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Homa gets another chance and wins hometown event at Riviera
LOS ANGELES - Winning at Riviera was always a dream for Max Homa since he first attended the PGA Tour event as a toddler. He never could have scripted a finish like Sunday at the Genesis Invitational....
Feb 21, 2021
Mars rover landing a moment of joy for Canadian-born NASA systems engineer
MONTREAL - Farah Alibay describes the moments between the time the Perseverance rover entered Mars' atmosphere on Thursday and when it landed on the surface of the Red Planet as "the longest seven min...
Feb 21, 2021
Mars rover landing a moment of joy for Canadian-born NASA systems engineer
MONTREAL - Farah Alibay describes the moments between the time the Perseverance rover entered Mars' atmosphere on Thursday and when it landed on the surface of the Red Planet as "the longest seven min...
Feb 21, 2021
139-year-old house rolls to new San Francisco address
SAN FRANCISCO - After 139 years at 807 Franklin St. in San Francisco, a two-story Victorian house has a new address. The green home with large windows and a brown front door was loaded onto giant doll...
Feb 21, 2021
Cost of Coast Guard ship nears $1B as questions mount over federal shipbuilding plan
OTTAWA - The federal government has quietly revealed that it plans to pay nearly $1 billion to build a new ocean research vessel for the Canadian Coast Guard whose original cost was supposed to be one...
Feb 21, 2021
Alberta's Laura Walker stays unbeaten in Tournament of Hearts
CALGARY - Alberta's Laura Walker led Pool A at the Canadian women's curling championship at 3-0 on Sunday.Alberta thumped Northern Ontario's Krysta Burns 12-2 in the morning draw.Defending champion Ke...
Feb 21, 2021
Thousands raised at The Mustard Seed’s Coldest Night of the Year
MEDICINE HAT. AB- A fundraising event that had to go virtual this year due to COVID-19, has managed to raise thousands of dollars to support the city's vulnerable. Eleven teams signed up to be a part ...
Feb 21, 2021
COVID-19 activity declining, but variants at 'critical juncture,' Tam says
Canada's chief public health officer says the collective efforts to fight COVID-19 are paying off, even as the country sits at a 'critical juncture' in the fight against fast-spreading variants. Dr. T...
Feb 21, 2021
Tennessee races to repair broken water mains in storm's wake
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Workers in Tennessee raced Sunday to fix water mains that failed in freezing temperatures, and COVID-19 vaccine shipments resumed as the South carried on with efforts to recover from ...
Feb 21, 2021
Kenney says no new taxes as Alberta preps for another tough times pandemic budget
EDMONTON - On Thursday it's budget day in Alberta, a time that will cruelly and ironically remind residents that last year's projected eye-popping $6.8-billion deficit was actually the good old days. ...
Feb 21, 2021