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4 ways to avoid crashes this winter: SGI
It's no surprise that collisions in Saskatchewan increase in winter time. On Thursday, crown insurance company SGI hosted a media event centred around providing tips to avoid crashes.Tyler McMurchy wi...
Jan 21, 2024

No recharge: long-term Prairie drought raises concerns over groundwater levels
EDMONTON - In the middle of an Alberta mountain playground, adjacent to a popular ski resort, there's a well sunk into the bedrock that has John Pomeroy worried. The Marmot Creek well in Kananaskis Co...
Jan 21, 2024

Officials report at least 18 dead in shelling of a market in Russian-occupied Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - At least 18 people were killed Sunday by shelling at a market on the outskirts of the city of Donetsk in Russian-occupied Ukraine, local officials reported Sunday. A further 13 pe...
Jan 21, 2024

Vancouver's Bar Haifa is a 'love letter' to co-owners' Jewish and Palestinian roots
VANCOUVER - The collaborators behind restaurants in Vancouver and Toronto have Palestinian, Jewish and Israeli roots, and acknowledge they don't always agree. "Imagine 38 tastings for a falafel, and t...
Jan 21, 2024

Raiders drop heartbreaker to Rebels
Wins have been hard to come by for the Prince Albert Raiders so far in 2024. Saturday night in Red Deer proved no different. Tied 1-1 with the high flying Rebels in the dying minutes of the third peri...
Jan 21, 2024

Challenger Dricus du Plessis wins split decision over Sean Strickland at UFC 297
TORONTO - South African challenger Dricus (Stillknocks) Du Plessis dethroned middleweight champion Sean Strickland, winning a split decision after a five-round gruelling battle in the main event of UF...
Jan 21, 2024

Oilers win 13th straight by dousing Flames 3-1
CALGARY - Sam Gagner's fluke goal was the game winner and Stuart Skinner made 26 saves as the Edmonton Oilers won their 13th game in a row with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night over the Calgary Flames....
Jan 20, 2024

Homan, Bottcher advance to Grand Slam finals
RED DEER, Alta. - Rachel Homan of Ottawa will be playing in Sunday night's Grand Slam championship final at the Co-op Canadian Open. Homan, and her crew of third Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew and l...
Jan 20, 2024

Rouge nets shootout winner as Toronto edges Poulin, Montreal 4-3
MONTREAL - Lauriane Rougeau scored the shootout winner as Toronto edged Montreal 4-3 in the first Professional Women's Hockey League game between the two rival cities on Saturday night at Verdun Audit...
Jan 20, 2024

Canada's Jasmine Jasudavicius dominates Zombie Girl in UFC 297 undercard win
TORONTO - Canadian bantamweight Jasmine Jasudavicius dominated Brazil's Priscila (Zombie Girl) Cachoeira on the ground en route to a third-round submission win Saturday night on the undercard of UFC 2...
Jan 20, 2024