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TFC has more options with players recovering from injury and influx of new talent
With the influx of several new players and Toronto FC's training room beginning to thin out, coach Chris Armas's options are growing. Fitting everyone in will be the challenge. "We enjoy doing this as...
May 13, 2021

Privacy watchdog closes file on complaint against federal political parties
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog has closed the file on a complaint about the data-harvesting practices of three national political parties. Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says federal priv...
May 13, 2021

Registration for summer programming begins Tuesday
The City of Red Deer has been working hard to plan for the eventual return of modified summer programming amid the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.A number of summer programs will take place in July and Au...
May 13, 2021

St. Joseph grad wins major tech scholarship
Denaisha Kraft, a Grade 12 student from St. Joseph High School has been granted a Schulich Leader Scholarship, Creating the Next Generation of Technology Innovators, from the University of Victoria. T...
May 13, 2021

Canadian men to open Gold Cup this summer with three games in Kansas City
Canada will open this summer's Gold Cup in Kansas City with games against Martinique, a qualifier and the United States. CONCACAF announced Thursday the schedule for its championship tournament, which...
May 13, 2021

Conservatives won’t accept silence from Trudeau Liberals on new long-gun registry allegations
This May, shocking allegations emerged in the Toronto Sun, suggesting that the RCMP continues to hold records and documents relating to the long-gun registry, despite them having been ordered destroye...
May 13, 2021

Ethics watchdog: PM didn't violate conflict rules over WE Charity, but Morneau did
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not breach the Conflict of Interest Act over failing to recuse himself from cabinet discussions to have WE Charity operate a federal student-volunteer progra...
May 13, 2021

Two men arrested for 2019 break-ins in Thorsby
After a lengthy investigation conducted by the Thorsby/Breton RCMP, two males have been arrested in relation to several reported break and enters in Thorsby. On October 6, 2019, Thorsby RCMP responded...
May 13, 2021

CTF: Trudeau is sticking future generations with his spending bill
Canadian babies born on federal budget day 2021 had more than $28,000 of debt the moment they opened their eyes. That's each Canadian's share of the federal government's $1-trillion debt. And it's goi...
May 13, 2021

Troy Ryan to coach Canadian women's hockey team in 2022 Winter Olympics
CALGARY - Troy Ryan has been named head coach of Canada's women's hockey team for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Ryan, from Spryfield, N.S., was an assistant coach for Laura Schuler in the 2018 ...
May 13, 2021