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Federal government to lauch consultation on the Canada Grain Review Act
SASKATOON, SASK. -- The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced on Tuesday (Jan 12), the launch of the consultation phase of the Canada Grain Act review. The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, st...
Jan 12, 2021

Nunavut officials urge residents to get COVID vaccine, about 400 shots given so far
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut officials are urging residents to get immunized against COVID-19 as the vaccine starts to roll out across the territory. Chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, ...
Jan 12, 2021

Chuck Norris manager says actor was not at U.S. Capitol riot
NEW YORK - Chuck Norris' manager says the "Walker, Texas Ranger" star was not present at last week's deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. A photo of a man resembling Norris apparently with a member of the...
Jan 12, 2021

Sundance adds Coogler-produced ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
The Ryan Coogler-produced Fred Hampton film "Judas and the Black Messiah" will have its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival before heading to HBO Max and theatres, programmers announced Tuesday. Da...
Jan 12, 2021

US prosecutors weighing sedition charges in Capitol riot
WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors are considering sedition charges against at least some of the Trump loyalists who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week and will be examining the movement and money flow ...
Jan 12, 2021

''Freedom Rally" held at City Hall
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- The "WethepeopleYQL" group in Lethbridge, which opposes COVID-19 restrictions and mandatory mask rules, held a rally Tuesday (Jan 12) afternoon, ignoring Government social distancin...
Jan 12, 2021

Win "Alberta Experience Packages" and support STARS in new fundraiser raffle
LETHBRIDGE, AB - "It started as a project to help STARS and it grew into this huge online raffle thanks to the support of the Alberta businesses and those in the Lethbridge area included in that, to a...
Jan 12, 2021

Michigan plans to charge ex-Gov. Snyder in Flint water probe
DETROIT - Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they're being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the m...
Jan 12, 2021

Supreme Court wrestles with Georgia college free speech case
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with whether to revive a lawsuit brought by a Georgia college student who sued school officials after being prevented from distributing Christian lit...
Jan 12, 2021

US shifts to speed COVID shots as cases and deaths rise
WASHINGTON - Barely a month into a mass vaccination campaign to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration unexpectedly shifted gears Tuesday to speed the delivery of shots. The move came af...
Jan 12, 2021