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Alexandria Loutitt wins Canada's first ski jumping world title
PLANICA, Slovenia - Alexandria Loutitt became Canada's first-ever ski jumping world champion Wednesday with a gold medal in the women's large hill event. The 19-year-old from Calgary totalled 254.4 po...
Mar 01, 2023

Alberta to introduce bill to include federal officials in trespassing rules
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says federal officials have trespassed on private land and they are putting forward a bill to stop it. Government House Leader Joseph Schow declined to provide detail...
Mar 01, 2023

B.C. and Ottawa reach $27 billion health funding agreement
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has agreed in principle to a $27.47 billion deal for health-care funding from the federal government. The agreement is a step toward completing a $196-billi...
Mar 01, 2023

La Ronge festivals in dire need of volunteers or faced with cancellation
Volunteers are needed for two summer festivals that won't likely go ahead unless help is found. That's according to La Ronge Deputy-Mayor Viviana Ruiz-Arcand, who shared the news at a regular council ...
Mar 01, 2023

Oilers captain Connor McDavid named NHL's first star for February
NEW YORK - Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid is the NHL's first star for the month of February. Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon earned second star honours and Boston Bruins goaltender ...
Mar 01, 2023

Toronto Raptors send five players to G-League affiliate during road trip
The Toronto Raptors sent five players to their G-League affiliate on Wednesday Canadian guard Dalano Banton, centre Christian Koloko and swingman Joe Wieskamp were all put on assignment to Raptors 905...
Mar 01, 2023

UK: Remains of baby found after missing couple arrested
LONDON (AP) - British police said they found the remains of a 2-month old baby Wednesday after officers arrested the infant's mother and her boyfriend, who vanished after the child was born in early J...
Mar 01, 2023

Flames remain confident in playoff chances despite recent struggles
CALGARY, United Kingdom - The Calgary Flames have work to do to get back into playoff position in the NHL. The Flames are five points out of Western Conference wild-card spot with a quarter of their r...
Mar 01, 2023

Saskatchewan bans TikTok from government-owned mobile devices
The Saskatchewan government said Wednesday that TikTok's time is up on government mobile devices."Following discussion with the federal Chief Information Officer and the provincial Information & P...
Mar 01, 2023

Number of temporary foreign workers in Quebec on the rise, labour minister says
QUEBEC - The number of temporary foreign workers is on the rise in Quebec, and the province's labour minister says he expects the trend to continue. Jean Boulet told a news conference today that the n...
Mar 01, 2023