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Olympic champ Justin Kripps support athletes' fight against Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton
Olympic champion Justin Kripps has thrown his weight behind Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes who are demanding change in their national sport organization, saying they "can't move forward until ...
Mar 22, 2022
Oblates to open Rome archives for search of residential school records
WINNIPEG - The Catholic religious order that operated some residential schools in Canada says it will open its archives in Rome to researchers. The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate has agreed to ...
Mar 22, 2022
Liberal-NDP deal buys more time for next Conservative leader, but there's a downside
OTTAWA - A new agreement between the federal Liberal government and New Democrats has something important to offer the next Conservative leader: Time. The deal, set to last until 2025, sees the NDP pl...
Mar 22, 2022
Report shows declining number of physicians in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge, and the wider South Zone, continue to struggle to attract and retain doctors.That is according to newly-published data from the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alb...
Mar 22, 2022
Canada, allies face 'irrational' Putin as Trudeau heads to Europe, says Joly
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says confronting an irrational Vladimir Putin will be a key task for Justin Trudeau and his European allies as the prime minister heads to Brussels. Trude...
Mar 22, 2022
Police: 4 Israelis killed in stabbing attack, suspect shot
JERUSALEM (AP) - A knife-wielding Arab man on Tuesday killed four people and seriously wounded two others in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba before he was shot dead by armed residents, police s...
Mar 22, 2022
White House press secretary Jen Psaki positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that she has tested positive again for COVID-19 and will not accompany President Joe Biden to Europe for meetings on Russia's invas...
Mar 22, 2022
Nygard to face extradition to U.S. after Canadian case completed: Lametti
Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is set to be extradited to the United States to faces sex-related charges there, but only once his criminal case in Canada is completed. Federal Justice Minister Da...
Mar 22, 2022
Desmond inquiry: presiding judge hints at key recommendation as testimony concludes
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why an Afghanistan war veteran in Nova Scotia killed his family and himself in 2017 heard from its final witness Tuesday - more than two years after t...
Mar 22, 2022
Workers back on the job at noon after CP Rail and union agree to final arbitration
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. rail employees are back on the job, but one labour relations expert says it could take weeks before matters are settled between the country's second-largest railway and t...
Mar 22, 2022