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RCMP Major Crimes Unit seek to identify individual in relation to Red Deer homicide
Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit are looking for assistance in identifying an individual in relation to a Red Deer homicide last week.Photos 1 and 2 are from the Riverside Meadows area of Red Deer on Fe...
Feb 09, 2022

Clearview Public Schools Superintendent Brenda MacDonald announces retirement
Clearview Public Schools Superintendent Brenda MacDonald has announced her plans to retire at the end of July 2022. The announcement went first to the Board of Trustees on Feb. 2, 2022. District offic...
Feb 09, 2022

Alberta government seeking compensation from U.S. over cancelled Keystone XL pipeline
CALGARY - Alberta is seeking compensation from the U.S. government in the wake of President Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline's permit.The provincial government says it has filed a ...
Feb 09, 2022

'Not in the clear yet': Ontario to stick with masks and COVID-19 passports
Ontario's health minister says masking will be important for some time to come even as Alberta and Saskatchewan take steps to get rid of nearly all COVID-19 public health restrictions. "We are not in ...
Feb 09, 2022

Kenney apologizes for making analogy between COVID-19 and AIDS
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has apologized for comparing the stigma of being unvaccinated for COVID-19 to the plight of HIV-AIDS patients in the 1980s.In a post on Twitter, Kenney calls it...
Feb 09, 2022

Sen. Denise Batters returned to national Conservative caucus after O'Toole ousted her
OTTAWA - Conservative Sen. Denise Batters is back in the party's national caucus one week after the leader who kicked her out was himself dumped. Batters appeared alongside MPs who gathered today in O...
Feb 09, 2022

CEBL's Fraser Valley Bandits hire former coach of Poland's men's basketball team
After turning around Poland's men's basketball team, Mike Taylor is embarking on a new adventure - coaching in the Canadian Elite Basketball League. Taylor was announced Wednesday as the new head coac...
Feb 09, 2022

Snowbird kitty: Lost cat heads home to Maine - from Florida
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Maine family that long ago gave up on a lost family cat is being reunited - more than six years and 1,500 miles later. Denise Cilley, of Chesterville, said she was shocked to ...
Feb 09, 2022

Young Toronto FC forward Ayo Akinola says recovery from knee surgery is going well
Young Toronto FC striker Ayo Akinola says he is "not too far" from returning to action from surgery last August to repair an anterior cruciate ligament injured on international duty with Canada. "I'm ...
Feb 09, 2022

Walk for a cause on Coldest Night of the Year
Who would've thought that the most beautiful time to take a walk outside would be on the coldest night of the year.The Mustard Seed charity organization has been participating in the Coldest Night of ...
Feb 09, 2022