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Canadian women's hockey team cautious after COVID cases, no more games until Beijing

Canadian women's hockey team cautious after COVID cases, no more games until Beijing

CALGARY — Canada's women's hockey team won't play any more games before the Winter Olympics and will enter a bubble to ensure players can board a plane to Beijing in less than a month.
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Man found guilty of manslaughter in Edmonton after confessing he attacked his son

Man found guilty of manslaughter in Edmonton after confessing he attacked his son

EDMONTON — A judge has ruled a 27-year-old man who confessed to undercover officers is guilty of manslaughter in the death of his six-month-old son. Christopher Lamarche was originally charged with second-degree murder.
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WHL suspends activities for Moose Jaw, Red Deer and Edmonton due to COVID-10

WHL suspends activities for Moose Jaw, Red Deer and Edmonton due to COVID-10

CALGARY — The Western Hockey League has postponed five games after suspending team activities for the Edmonton Oil Kings, Moose Jaw Warriors and Red Deer Rebels.
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Calgary home sales up 45% in December, year ends with record sales: real estate board

Calgary home sales up 45% in December, year ends with record sales: real estate board

CALGARY — The Calgary Real Estate Board says December sales climbed by nearly 45 per cent year-over-year as 2021 ended with a record number of homes changing hands.
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Hockey federation investigates incident with Russia's junior team at Calgary airport

Hockey federation investigates incident with Russia's junior team at Calgary airport

CALGARY — A New Year's Eve disturbance on an Air Canada plane which some passengers have said was related to bad behavior by Russia's world junior hockey team does not appear to have resulted in any charges, but the International Ice Hockey Federatio
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Exhibition game between Canadian women's hockey team, Calgary Cannons cancelled

Exhibition game between Canadian women's hockey team, Calgary Cannons cancelled

CALGARY — The final contest of a four-game exhibition series between the Canadian women's hockey team and the Alberta Junior Hockey League has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. The women's team was scheduled to face the Calgary Canucks on Jan.
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Elks sign three Canadians, including veteran lineman David Foucault

Elks sign three Canadians, including veteran lineman David Foucault

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have signed Canadian lineman David Foucault, defensive back Mike Dubuisson and kicker Greg Hutchins. Foucault appeared in 13 games with the Montreal Alouettes in 2021 before being released on Dec. 20.
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Alberta's isolation period for COVID-19 cases drops from 10 days to five today

Alberta's isolation period for COVID-19 cases drops from 10 days to five today

EDMONTON — Effective today, people in Alberta with at least two doses of vaccine who test positive for COVID-19 will only need to isolate for five days instead of 10.
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Canadians Sebastien Toutant, Brendan Mackay capture World Cup gold in Calgary

Canadians Sebastien Toutant, Brendan Mackay capture World Cup gold in Calgary

CALGARY — Canadian snowboarder Sebastien Toutant laid down two terrific runs to ride to gold at the men's Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup on Saturday, before freestyle skier Brendan Mackay did the same in the men’s Freeski Halfpipe for a repeat perfor
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Russian, Czech junior hockey teams removed from plane

Russian, Czech junior hockey teams removed from plane

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Members of the Russian and Czech Republic world junior hockey teams were removed from a New Year’s Eve flight from Calgary to Frankfurt, Germany, with fellow passengers saying the Russian squad caused a disturbance by smoking
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