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New business facility along highway taking shape
MEDICINE HAT, AB - If you've driven past the Saamis Teepee in the past month, you've likely noticed some new construction going up in the area.Now, as the building begins to take shape, the developer ...
Jan 14, 2020 Construction continues on Badlands View Tuesday afternoon - Photo by Charles Lefebvre

Harry and Meghan's royal move to Canada signals generational change: experts
VICTORIA - Royal experts and tourism officials say Prince Harry and Meghan Markle aren't the only couple who have come to Victoria for a visit and ended up staying. If the couple decides to make ...
Jan 14, 2020

Tottenham advances in FA Cup in potential Eriksen farewell
LONDON - If this was to be Christian Eriksen's last match as a Tottenham player, he went out with a victory. The Denmark midfielder played the full 90 minutes as Tottenham held off a late fightback fr...
Jan 14, 2020

Parent faces new tax fraud charge in college bribery case
BOSTON - A Massachusetts real estate developer accused of paying $220,000 to get his son into the University of Southern California faces a new tax fraud charge. John Wilson, 59, of Lynnfield, Mass., ...
Jan 14, 2020

Canada's Dabrowski prepares to resume doubles partnership with Ostapenko
Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko have enjoyed some success on the handful of occasions they've teamed up together in the past. They're hoping to reki...
Jan 14, 2020

Bills seek to end 'conversion therapy' in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Twice a week for four years when he was in high school, gay student Zach Meiners underwent "conversion therapy," a practice that attempts to change a person's sexual orientation or ge...
Jan 14, 2020

Ottawa Redblacks re-sign Canadian defensive back Justin Howell
OTTAWA - Canadian defensive back Justin Howell has signed a one-year contract extension with the Ottawa Redblacks. The native of Bradford, Ont., has 21 defensive tackles and 16 special-teams tackles o...
Jan 14, 2020

Veteran Canadian centre Tristan Thompson setting tone in Cleveland
Tristan Thompson gleefully bounded around the Cleveland dressing room, his teammates enthusiastically showering him with buckets of water. The Canadian centre had just scored a career-high 35 poi...
Jan 14, 2020

Officials: Jet fuel lands on Los Angeles school playground
CUDAHY, Calif. - Jet fuel dumped by an aircraft returning to Los Angeles International Airport fell onto an elementary school playground where children were playing Tuesday, fire officials said. The L...
Jan 14, 2020

Haitian-Canadians commemorate 10 year anniversary of deadly earthquake
MONTREAL - Gael Stephenson Chancy remembers the time following the earthquake that struck Haiti ten years ago as the moment he was forced to grow up. As his family rode in a transport towards the...
Jan 14, 2020