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George Santos now under investigation by House Ethics panel
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Ethics Committee on Thursday announced that it has launched an investigation into New York Republican Rep. George Santos, the embattled first-term Republican who has admitt...
Mar 2, 2023
UPDATE: Highway 3 re-opens following multi-vehicle collision between Pincher Creek and Lundbreck
(UPDATE: March 2, 2023, @ 3:36 p.m.)PINCHER CREEK, AB - Highway 3 near Cowley has reopened in both directions. According to first responders in Pincher Creek, the area continues to see blowing snow an...
Mar 2, 2023
Justice Dept: Trump can be sued by police for Jan. 6 actions
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department s...
Mar 2, 2023
AP sources: Biden not expected to veto GOP effort on DC laws
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden isn't expected to veto Republican-sponsored resolutions that would block new District of Columbia laws that change how the nation's capital votes and how the city...
Mar 2, 2023
Alberta band chief angry over silence from Imperial Oil after oilsands tailings spill
A northern Alberta band chief says he's angry over not being notified for nine months after two separate releases from an oilsands tailings pond. Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation say...
Mar 2, 2023
Lethbridge Mayor vocalizes disappointment in wake of Alberta Budget 2023
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Initial reaction for the Alberta Budget 2023 has been met with disappointment from Lethbridge Mayor Blaine Hyggen. On February 28, 2023, the province unveiled its Budget 2023. The UCP...
Mar 2, 2023
Supreme Court to look at issue of Crown liability when a law is struck down
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will examine whether the Crown enjoys absolute immunity from a civil suit seeking damages over passage of a law that is found to be unconstitutional. The top court...
Mar 2, 2023
Toronto FC gets positive news about injury to Italian star winger Lorenzo Insigne
TORONTO - The injury news on Toronto FC star Lorenzo Insigne is positive. Insigne, who hobbled off the pitch in last weekend's season-opening loss at D.C. United, trained briefly Friday and is listed ...
Mar 2, 2023
Canada, China had better relationship at time of Trudeau Foundation pledge: Rosenberg
OTTAWA - The former head of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation says the level of caution Canadian institutions must now take when dealing with China was not top of mind when the charitable organiza...
Mar 2, 2023
Province funding construction of new west Lethbridge elementary school
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Construction on a new elementary school in west Lethbridge is set to begin in the near future.As part of Budget 2023, the provincial government announced an investment of $2.3 billion...
Mar 2, 2023