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Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan chides Joly for 'unacceptable' comments to Armenians
OTTAWA - Azerbaijan's foreign ministry argues Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is undermining peace in the Nagorno-Karabakh region by referring to the area with the name used by Armenian ...
Aug 24, 2023

Trump is set to surrender at a Georgia jail on charges he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss
ATLANTA (AP) - Donald Trump was set to turn himself in Thursday to authorities in Georgia on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in that state, a county jail booking expect...
Aug 24, 2023

UPDATE: Police conclude high-risk search in north Lethbridge, investigation continues
UPDATE - August 24, 2023 @ 1:39 p.m.LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has concluded the execution of a search warrant at a residence along the 1700 block of 14 Avenue North.Police r...
Aug 24, 2023

Quebec company buys private island with chalet to boost employee happiness
LAVAL, Que. - A Montreal-area company has come up with a novel - if extreme - way to boost employee happiness: buying them a private island. The 30 workers at data services company Mon Technicien are ...
Aug 24, 2023

Stolen vehicles from Medicine Hat area recovered, two arrested
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Charges have been laid in connection to the alleged thefts of numerous vehicles in southern Alberta.The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) said, on August 18, 2023, offic...
Aug 24, 2023

LGBTQ advocates in Saskatchewan gear up for human rights fight over pronoun rules
Fran Forsberg fought years ago for a gender marker to be removed from her child's birth certificate. Now up against the Saskatchewan Party government's pronoun and naming changes in schools, she says ...
Aug 24, 2023

National parks open and free for wildfire evacuees
Wildfire evacuees from the Northwest Territories and British Columbia are being allowed to enter and stay in national parks in B.C. and Alberta for free.Parks Canada says its campgrounds are extremely...
Aug 24, 2023

Renewables pause in Alberta affecting 118 projects worth $33 billion, think tank says
EDMONTON, AB - A clean energy think tank says Alberta's pause on approvals for new renewable energy projects is affecting 118 projects worth $33 billion.The Pembina Institute says those projects would...
Aug 24, 2023

Renewables pause in Alberta affecting 118 projects worth $33 billion, think tank says
A clean energy think tank says Alberta's pause on approvals for new renewable energy projects is affecting 118 projects worth $33 billion. The Pembina Institute says those projects would create enough...
Aug 24, 2023

Putin breaks silence on plane crash that presumably killed Wagner leaders
Russian President Vladimir Putin has broken his silence on the plane crash that killed top leaders of the Wagner mercenary group. Putin expressed condolences for those who were aboard the jet, includi...
Aug 24, 2023