A hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says he is thrilled with the progress he's made since receiving spinal surgery in Thailand a month ago.
Doctors implanted an epidural stimulator in Ryan Straschnitzki's spine and one week later injected stem cells above and below the injury to try to reverse some of the damage.
CALGARY—A hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is to depart on a 12,000-kilometre journey to Thailand later this week for surgery that could help restore some of his movement.
And one thing Ryan Straschnitzki is determined to take with him is his hockey sled.
Vivian York recalls that the debris was still flying when she drove up to an intersection where the Humboldt Broncos hockey bus and a semi-truck carrying peat moss had just collided.
The nurse was coming home from a haircut and was the first person at the chaotic scene on a highway north of Tisdale, Sask., on April 6, 2018.
Sixteen people died and 13 others were injured.
A South Carolina man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted an Alberta woman after luring her south of the border with the promise of a modelling job has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Fred Russell Urey, 41, was arrested in May 2017.
CALGARY—Alberta's premier says images of federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau wearing black and brown face makeup should make it easier for voters to choose in next month's election.
Jason Kenney, who is just back from a tour urging investment in Alberta's energy sector, calls the prime minister's past behaviour embarrassing and unacceptable.
CALGARY—Isaac Kohtakangas realized something was wrong as he was playing a round of golf in 2011.
The business intelligence analyst from Calgary had been having some difficulty with his balance, but it was a sudden loss of vision that gave him cause for alarm.
SASKATOON—Canada's premiers want the federal government to seek an exemption from the United States' Buy American measures.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said trade was a big topic yesterday on the first day of the annual premiers' conference.
CALGARY—A documentary exploring the golden era of professional wrestling had one of its final private screenings yesterday evening prior to becoming more readily accessible to Canadian fans next month.
“350 Days” is a project by Vancouver-based actor Fulvio Cecere, who is the director and co-producer along with Darren Antola, who began the project six years ago.
CALGARY—The owner of the transport truck involved in the deadly Humboldt Broncos' bus crash has admitted he did not follow provincial and federal safety rules in the months leading up to the collision.
Sukhmander Singh of Adesh Deol Trucking was not in court yesterday when his lawyer pleaded guilty on his behalf to five charges.
CALGARY—A narrow, snow-covered gravel road winds its way to a hidden gate that opens to a parcel of land on the southern tip of Calgary.
But it's not a typical ranch property. Behind large, wire fences live a Przewalski wild horse native to Mongolia, Vancouver Island marmots, burrowing owls, greater sage grouse, and whooping cranes.
