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Ottawa is going around the Manitoba government in order to give $5.4 million in carbon tax revenues to the province's schools in the latest carbon-tax battle between the ...
Aug 09, 2019
With summer not yet over, Alberta has already seen its busiest tornado season in 20 years. Our province has had 22 confirmed touchdowns in 2019, according to Environment Canada, including two EF2 and ...
Aug 09, 2019 July 14 tornado near Crossfield (Photo: Kyle Brittain)
Montreal police say they have identified a man seen in a widely shared video verbally harassing a woman and a crying child. The woman in the video has told media outlets&...
Aug 09, 2019
TORONTO - Former Canadian international Rhian Wilkinson has been appointed head coach of the Canadian women's under-17 and under-20 soccer teams. The 37-year-old Wilkinson will remain an assistant coa...
Aug 09, 2019
BARNWELL, AB - Hail the size of golf balls this week wiped out nearly all crops at Molnar's Taber Corn, a farm that includes a lot more than just corn.Most significant among the losses, says owner Jam...
Aug 09, 2019 The damaged crops at Johnson Fresh Farms near Taber (Photo courtesy James Johnson)
BEIRUT - A British Columbia man detained in Syria since late last year has been released, Lebanese authorities said Friday.  Kristian Lee Baxter, who has been descri...
Aug 09, 2019
Hundreds of Red Deerians are once again anticipated to get active and enjoy the city's downtown for a 'Free Open Streets' event this weekend.The Second Annual Cyclovia takes place Sunday, Aug 11 from ...
Aug 09, 2019
MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has awarded nearly $45,000 to a man whose former brother-in-law deprived him of their Montreal Canadiens season tickets over a family dispute, ruling that he...
Aug 09, 2019
RED DEER- The Red Deer area unemployment rate rose to 7.4% in July from June's 7.1%, according to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada.The Alberta rate also climbed from 6.6% to 7.0%.Nationally, ...
Aug 09, 2019
WINNIPEG - Linebacker Adam Bighill figures the Blue Bombers are catching a bit of a break since veteran Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell remains sidelined recovering from a shoulder inj...
Aug 09, 2019