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MPs to gather for first time both virtually and in-person in the Commons
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament will make history today as a few dozen of them gather in the House of Commons where they'll be joined by the other 300-odd MPs participating via videoconferenc...
May 27, 2020

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
May 27, 2020

'Disturbing' long-term care home report doesn't come as surprise to families
Simon Nisbet is convinced that if he hadn't moved his mother out of her long-term care home, she would never have left alive. He said daily visits to her window at Orchard Villa in Pickering, Ont., le...
May 27, 2020

Global pandemic: Through the eyes of the world's children
CHICAGO - These are children of the global pandemic. In the far-north Canadian town of Iqaluit, one boy has been glued to the news to learn everything he can about the coronavirus. A girl in Australia...
May 26, 2020

'It's too hard': Family recounts life with COVID-19
BROOKS AB- Hand in hand, father Elpedio Enopia and daughter Elloiza Enopia battle it out at a game of arm wrestling , as mother Monaliza Enopia watches on. The three once separated, now reunited by ar...
May 26, 2020

Japan police arrest man in Kyoto anime arson that killed 36
TOKYO - Japanese police on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the deadly arson at a Kyoto anime studio last year after he recovered enough from his own severe burns to respond to the police investigation...
May 26, 2020

Swanny's Baseball and Training hopes re-opening starts domino effect
MEDICINE HAT, AB - As the province continues to re-open in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, so too do businesses specializing in sports and recreation.Although most leagues are still on hold, there...
May 26, 2020

Community rallies to keep HALO Air Ambulance in flight with fundraisers
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Many charities, businesses, and families across southern Alberta have rallied together over the last half of the month to support HALO Air Ambulance.HALO is asking the province for ...
May 26, 2020

Medicine Hat College puts summer camps on hold
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Local families will have one less place to send kids this summer, as Medicine Hat College has suspended all camps and summer sports programs.According to MHC, they reviewed the prov...
May 26, 2020

Kansas governor vetoes limits on her power but loosens rules
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas' Democratic governor on Tuesday vetoed a sweeping Republican coronavirus measure that would have limited her power to direct the state's pandemic response but then ceded to local...
May 26, 2020