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Alberta government reinstates 1976 coal-mining policy after huge public outcry
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says powerful public protest persuaded it to reinstate a policy that has kept open-pit coal mines out of the Rocky Mountains for almost 45 years. "Albertans have spok...
Feb 08, 2021
Police investigating suspicious death in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police are investigating a suspicious death that was reported early Monday morning.Around 1:18 am, they were called to a home on the 1200 block of 4 Ave South on a report o...
Feb 08, 2021
Toews says “all options” being considered in Keystone XL fight
Alberta's finance minister says the government and TC Energy are looking at all options when it comes to the American decision to cancel permits for the Keystone XL pipeline.According to Travis Toews,...
Feb 08, 2021
Edmonton Football Team asks fans to vote on seven possible names
EDMONTON, AB. -- The Edmonton Football Team says it has a shortlist of seven candidates for its new name.Elk, Evergreens, Evergolds, Eclipse, Elkhounds, Eagles and Elements are listed as possibilities...
Feb 08, 2021
New proposed assisted-dying law is 'racist,' says disability rights activist
OTTAWA - Sarah Jama of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario says senators and MPs are supporting a new law that would expand the access to medical assistance in dying because they have not grappl...
Feb 08, 2021
N.S. mass shooting families alter class action lawsuit to add killer's spouse
HALIFAX - The families of victims of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting have added the gunman's spouse, her brother and her brother-in-law as defendants to the original class action lawsuit against th...
Feb 08, 2021
Quebec, Nova Scotia and Alberta begin relaxing COVID-19 restrictions
Relaxed COVID-19 restrictions go into effect today in Quebec, Alberta and Nova Scotia, while Ontario Premier Doug Ford is scheduled to announce a reopening plan for that province this afternoon. In Qu...
Feb 08, 2021
As feds audit landlords over rent aid, businesses fall through cracks of new program
OTTAWA - Documents given to parliamentarians show federal officials audited at least 127 landlords who received aid through a program designed to ease rent costs for small businesses. That was the fig...
Feb 08, 2021
Alberta pork plant sees rise in COVID cases, one death, in recent weeks
HIGH RIVER & RED DEER, AB. - Alberta Health Services is working with the operators of two meat packing plants with COVID-19 outbreaks to ensure safety.The company that operates a pork processing p...
Feb 08, 2021
Texas GOP Rep. Wright, who battled health issues, dies at 67
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Republican U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, who had battled health challenges over the past year including lung cancer treatment, has died more than two weeks after contracting COVID-19, hi...
Feb 08, 2021