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Canadian Gavin Tucker looks to grind down Justin (Guitar Hero) Jaynes on UFC card
Justin (The Guitar Hero) Jaynes has wasted little time returning to action after needing just 41 seconds to win his UFC debut on short notice June 20. Canadian featherweight Gavin Tucker, in contrast,...
Aug 06, 2020

WHL announces 2020/21 season to start December 4
LETHBRIDGE, AB- The Western Hockey League has delayed the start date for the upcoming season.Most years leading up to this very strange and uncertain one, the season would normally start in mid-Septem...
Aug 06, 2020

Elections Canada recalculates, says voter turnout last fall higher than 2015
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says voter turnout in last fall's federal election was actually slightly higher than the 2015 election. The independent agency initially reported a slight decl...
Aug 06, 2020

A timeline of the controversy around WE, the Liberals and a student program
OTTAWA - A timeline of events regarding the Canada Student Service Grant program, based on public documents, events and statements from cabinet ministers, government officials, and WE Charity: March 6...
Aug 06, 2020

Lethbridge Sport Council looking for suggestions on upcoming activities
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Since the shutdown of basically all sports in Lethbridge because of COVID-19, the Lethbridge Sport Council is looking for public input on how they've been impacted.This council is rele...
Aug 06, 2020

Capitol negotiators trade broadsides on stalled virus aid
WASHINGTON - The rival sides in bumpy congressional negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief package exchanged public broadsides rather than constructive concessions Thursday as they stumbled toward a s...
Aug 06, 2020

Canada 'profoundly concerned' over Chinese death sentence for citizen in drug case
OTTAWA - A spokesman for the federal government says Canada is "profoundly concerned" about a Canadian citizen sentenced to death on drug charges in China. The Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate Court a...
Aug 06, 2020

After recovering from virus, Domingo vows to clear name
SALZBURG, Austria - Placido Domingo is back in Europe to receive a lifetime achievement award after a bout with the coronavirus, vowing in an interview with a top Italian daily newspaper to clear his ...
Aug 06, 2020

Coroner: TV host Flack killed herself before assault trial
LONDON - A British coroner ruled Thursday that reality TV host Caroline Flack killed herself while facing an assault trial she feared would end her career and bring unbearable media scrutiny. Flack, t...
Aug 06, 2020

Georges Island: public granted access to historic island in Halifax harbour
HALIFAX - Ottawa has announced the public will soon be able to visit Georges Island, the national historic site in the middle of Halifax harbour, on weekend boat tours. Halifax MP Andy ...
Aug 06, 2020