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Pope set for historic apology for school abuses in Canada
MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) - Pope Francis has arrived at the site of a former Indigenous residential school to deliver a long-awaited apology for the Catholic Church's role in Canada's policy of forcibly...
Jul 25, 2022
Strike averted after WestJet reaches tentative agreement with Unifor service workers
CALGARY - There will be no strike at WestJet this week now that the airline has reached a tentative labour deal with the union representing hundreds of workers at the Calgary and Vancouver airports.Bo...
Jul 25, 2022
Habs forward Paul Byron helps save pilot after weekend floatplane crash in Quebec
Montreal Canadiens forward Paul Byron helped rescue a pilot of a floatplane that crashed Saturday in a lake in Quebec's Laurentians region, northwest of Montreal. The crash and the rescue occurred Sat...
Jul 25, 2022
Trees damaged in storm fall, power knocked out to some south of city
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Crews are continuing to clean up the damage caused by last week's storm and the to-do list got a little longer this morning.The city says crews are responding to a power outage affe...
Jul 25, 2022
With ERs on the brink, doctors explain what patients should consider before they go
TORONTO - A health-care staffing crisis and another wave of COVID-19 are pushing emergency departments across Canada to the brink, with wait times hitting new highs and several hospitals recently bein...
Jul 25, 2022
First UCP leaders debate to be held in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - There are seven official candidates to become the next leader of the United Conservative party, and all seven will be in Medicine Hat on Wednesday for the first official leadership ...
Jul 25, 2022
UK to host 2023 Eurovision after Ukraine ruled too risky
LONDON (AP) - Next year's Eurovision Song Contest will be staged in Britain, organizers announced Monday, after concluding it is too risky to hold the much-beloved pop extravaganza in the designated h...
Jul 25, 2022
Pope visits Canada, Commons hearing on Rogers outage : In The News for July 25
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of July 25 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jul 25, 2022
MPs look into alleged political interference in N.S. shooting probe
OTTAWA - MPs on the House of Commons public safety committee meet today to explore whether there was political meddling with the RCMP as it investigated the April 2020 shootings in Nova Scotia. Just o...
Jul 25, 2022
Sydney McLaughlin anchors US on record-setting day at worlds
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - It only made sense that Sydney McLaughlin would run the last, victorious lap of world championships for the United States. It only made sense she would win that race by a lot. Amer...
Jul 24, 2022