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ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO — Saskatchewan's Jason Ackerman dropped his first game of the Canadian mixed curling championship Thursday, but remained among the frontrunners for a semifinal berth.

CALGARY — Bobby Smyrniotis, shut out in five previous nominations, finally has a Coach of the Year Award to go with his four Canadian Premier League titles.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — Alberta Forestry Minister Todd Loewen says the decision to lift limits on trapping and harvesting for animals like wolverines is being done to get more data on how many there are.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s finance minister has sacked the chief executive officer and entire board of directors of Alberta Investment Management Corp.

Average asking rents declined nationally on a year-over-year basis for the first time in more than three years in October, said a report out Thursday. The report from Rentals.

PEACE RIVER, Alta. — A scaffolding company has been ordered to pay $350,000 over a fatal workplace fall in northwestern Alberta.

TORONTO — Bo Levi Mitchell is a CFL all-star for the third time.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp.'s Southeast Gateway pipeline project in Mexico is on track to come in 11 per cent below budget and should be operational no later than mid-2025, the Calgary-based company said Thursday.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Cameron Norrie knocked in the game-winning goal at 12:14 of the third period to lift the Leftbridge Hurricanes to a 7-6 victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers on Wednesday in Western Hockey League action.

NISKU, Alta. — Canada's Brad Gushue improved to 2-0 with an 8-2 victory over Kevin Koe on Wednesday at the Grand Slam of Curling's Co-op Canadian Open. Gushue, from St. John's, N.L., started out hot, jumping out to a 5-0 lead after just two ends.