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Biden dog Commander to make TV debut during 'Puppy Bowl'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's puppy Commander will make his TV debut on Super Bowl Sunday. The German shepherd and Biden's wife, Jill, will appear in a commercial airing before Sunday's broa...
Feb 10, 2022

One new COVID-19 death in Medicine Hat, 22 across province
Supply chain issues are easing and Alberta is expanding and changing how it is distributing COVID-19 rapid test kits. Health Minister Jason Copping says 633 pharmacies have signed up to the distributi...
Feb 10, 2022

Vancouver Canucks name Hall of Famer Cammi Granato assistant GM
VANCOUVER - Cammi Granato has been watching the Vancouver Canucks for years. As a pro scout for the Seattle Kraken - the first female scout in NHL history - she spent ample time in the press box at Va...
Feb 10, 2022

Montreal police officers handed 30-day suspensions for racial profiling in 2017
MONTREAL - A Black man who was racially profiled by Montreal police during a stop in 2017 says the 30-day suspensions recently imposed by the ethics commission on two officers is significant but not n...
Feb 10, 2022

Officer-involved shooting in central Alberta
An officer-involved shooting in Ponoka ended in the suspect being airlifted to hospital with critical injuriesAt about 9:35 a.m. RCMP received a report of an armed individual near the detachment holdi...
Feb 10, 2022

WATCH: Copping, Hinshaw to provide COVID-19 update
Coming up at 3:30 p.m.Health Minister Jason Copping and chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provide an update on COVID-19.
Feb 10, 2022

Lack of powder silences Vancouver's historic Nine O'Clock Gun indefinitely
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver parks board says the city's historic Nine O'Clock Gun is being silenced by a lack of explosive powder that's needed to fire it. A statement from the board says the type of bl...
Feb 10, 2022

Canada, Britain discussing Russia sanctions if it invades Ukraine, says U.K. envoy
OTTAWA - Britain's envoy to Canada says the two countries are co-operating on a tough new set of sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine. Susannah Goshko, the British High Commissioner to Canad...
Feb 10, 2022

New Argos running back Harris says he's always played with a chip on his shoulder
TORONTO - Andrew Harris has played football with a huge chip on his shoulder for the last 11 seasons and that's not about to change with the Toronto Argonauts. Harris, who turns 35 in April, signed wi...
Feb 10, 2022

'Why rush it?': Alberta doctor says decision to lift COVID-19 measures premature
A Medicine Hat doctor says the Alberta government's decision to lift COVID-19 public health measures is premature and will further risk the health and safety of residents.Premier Jason Kenney announce...
Feb 10, 2022