVP.” Jeremy Lin, just hours after landing in Toronto, got a standing ovation as he made his Raptors debut. It made for a feel-good night as Tor...
Feb 13, 2019
China, US start trade talks ahead of tariff deadline
BEIJING - U.S. and Chinese negotiators have begun trade talks President Donald Trump says will help decide whether he postpones a planned tariff increase on $200 billion of imports from China. Busines...
Feb 13, 2019
Wisconsin Senate refuses to honour Colin Kaepernick
MADISON, Wis. - Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate refused to mention NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a resolution honouring Black History Month passed Wednesday, rejecting calls from De...
Feb 13, 2019