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Kim Foxx: Work of Smollett special prosecutor underway
CHICAGO - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx says the work of a special prosecutor investigating why her office dropped charges against Jussie Smollett accusing the actor of staging an attack on hi...
Aug 27, 2019

Person who allegedly "helped to orchestrate" paintball shooting at SCS could be main witness in trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Crown Prosecutor in the case for 29-year-old Jesse John James Bulman wants to see a no-contact order between Bulman and a woman believed to be involved removed.Bulman is accused o...
Aug 27, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse. (Lethbridge News Now)

Ambrose disagrees with Scheer's assertion that Trudeau caved to Trump on NAFTA
OTTAWA - The Conservatives' former leader doesn't agree with the current leader's assertion that Canada got taken to the cleaners by Donald Trump on the renegotiated NAFTA. Rona Ambrose, who was inter...
Aug 27, 2019

Canadians asked to find ash trees in a bid to preserve the species
HALIFAX - An invasive insect from Asia is expected to kill almost every ash tree in Canada, but Donnie McPhee has a plan to preserve the species. Co-ordinator f...
Aug 27, 2019

Reprised double-reverse pass play helps Alouettes outlast Argos 28-22
MONCTON, N.B. - The Montreal Alouettes held off a late Toronto comeback attempt to beat the Argonauts 28-22 Sunday, in a contest that featured a spectacular play coach Khari Jones says he ca...
Aug 27, 2019

Canadian-trained, all-female military unit going through paces in Jordan
OTTAWA - Thousands of troops from more than two-dozen countries including Canada are kicking off an annual military-training exercise in the Middle Eastern country of Jordan amid heightened tensions b...
Aug 27, 2019

Father of suspected B.C. killer seeks access to video taken before son's death
VANCOUVER - The father of a suspected killer at the centre of a nationwide manhunt is trying to access a video described as his son's "last will and testament," the man's lawyer said Sunday. Alan...
Aug 27, 2019

Whitecaps goalie Crepeau returns home for showdown with struggling Impact
MONTREAL - This is hardly just another game for Whitecaps goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau. Coming off a record-setting performance, Crepeau will face his former club for the first time when the last-place V...
Aug 27, 2019

BP sheds Alaska assets, sells to Hilcorp Alaska for $5.6B
JUNEAU, Alaska - BP, a major player on Alaska's North Slope for decades, is selling all of its assets in the state, the company announced Tuesday. Hilcorp Alaska is purchasing BP interests in both the...
Aug 27, 2019

Bees set up shop at Waste and Recycling Centre with new partnership
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Something's buzzing at Lethbridge's Waste and Recycling Centre.The City has partnered with ECCO Recycling to have 10 beehives stationed at the facility, with bees producing fresh hone...
Aug 27, 2019 Robert McBain displays a honeycomb at the Lethbridge Waste and Recycling Centre on Aug. 27, 2019, with the other beehives on display (Lethbridge News Now)