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Study finds B.C. logging continues on critical caribou habitat
A newly published study says logging in British Columbia has continued on more than 900 square kilometres of land listed as critical caribou habitat. Researchers argue that points to Canada'...
May 29, 2020
Ruling means Missouri's last abortion clinic stays open
O'FALLON, Mo. - Missouri's only abortion clinic will be able to keep operating after a state government administrator decided Friday that the health department was wrong not to renew the license of th...
May 29, 2020
CHAT 94.5's Jim Duce announces retirement after 50 years behind the mic
MEDICINE HAT, AB - He's a voice you grew up with, and after 50 years behind the mic, Jim Duce made a big announcement Friday morning.The morning man on Chat 94.5 announced his retirement and will have...
May 29, 2020
Province to distribute 20-million masks to Albertans
EDMONTON - The Alberta government will be providing 20 million non-medical masks to residents of the province, Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced Friday morning while hinting at an expansion of a...
May 29, 2020
Canada exploring ways to reunite families divided by COVID-19 border closure
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is exploring ways to reunite family members divided by the temporary travel restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border. Trudeau acknowled...
May 29, 2020
N.S. police received warnings in 2011 about man who would become mass killer
HALIFAX - A newly released document reveals that in May 2011 police were told Gabriel Wortman - the Nova Scotia man who would later kill 22 people in a shooting rampage - wanted to...
May 29, 2020
Racism not ruled out as motive in unprovoked tripping of Burnaby, B.C., senior
BURNABY, B.C. - Police in Metro Vancouver are searching for a woman who casually approached a senior who was using a walker, tripped her from behind and walked away. Burnaby RCMP have releas...
May 29, 2020
Alberta introduces bill that will alter charter school, home-schooling education
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is proposing to change the rules on charter schools and home-schooling.The proposed Choice in Education Act would allow a group seeking to establish a new charter sch...
May 29, 2020
Shortened MLB amateur draft to remain at New Jersey studio
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball's shortened amateur draft will remain at the MLB Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, for the first round on June 10. MLB shortened the selections to five rounds a...
May 29, 2020
Trudeau announces aid to Indigenous communities, ban extended for cruise ships to November
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opened his Friday update outside of Rideau Cottage highlighting his first ministers' meeting last night, the eleventh since the pandemic, and calling the Canadia...
May 29, 2020