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Helen McMenamin: Alberta Liberal candidate for Lethbridge-East
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Helen McMenamin is looking to become the MLA for Lethbridge-East.She is running for the Alberta Liberal Party in the 2023 Alberta provincial election.McMenamin provided the following ...
May 25, 2023

Man arrested after car collides with gates of Downing Street, where UK prime minister lives
LONDON (AP) - A car collided Thursday with the gates of Downing Street in central London, where the British prime minister's home and offices are located, setting off a rapid security response in one ...
May 25, 2023

Public safety minister announces funding for Akwesasne after migrant deaths
QUEBEC - The federal government is announcing funding to help the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory fight organized crime, after the death of eight migrants in the St. Lawrence River earlier this year. Publi...
May 25, 2023

More than one-quarter of Quebec teachers not legally qualified: auditor general
Quebec's auditor general says more than one-quarter of teachers who worked in the province's classrooms during the 2020-21 school year weren't legally qualified. Guylaine Leclerc presented her annual ...
May 25, 2023

Officials report progress on Alberta wildfires as many evacuees return home
Officials in Alberta say there has been significant progress in the fight against wildfires in the province due to rain, cooler weather and the efforts of firefighters.Several evacuated communities ha...
May 25, 2023

NDP’s Shannon Phillips, with Red Deer candidates, talks trust and strategy
RED DEER, AB - Trust was the crux of a campaign stop in Red Deer on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, five days pre-election, for the NDP's Lethbridge-West incumbent Shannon Phillips. She was joined by first-t...
May 25, 2023

Canada's Chan, Rochette named ambassadors for 2024 figure skating worlds in Montreal
MONTREAL - Canadian figure skating great Patrick Chan still remembers the feeling of competing at a world championships on home soil. "It's the closest thing to competing at the Olympic Games in Vanco...
May 25, 2023

Opposition MPs to seek testimony from foreign interference watchdog David Johnston
OTTAWA - Opposition MPs are looking to put former governor general David Johnston, who is investigating allegations of foreign interference, in the hot seat. Members of a parliamentary procedure commi...
May 25, 2023

Chirping sounds lead airport officials to bag filled with smuggled parrot eggs
LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. (AP) - The 24 bright green baby parrots began chirping and bobbing their heads the second anyone neared the large cages that have been their homes since hatching in March. The Centra...
May 25, 2023

Lake Louise men's downhills tentatively on next season's racing schedule
CALGARY - Men's World Cup downhill ski races are tentatively scheduled to return to Lake Louise, Alta., this year and continue over 30 years of racing there. The international governing body of skiing...
May 25, 2023