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Canadian soldier killed in Netherlands in Second World War identified
OTTAWA - The Defence Department says it's identified remains of a Canadian soldier buried in a cemetery in the Netherlands near the end of the Second World War. Trooper Henry George Johnston's identit...
Nov 02, 2020
'Very kind:" Slain doctor remembered by colleagues, patients
RED DEER, Alta. - An Alberta family doctor slain in his medical clinic is being remember as a kind practitioner, a devoted dad and a jokester.Dr. Walter Reynolds, 45, was "the best colleague I ever ha...
Aug 11, 2020
'Do our lives count for less?': COVID-19 exposes cracks in disability aid
Karyn Keith says she isn't asking for much. All she wants is the same support she'd receive if she was out of a job because of the pandemic, rather than unable to work because...
Aug 09, 2020
1974-75 Lethbridge Native Sons among 2020 Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees
CANMORE, AB. -- A Lethbridge team figured prominently in the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame 2020 Induction Class.The 1975 Canada Winter Games and Alberta Junior B provincial champions, the Lethbridge Nat...
Jul 20, 2020
'I love this country:' Brazilian cowboy nears end of epic horse ride in Calgary
WAIPAROUS VILLAGE, Alta. - Filipe Masetti Leite stops for a break from another long day in the saddle on his year-long trek encountering bugs, bears, buffalo and bad weather. The Brazil...
Jul 01, 2020
Leafs star Auston Matthews tests positive for COVID-19
TORONTO, ON - Toronto Maple Leafs Center Auston Matthews has tested positive for COVID-19 two National Hockey League sources outside Toronto have confirmed Friday (June 19).The NHL have reported the 2...
Jun 19, 2020
Team member killed in Snowbirds crash remembered as proud native of Halifax
HALIFAX - A member of the Canadian Armed Forces killed in the crash of a Snowbirds aerobatic team jet is being remembered as a proud native of Halifax. Capt. Jenn Casey, a public affairs officer, died...
May 18, 2020
'What's going to happen?' Alberta teen recounts brush with death from COVID-19
OKOTOKS, Alta. - Matt Greenshields never worried about COVID-19 until he found himself thinking about death as he was being wheeled down the empty, darkened hallways of a hospital on his way...
Apr 15, 2020
Youth worker, hockey coach one of Alberta's latest COVID-19 victims
HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. - The wife of a northern Alberta man who died this week of complications due to COVID-19 says he will be remembered as a loving father and someone who cared for youth in his commun...
Mar 31, 2020
Flames executive Ken King dead at 68
CALGARY, AB. -- Flames executive Ken King has died. He was 68.King, from Hanley, Sask., was vice-chair and chief executive officer of Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation, which owns the Flame...
Mar 12, 2020 Ken King -- The Canadian Press