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The 2022 FIFA World Cup starts soon, and with the tournament being hosted in Qatar, several games begin in the early morning hours.

As a result, Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) is allowing Alberta bars to open early and serve liquor to patrons.

Here are when bars can open for liquor service:

You know credit scores exist. You might even know what yours is. But do you know how it's calculated and why it's important? 

Your credit score affects whether you can get a credit card, rent an apartment, buy a house, start a business, or even get a cell phone contract. 

Girl Guides of Canada plans to rename Brownies, saying it has heard from several current and former members that the name has caused them personal harm.

CEO Jill Zelmanovits says they are changing the name to further remove barriers to belonging for racialized girls and women.

"It is clear that this change is the right thing to do — Girl Guides cannot be represented by a term that causes any girl harm,” said Zelmanovits in a statement Tuesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has complained to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about alleged media leaks, and accused him of harming diplomatic relations.

The two had a discussion Wednesday at an event during the G20 summit in Indonesia and media were able to record the brief conversation.

"Everything we discuss has been leaked to the paper; that's not appropriate," Xi told Trudeau through an interpreter.

"That's not how, the way the conversation was conducted. If there is sincerity on your part --" Xi said, at which point Trudeau interrupted.

Canadian Cattle Young Leaders is pleased to announce this year’s industry-leading mentors who are kindly investing their expertise and time to lend a helping hand to the next generation of the Canadian beef industry.

The Alberta Canola Producers Commission released the results of its call for farmer representatives for the Board of Directors.

Nominations closed at the end of October with one nomination coming in for Region 1, four nominations for Region 4, one nomination in Region 7, and no nominations for Region 10.

The two canola producers elected by acclamation are Christi Friesen from Brownvale representing Region 1, and Paula Law from Lacombe for Region 7.

The rising cost of farm inputs is the reason it cost producers more to put the 2021 crop in, and farmers want to know why?

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan is calling on the House of Common's Standing Committee on Agriculture to investigate the rising costs of farm inputs.

APAS President Ian Boxall says stats show that 2021 was the most expensive year ever for Saskatchewan farmers.

Icy road conditions likely played a factor in the drop in cattle moving through Auction Marts last week.

Canfax reporting 31,782 feeder cattle sold in Saskatchewan where feeder steers and heifer prices were mostly down across all weight categories

Provincial Cattle Specialist Fonda Froats says calf prices peaked in the last couple of weeks and now we're into that typical seasonal decline:

A former premier of Alberta has been added to the list of over a thousand Canadians banned from entering Russia.

Russia's Foreign Ministry announced Monday that 100 more Canadians have been added to the list of people banned from entering the country.

Ed Stelmach, premier of Alberta between 2006 and 2011, was one of the names added. The ministry says Stelmach and the 99 others were banned because of involvement in the "formation of (Canada's) aggressively anti-Russian course."

Strathcona County RCMP is currently investigating a scam that involves selling timeshares.

According to police, many of these timeshare scams involve someone pretending to be a real estate agent who claims they're interested in negotiating a deal with a timeshare.

These scammers are going to great lengths in appearing real — they'll use the information of reputable businesses, creating fake websites and official-looking documents.