Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Five charged after police allegedly shot at from speeding SUV
The RCMP says officers' lives were in danger when the occupants of a speeding SUV shot at a police vehicle on New Year's Day. The incident happened in a rural area near the Onion Lake Cree Nation, whi...
Jan 06, 2021
Longtime Calgary Stampeders kicker Rene Paredes re-signs with CFL club
The Calgary Stampeders have re-signed Canadian kicker Rene Paredes. The undrafted free agent out of Montreal's Concordia University will enter his 10th season with the Stamps in 2021. The native of Pi...
Jan 06, 2021
LeBron, Marquette, Bucks react to ruling in Kenosha shooting
LeBron James called a prosecutor's decision not to file charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in Wisconsin this summer a "blow to the heart and to the gut." Back in Wisconsin, th...
Jan 06, 2021
CP NewsAlert: U.S. beats Canada to capture gold at world junior hockey championship
EDMONTON - The United States topped Canada 2-0 on Tuesday to win the world junior hockey championship. The Canadians were undefeated at the 2021 tournament and aiming to repeat as gold-medal winners, ...
Jan 05, 2021
Finland beats Russia 4-1, wins world junior bronze medal
EDMONTON - Captain Anton Lundell had a pair of goals, and Finland held on to beat Russia 4-1 and claim bronze at the world junior hockey championship on Tuesday.Mikko Petman and Juuso Parssinen also s...
Jan 05, 2021
Curling broadcast experience will likely mimic other sports, mic'ed athletes a plus
Cardboard fan cutouts. Artificial crowd noise. In-house big screens. The curling broadcast experience in the fan-free Calgary bubble may borrow some new features from other sports that have come back ...
Jan 05, 2021
Chemisty key as Canucks add new faces, take on new roles heading in unusual season
VANCOUVER - He may have been a finalist for the NHL's rookie of the year award last season, but Quinn Hughes is already planning to take another step this year. The Canucks lost several key players in...
Jan 05, 2021
RCMP arrests suspect in November abduction on One Arrow First Nation
A 26-year-old woman is to appear in Melfort Provincial Court on Thursday in connection with an incident that occurred in November on the One Arrow First Nation. The woman, who had been the subject of ...
Jan 05, 2021
World junior men's hockey championship in Edmonton achieved with few COVID-19 hiccups
The 2021 world junior men's hockey championship had a shaky start, but Hockey Canada, the International Ice Hockey Federation and Edmonton's organizing committee pulled it off in a global pandemic. Us...
Jan 05, 2021
Former NHL coach, GM John Muckler remembered as master strategist
EDMONTON - Long before the days of analytics and performance coaches, John Muckler brought a keen strategic mind to the free-wheeling Edmonton Oilers. The former NHL coach and general manager was reme...
Jan 05, 2021
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8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...
