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Quarterbacks Jennings, Arndt among players released by Ottawa Redblacks
OTTAWA - Quarterbacks Jonathon Jennings and Will Arndt were among 10 players released Thursday by the Ottawa Redblacks. Both Jennings and Arndt started games last season for Ottawa (3-15). The moves c...
Jan 25, 2020

Big win for Lethbridge College research chair at MIT Hackathon
LETHBRIDGE -- One of Lethbridge College's own has returned from a prestigious competition in Boston with impressive accolades. Mike McCready, the college's President's Applied Research Chair in Virtua...
Jan 25, 2020 Mike McCready is photographed with the oculus quest

Humphries of US wins to near World Cup bobsled overall title
KONIGSSEE, Germany - Kaillie Humphries moved closer to her fourth overall World Cup championship Saturday, teaming with Sylvia Hoffman for her third victory of the season and extending her series poin...
Jan 25, 2020

'My heart is going to bleed,' says man who lost daughter, granddaughter in plane crash
TORONTO - Habib Haghjoo's girls are returning home. The bodies of Sahar Haghjoo, 37, and her eight-year-old daughter, Elsa Jadidi, will land in Toronto on Saturday, Haghjoo said of his daugh...
Jan 25, 2020

Former cabinet minister Peter MacKay announces Tory leadership bid
STELLARTON, N.S. - Former federal cabinet minister Peter MacKay says he will run for the leadership of the federal Conservative party.MacKay made the announcement at the Museum of Industry in Stellart...
Jan 25, 2020 Peter MacKay - The Canadian Press

Personal spending a party matter, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says how he used party funds to pay personal expenses is an internal matter and he won't provide any details. Revelations that Scheer was ...
Jan 25, 2020

NDP to put forward private member's bill on making national pharmacare a reality
OTTAWA - The New Democrats are planning to bring forward legislation to implement a national, universal pharmacare program. NDP House Leader Peter Julian is set to table a private member's bill a...
Jan 25, 2020

Sides in Regina refinery labour dispute lay down conditions for talks to resume
REGINA - The owner of a Saskatchewan oil refinery where workers are locked out in a contract dispute says there has been a discussion with Unifor about returning to bargaining, but the ...
Jan 25, 2020

Canada's Brigitte Thibault returns to Augusta National Women's Amateur
Brigitte Thibault of Rosemere, Que., is headed back to the Augusta National Women's Amateur. The 21-year-old was the only Canadian in the field at the inaugural event last year and was officially invi...
Jan 25, 2020

Campaigning heats up in Iowa as caucus voting approaches
DES MOINES, Iowa - With President Donald Trump's impeachment trial keeping them on Capitol Hill for part of Saturday, several Democratic candidates trying to oust him in November will challenge the re...
Jan 25, 2020