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WATCH: Province updates Calgary and Brooks relaunch plans
Coming up at 11:30 a.m.Premier Jason Kenney will provide an update on stage one of Alberta's Relaunch Strategy for Calgary and Brooks.
May 22, 2020

Florida unemployment rate triples in April to nearly 13%
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Florida's unemployment rate reached a record high in April of almost 13%, tripling in one month as the economic slowdown from the coronavirus pandemic took hold, as some of the...
May 22, 2020

Loughlin, Giannulli to plead guilty to college bribes scheme
For more than a year, "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, insisted they were innocent of charges in the college admissions bribery case. They accuse...
May 22, 2020

Trees to come down for Riverside rink relocation
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Trees will soon be removed from Heald Park to make way for the relocation of the Riverside rink.The City of Medicine Hat's parks and recreation department says several Siberian elm ...
May 22, 2020

Jets' Laine on post-quarantine hockey: 'My game is probably gonna look terrible'
Patrik Laine is eager to get back on the ice. The Winnipeg Jets sniper also knows post-quarantine hockey will feature plenty of rust - at least initially - if the NHL gets the green light to...
May 22, 2020

Tories want Parliament declared 'essential service,' regular House sittings
OTTAWA - Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer wants Parliament declared an essential service so a reduced number of MPs can resume their House of Commons duties amid the COVID-19 crisis. Scheer s...
May 22, 2020

Southeast soaker has farmers doing a happy dance
CYPRESS COUNTY - Nearly 29 millimetres of rain fell in Medicine Hat in the 48-hour period ending at midnight on Thursday, with similar amounts recorded in automated stations across the district.While ...
May 22, 2020

PM avoids promising federal inquiry into Nova Scotia shooting rampage
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won't commit to a federal inquiry into the recent Nova Scotia shootings. Nova Scotia's premier said this month he would not plan a public inquiry ...
May 22, 2020

Feds will fund COVID-19 testing, tracing and data-sharing, Trudeau promises
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will fund provinces' efforts to test people for COVID-19, track the contacts of those who test positive, and help different jurisdict...
May 22, 2020

Jerry Sloan, Jazz great and Hall of Fame coach, dies at 78
Jerry Sloan, the Hall of Fame coach who was a fixture for decades in Utah and took the Jazz to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, died Friday. He was 78. The Jazz said he died from complications of Park...
May 22, 2020