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Oilers captain McDavid named first star of the month for November
NEW YORK - Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid is the NHL's first star for the month of November. Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon was named second star while Chicago B...
Dec 01, 2019
Arctic U: Yukon passes bill to create first university in Canada's North
WHITEHORSE - Canada will finally have its first Arctic university. This past week, the Yukon legislature passed a bill to make Yukon College a university. It will be an institution...
Dec 01, 2019
Arsenal extends winless run in Ljungberg’s first game
NORWICH, England - Freddie Ljungberg's tenure as interim Arsenal manager got off to a rocky start Sunday as a double from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang salvaged a 2-2 draw at Norwich. Arsenal's first game...
Dec 01, 2019
Three arrests made after lengthy pursuit on the QEII
A litany of charges are pending against three people following a dangerous incident on the QEII Friday night.RCMP say around 7:40 in the evening of Nov. 29, Leduc members were called out to the Premiu...
Dec 01, 2019
Former Bank of Canada governor to serve as UN special envoy on 'climate action'
Bank of England governor Mark Carney, who previously served as Canada's top central banker, will be taking on a new role as the United Nations' special envoy on climate action and climate finance. U.N...
Dec 01, 2019
The Latest: London Bridge incident declared ‘terrorist’
LONDON - The Latest on an incident in London Bridge (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Police say the stabbings and shooting at London Bridge has been declared a "terrorist incident" and that a man was shot...
Dec 01, 2019
Alberta university students want lecturer who denies Ukrainian famine fired
EDMONTON - Some University of Alberta students want the school to fire an assistant lecturer who denies the Holodomor, the mass genocide of Ukrainian people carried out by the former So...
Dec 01, 2019
Edmonton mayor says he could help Trudeau deal with angry western premiers
OTTAWA - Edmonton's mayor, who has met three times with the prime minister since election day, is pushing his fellow municipal leaders as potential mediators to smooth over relations between the feder...
Dec 01, 2019
Halifax police apologize to black community for pain caused by street checks
Halifax's police chief issued a formal apology to Nova Scotia's black community Friday over the practice of street checks, describing it as a first step to counter a series of historic ...
Dec 01, 2019
Coroner's office says post-mortem for plane crash victims could take days
The Ontario coroner's office says it will likely be several days before the victims of this week's plane crash are publicly identified, but a friend of the pilot says the man and his entire famil...
Dec 01, 2019