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AHS provides education and support with online health workshops
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is inviting local individuals to attend health information workshops that are helping Albertans make positive adjustments to their lifestyles. The workshops are offered a...
Nov 12, 2021

Central Alberta Theatre presents: All Together Now!
Central Alberta Theatre (CAT) is thrilled to announce they will be joining thousands of theatrical organizations around the globe this weekend by producing their own local production of Music Theatre ...
Nov 12, 2021

After rugby wins over U.S., Canadian women step up in class against No. 1 England
After winning a pair of matches against the sixth-ranked U.S., No. 3 Canada steps up in class Sunday when it meets top-ranked England in a women's rugby test match in London. The Canadians downed the ...
Nov 12, 2021

Ottawa to allow return of Canadian who spent years in Syrian prison camps: Justice
OTTAWA - The lawyer for a Canadian woman who spent two years in Syrian prison camps says he's trying to help get her home from Iraq after Ottawa agreed to give her an emergency travel document. Lawyer...
Nov 12, 2021

Market Watch: November 12
Big Picture U.S. Stocks Hit Pause Button as Inflation Reaches Three-Decade High U.S. markets reached record highs on Monday, with modest gains for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq. Meanwhile, the TSX h...
Nov 12, 2021

N.S. court rules law allowing 'dry celling' of prisoners discriminates against women
TRURO, N.S. - A portion of a federal law that kept a New Brunswick woman in a form of solitary confinement for 16 days on suspicion she had concealed drugs inside her vagina has been ruled unconstitut...
Nov 12, 2021

Canada, U.S. say end fossil fuel subsides as COP26 draft called 'weasel words'
OTTAWA - Canada's environment minister says he thinks fossil fuel subsidies should be eliminated as United Nations negotiators wrestle over a final text in the closing hours of the Glasgow climate tal...
Nov 12, 2021

Supreme Court of Canada affirms 'starting-point' approach to criminal sentencing
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it is appropriate for appeal courts to set starting-point benchmarks for sentencing offenders in criminal cases. The high court ruling came today in the cases...
Nov 12, 2021

Supreme Court of Canada affirms 'starting-point' approach to criminal sentencing
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it is appropriate for appeal courts to set starting-point benchmarks for sentencing offenders in criminal cases. The high court ruling came today in the cases...
Nov 12, 2021

Senate Democrats pick Scutari as leader after Sweeney's loss
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Democrats in the New Jersey Senate picked state Sen. Nicholas Scutari on Friday to be their new leader after current President Steve Sweeney lost reelection to a Republican newcom...
Nov 12, 2021