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Alena Sharp headlines Canada's golf team for the Santiago Pan American Games
TORONTO - Hamilton's Alena Sharp headlines Golf Canada's team for the upcoming Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Sharp was one of four players named to the team by the national sport organization...
Sep 26, 2023

Alberta government extends E. coli compensation program to more daycares
CALGARY - The Alberta government appears to have extended a one-time payment of $2,000 for each child affected by an E. coli outbreak in Calgary to 19 daycares.Alberta Children and Family Services pos...
Sep 26, 2023

MHTnow transit service going back to separate zones
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat Transit is making changes to its on-demand service so it can meet as many rider requests as possible.Starting on Oct. 2, MHTnow will transition back to its original tra...
Sep 26, 2023

Alberta receives 'D' grade in poverty report card
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Most of Canada did not fare well in Food Banks Canada's 2023 Poverty Report Cards.Phil Ozga, chief network and government relations officer with Food Banks Canada, said it has histori...
Sep 26, 2023

Noon Interview: Ken Feser Sept. 26
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Things have been going a mile a minute lately at the Medicine Hat Public Library.But chief librarian Ken Feser still found time to be a guest on the noon show.Feser joined Dan Reyni...
Sep 26, 2023

CP NewsAlert: 15 'potential' gravesites found near former Yukon residential school
CARCROSS, Yukon - An investigation into unmarked graves and the deaths of children who attended the former Chooutla Residential School in Carcross, Yukon, has found 15 "potential" gravesites at or nea...
Sep 26, 2023

NHL unveils Flames and Oilers Heritage Classic jerseys
The NHL has unveiled the jerseys the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers will wear during the Heritage Classic game next month. The Flames jersey was inspired by the Calgary Stampeders hockey team of t...
Sep 26, 2023

Blue Jays reinstate Brandon Belt from 10-day injured list and recall Jay Jackson
TORONTO - First baseman and designated hitter Brandon Belt has been reinstated from the 10-day injured list by the Toronto Blue Jays. He will bat sixth for Toronto in tonight's game against the New Yo...
Sep 26, 2023

Police identify three fishers who died after their boat sank off northeastern Quebec
BLANC-SABLON, Que. - Quebec provincial police have identified the three fishers who died after their boat sank off of Quebec's Lower North Shore early Monday morning. Provincial police spokesman Sgt. ...
Sep 26, 2023

Quebec nurses union says job postings requiring bilingualism are discriminatory
MONTREAL - A nurses union on Quebec's Gasp Peninsula says job postings by the local health-care network discriminate against francophone people because they require that applicants speak English. Unio...
Sep 26, 2023