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$30M in improvements coming for B.C. logging road where two students died
VICTORIA - Improvements are coming to a narrow logging road on Vancouver Island where members of the local First Nations as well as two university students have lost their lives. Indigenous Relations ...
Sep 11, 2020

Are you missing $900,000? Alberta's Unclaimed Property Registry might have it
LETHBRIDGE, AB - It's the highest amount of money the registry has ever held for an individual Albertan.The Unclaimed Property Registry, also known as the "shelter for abandoned money," is looking for...
Sep 11, 2020

Steeler Smith-Schuster impressed with Canadian rookie Chase Claypool
JuJu Smith-Schuster can see Canadian rookie receiver Chase Claypool having a big year with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh selected the six-foot-four, 238-pound Claypool, a native of Abbotsford, B...
Sep 11, 2020

Ottawa, airlines agree on passenger info rules to aid contact-tracing efforts
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada's largest airlines agreed to a new set of rules to help contact-tracing efforts should a passenger test positive for COVID-19. Passengers will be a...
Sep 11, 2020

Drayton Valley RCMP report: September 3 - September 10
September 38:16 am - Drayton Valley - 50 St - Complainant reported vandalism, occurred overnight. Six windows broken in a school, under investigation.8:30 am - Brazeau County - Hwy 759 - Complainant r...
Sep 11, 2020

RCMP investigating pedestrian hit and run in Ponoka
An RCMP investigation is underway into an alleged hit and run on a pedestrian Thursday afternoon in Ponoka. Cpl. Laurel Scott with RCMP K Division says members were dispatched at 4:10 p.m. to the scen...
Sep 11, 2020

Rugby Canada expands young talent search both in Canada and abroad
Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones is back on the field, finally coaching again - albeit with small groups and under COVID-19 restrictions. Jones has been helping out with the developmental Pacifi...
Sep 11, 2020

Staying with Vancouver Canucks a priority for free agent Tyler Toffoli
Tyler Toffoli wants to finish what he has started with the Vancouver Canucks. As an unrestricted free agent, the 28-year-old right-winger could test the market when the NHL's free agenc...
Sep 11, 2020

Missing: Coreena Brezuk, 35, of Red Deer
UPDATE (OCT. 6) - Red Deer RCMP have been in contact with Coreena Brezuk and have confirmed her wellbeing. The public's assistance is no longer required.
Sep 11, 2020

Trudeau, Tam defend Canadian response times to COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government began preparing for a possible pandemic as soon as it received the first alert about a mysterious cluster of pneumonia cases in China...
Sep 11, 2020