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Canada's Maddie Szeryk and Jaclyn Lee using Epson Tour event to ramp up golf season
A handful of Canada's best women golfers are looking to get into the swing of things this week on the Epson Tour. Six Canadians will tee off at the Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic on Thursday, t...
Mar 16, 2022

WATCH: Dr. Hinshaw, Minister Copping to give update on COVID-19 in Alberta at 3:30
Health Minister Jason Copping and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will update Albertans on the fight against COVID-19 at 3:30 on Wednesday.If a video player does not appear here, the...
Mar 16, 2022

Canada's Bennedict Mathurin has had long, interesting road to NCAA stardom
Bennedict Mathurin has led the way for a resurgent University of Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team that is ready to hit the dance floor at the 2022 NCAA Tournament. The 19-year-old sophomore guar...
Mar 16, 2022

Register now: BIG Pursuit for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Red Deer
We're Back ... Bigger and Better. The 2022 BIG Pursuit campaign starts on Tuesday, March 15 and concludes on BIG Pursuit event day on Sunday, May 1, 2022. This is the primary annual fundraising event ...
Mar 16, 2022

County of Stettler announces seasonal road bans
The County of Stettler has announced their seasonal road bans, coming into effect on March 17 at 1 p.m.Road bans are to prevent damage to roads by trucks during springtime thawing. All township and ra...
Mar 16, 2022

Olympic champion women's soccer squad bringing celebration tour to West Coast
VANCOUVER - Canada Soccer has announced that the country's gold medal-winning women's soccer team will face Nigeria in a pair of games in British Columbia next month. The two-match series is part of t...
Mar 16, 2022

Canada cheers U.S. effort to abolish 'spring forward, fall back' daylight time ritual
WASHINGTON - A giddy Massachusetts senator, clapping his hands and dancing with delight in the shadow of a sun-drenched U.S. Capitol, isn't something one sees every day. But doing away with the annoyi...
Mar 16, 2022

Vaccinated travellers will no longer need a COVID-19 test to come to Canada: source
OTTAWA - Vaccinated travellers will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test to come to Canada as of April 1, according to a source in the federal government. The source, who is not authorized to sp...
Mar 16, 2022

Liberal government extends amnesty on 'assault-style' firearms until 2023
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is extending its amnesty on "assault-style" firearms until October 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in May 2020 he was banning more than 1,500 mode...
Mar 16, 2022

West Ham defender Zouma to be prosecuted for animal abuse
LONDON (AP) - West Ham defender Kurt Zouma is being prosecuted by an animal charity for kicking and slapping his cat in abuse caught on video. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal...
Mar 16, 2022