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United Nurses of Alberta says AHS planning to lay off nurses starting next year
EDMONTON, AB - The United Nurses of Alberta says hundreds of registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses will be losing their jobs in the next several years.A letter from Alberta Health Servic...
Nov 29, 2019

ALERT seizes $300,000 worth of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl in Calgary
CALGARY, AB - The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team has charged three alleged drug dealers after seizing $300,000 worth of drugs in Calgary.Police seized 1.3 kilograms of methamphetamine, 1.2 kilo...
Nov 29, 2019 Items seized during a recent investigation by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team - Photo courtesy ALERT

Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters resigns
CALGARY - Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters has resigned. The team made the announcement Friday after the end of investigations by the Flames and the NHL into allegations Peters directed a racial ...
Nov 29, 2019 Bill Peters is pictured during a Calgary Flames team practice. Peters resigned as head coach of the Calgary Flames on Friday - Canadian Press file photo

Man killed following collision on Highway 21 Thursday night
LEADER, SASK. - A 34-year-old man was killed following a two vehicle collision on Highway 21 south of Eatonia, Saskatchewan.RCMP in Leader, along with Eatonia and Leader EMS and Fire Department, respo...
Nov 29, 2019

Enmax Centre posts year over year losses according to KPMG report
LETHBRIDGE, AB - There appear to be a variety of reasons why the City of Lethbridge is hoping to find a buyer for the Enmax Centre, according to information contained in the $464,000 Phase One KPMG Fi...
Nov 29, 2019 Enmax Centre

'It was getting terrifying:' students attend hearing for alleged feces-thrower
TORONTO - Dozens of university students crowded a Toronto courthouse Wednesday as a man accused of dumping liquefied feces on strangers at two campus libraries and a downtown sidewalk had his bai...
Nov 29, 2019

Coroner's office says post-mortem for plane crash victims could take days
KINGSTON, Ont. - The Ontario chief coroner's office says it will perform post-mortem examinations in the coming days on the four adults and three children who died in&nbs...
Nov 29, 2019

Ontario court dismisses Subway's lawsuit against CBC over chicken report
An Ontario court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Subway against the CBC over a report on the content of its chicken sandwiches, but says legal action against the lab that tested the&nb...
Nov 29, 2019

Edmonton Eskimos fire head coach Jason Maas after 8-10 regular season
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos have fired Jason Maas, ending the four-year run of a hot-tempered, heart-on-his-sleeve head coach who inspired his players but delivered results that, while good, were ...
Nov 29, 2019

Halifax police apologize to black community for pain caused by street checks
Halifax's police chief has issued a formal apology to Nova Scotia's black community today over the practice of street checks. Chief Daniel Kinsella says police are sorry for actions that have caused p...
Nov 29, 2019