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Canadian Press NewsAlert: B.C. sets another record with monthly overdose deaths
VANCOUVER - Another record for monthly overdose deaths related to illicit drugs has been set in British Columbia. The BC Coroners Service says 175 fatalities in June surpassed the previous high o...
Jul 16, 2020
Canadian hospitality workers fear long-term unemployment in the sector
VANCOUVER - The union representing 300,000 hospitality workers across the country says it fears staff laid off because of COVID-19 may not have a job when the pandemic is over. The Canadian direc...
Jul 16, 2020
Province pulling funding from Lethbridge's supervised consumption site
LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of the busiest Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS) in the world is losing its provincial government funding.The government of Alberta has halted funding to the Lethbridge SCS. The ...
Jul 16, 2020
Used to playing through aches and illness, NHLers know COVID-19 is different
Dave Tippett remembers keeping injuries from trainers on numerous occasions during his playing days. A cracked bone? Good to go. What about a sore shoulder? No problem. It's well-known NHLers bat...
Jul 16, 2020
Woman missing from Drayton Valley may be in B.C.
The search for a missing Drayton Valley woman has been expanded into B.C. Drayton Valley RCMP say Ashley Collins, also known by the name Ashley Fricke, went missing on June 16, in the middle of the ni...
Jul 16, 2020
Matthews, MacKinnon, O'Reilly named finalists for NHL's Lady Byng award
NEW YORK - Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews, Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon and St. Louis Blues centre Ryan O'Reilly are the three finalists for the 2019-20 Lady Byng Memori...
Jul 16, 2020
Province boosts funding support for unemployed apprentices during training
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Eligible apprentices can now qualify to receive $1,500 from the Government of Alberta during their classroom instruction period.When the Apprentice Training Award (ATA) commenced in 2...
Jul 16, 2020
Manitoba judge points to systemic issues in Indigenous woman's killing
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba judge sentencing a young man for beating his own mother to death has denounced systemic issues the judge says leave Indigenous people at risk. "The ruin of the First Na...
Jul 16, 2020
Ousted Green candidate says he is sorry for comment but insists it was not racist
OTTAWA - The Green party has shown the door to one of its leadership candidates, saying several of his recent comments do not align with the party's values on diversity. Dylan Perceval-Maxwell wa...
Jul 16, 2020
DHS confirms Canada, U.S. extending mutual travel ban into late August
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says Canada and the United States have agreed to extend their mutual ban on non-essential travel between the two countries until Aug. 20. Acting H...
Jul 16, 2020