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Canada's 2022 Beijing hopefuls keep an eye on Tokyo
Tokyo is a conversation topic in the vehicle when Justin Kripps and his bobsled crew are on long road trips in Europe. Canada's winter athletes are emotionally invested in their summer brethren compet...
Feb 3, 2021
Biden set to boost US refugee admissions after Trump cut
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is preparing to notify Congress and others that it will dramatically increase U.S. admissions of refugees. Officials and people familiar with the matter say Biden...
Feb 3, 2021
Virginia Senate passes death penalty abolition bill
RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would abolish the death penalty, a measure that if passed into law would mark a major policy change for a state that has historically l...
Feb 3, 2021
Hugh Grant, Maria Bakalova react to Golden Globe nominations
LOS ANGELES - Reactions from nominees for the the 78th Golden Globe Awards. All spoke to The Associated Press in phone or video interviews: "I think this is the greatest day of my life." - 12-year-old...
Feb 3, 2021
$68.5 million announced for Alberta treatment and care facilities
EDMONTON, AB- Premier Jason Kenney announced today $68.5 million in supports will go towards Albertans and staff in continuing care, residential addiction and mental health treatment facilities and ho...
Feb 3, 2021
70% of Canadian healthcare workers say mental health declined during pandemic
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new study from Stats Canada is confirming what many Canadians already knew to be true - the COVID-19 pandemic has been a difficult time for workers in the healthcare sector.Approxim...
Feb 3, 2021
Lawyers try to find holes in story of man accused of killing woman in Edmonton hotel
EDMONTON - Crown prosecutors continue to look for inconsistencies in what an Ontario man says he told others on the morning he found a woman's bloody body in his Edmonton hotel room bathtub. Bradley B...
Feb 3, 2021
Lethbridge College researchers looking to develop new antibiotics using Alberta-based plants
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The work of two researchers at Lethbridge College has received a boost.Microbiology senior research scientist Dr. Sophie Kernis and lab technician Leanne DuMontier are working on deve...
Feb 3, 2021
Jason Kenney defends Rockies coal policy, calls old protections a ‘dead letter’
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is digging in when it comes to his government's stance on coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.In an interview Thursday morning, Kenney says an old policy tha...
Feb 3, 2021
Proud Boys and other extreme right-wing groups among 13 added to Canada's terror list
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is adding the Proud Boys and three other extreme right-wing groups to its list of terrorist organizations to address the sort of neo-fascism and white nationalism that ...
Feb 3, 2021