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Alberta Premier Smith to meet with Trudeau today for first time since summer
CALGARY, AB - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet up face-to-face in Calgary on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.Smith's office says the two will meet in the morning, a...
Mar 13, 2024
Alberta amending tax rules to offer $5,000 incentive to out-of-province workers
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta government has introduced legislation that would direct $10 million from this year's budget toward luring more workers to the province.The funds for the Alberta is Calling A...
Mar 13, 2024
Judge overseeing Georgia election interference case dismisses some of charges against Trump
ATLANTA (AP) - The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case has dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump, but others remain. Fulton County Superior Court Judg...
Mar 13, 2024
Canadian wrestler Erica Wiebe, an Olympic gold medallist, announces retirement
Wrestler Erica Wiebe, who won a gold medal for Canada at the 2016 Olympics, announced her retirement from competition on Wednesday. Wiebe claimed Olympic gold in the women's 75-kilogram weight class, ...
Mar 13, 2024
50 years later, Tommy John surgery remains a game-changer
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - There is a bridge that runs from Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe in 1974, all the way to Shohei Ohtani, Justin Verlander and Bryce Harper. A thread that connects an increasing num...
Mar 13, 2024
Returns from Tommy John surgery may seem routine. Recovery can be full of grief, angst and isolation
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - One August morning in 2022 while all alone at the Oakland Coliseum, Daulton Jefferies plopped down in the grass and wept. The pitcher cried for a good 45 minutes. Six years afte...
Mar 13, 2024
In the news today: Canadians wary of online regulation, according to new poll
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Canadians wary of online regulation: poll A new survey suggests fewer than half...
Mar 13, 2024
'Old MacDonald went broke': Technology helps grain farmers confront weather woes
British Columbia grain farmer Malcolm Odermatt says all he can do is pray for rain this spring after repeated droughts sabotaged his harvest last year. Odermatt, who is also the president of the BC Gr...
Mar 13, 2024
MPs to question main contractor on ArriveCan app at House committee
OTTAWA - MPs will have another chance to question the people behind the main contract for the ArriveCan app at a House committee meeting today. This will mark the third time GC Strategies partner Kris...
Mar 13, 2024
Poll: Canadians unsure online harms bill will make social media safer
OTTAWA - Fewer than half of Canadians believe the federal government's plan to regulate social media sites will make platforms safer, a new survey suggests. Polling firm Leger recently asked Canadians...
Mar 13, 2024