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Palliser exchange trip to Ukraine includes surprise visit with Canadian soldiers
LETHBRIDGE -- Every November students across Palliser Regional Schools pay tribute to military personnel who sacrificed so much in the past to allow us the freedoms we enjoy today. A group of Kate And...
Nov 10, 2019 Kate Andrews High School student accepts poppies from Canadian soldier

Trevor Harris puts on quite a show as Eskimos down Alouettes in East semifinal
MONTREAL - Trevor Harris threw for 421 yards and a TD as the Edmonton Eskimos held on for an entertaining 37-29 East Division semifinal win over the Montreal Alouettes on Sund...
Nov 10, 2019

Kodiaks women’s cross country team wins national championship
LETHBRIDGE -- The Lethbridge College Kodiaks women's cross country team are national champions. The Kodiaks braved the weather to claim the gold medal at the CCAA championships in Grande Prairie, whil...
Nov 10, 2019 Kodiaks women’s cross country team - Lethbridge College

Parti Quebecois mulls name change after 2018 defeat, but few seem eager
TROIS RIVIERES, Que. - The Parti Quebecois has reopened the debate over changing its name, but few of its members seem ready to take such a drastic step as the party seeks to recover from a 2018 elect...
Nov 10, 2019

Kenney announces ‘Fair Deal Panel’ to advance Alberta’s interests
RED DEER -- Premier Jason Kenney announced the creation of a panel that will examine ways to make his province more independent of Ottawa in a speech to the conservative Manning Centre on Saturday in ...
Nov 10, 2019 Jason Kenney speaks in Red Deer - The Canadian Press

Metis veterans get long-awaited recognition ahead of Remembrance Day
OTTAWA - A fiddle played the sombre strains of the Last Post and Amazing Grace during a special ceremony Friday to remember the contributions of Canada's Metis people during the Second World War ...
Nov 10, 2019

RCMP official back in custody after judge revokes bail in secrets case
OTTAWA - A senior RCMP intelligence official charged with breaking Canada's secrets law was headed back to an Ottawa jail after a judge rescinded his bail Friday. Under the terms of bai...
Nov 10, 2019

No coalition troops hurt in rocket attack at Iraq base
BAGHDAD - A barrage of Katyusha rockets targeted an Iraqi air base that houses American troops south of the city of Mosul on Friday, officials said. No members of the U.S.-led coalition were injured. ...
Nov 10, 2019

Neil Young says U.S. dual citizenship stalled because of marijuana use
TORONTO - Neil Young says his marijuana use has cast a cloud over his application to become a dual citizen in the United States. The legendary singer-songwriter and proud Canadian says in a statement ...
Nov 10, 2019

Toronto FC striker Jozy Altidore makes bench for MLS Cup final in Seattle
SEATTLE - Jozy Altidore, sidelined earlier in the playoffs by a quad strain, was on the Toronto FC bench for the start of Sunday's MLS Cup final against the Seattle Sounders. Centre back Omar Gon...
Nov 10, 2019