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Victims of ex-senator Don Meredith deserve better than ongoing delays: lawyer
OTTAWA - A lawyer for some of the victims of ex-senator Don Meredith says someone in the upper chamber needs to show courage and bring an end to seven years of deliberations over how to address the ha...
Sep 11, 2020
COVID-19 test results now available through text message
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Albertans can now choose how they want to receive their COVID-19 test results - through an automated phone call, a personal phone call from an AHS team member, or by SMS text message....
Sep 11, 2020
Province announces plan to boost surgeries
The Siksika Nation northwest of Brooks is included in a new Indigenous stream grant program that allows it to develop a proposal to be a part of Alberta's plan to reduce surgical wait times in the pro...
Sep 11, 2020
Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal charged with fraud and breach of trust by RCMP
OTTAWA - The RCMP say they've charged former Liberal MP Raj Grewal with fraud and breach of trust. They allege the former MP for Brampton East took millions of dollars in personal loans without tellin...
Sep 11, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 11
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:05 a.m. EDT on Sept. 11, 2020: There are 135,136 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 64,244 confirmed (including 5,773 deaths, 56,624...
Sep 11, 2020
Health experts criticize Canada vaccine deals, call for international funding
OTTAWA - More than 100 Canadian heath and policy experts say the federal government has succumbed to "vaccine nationalism" because it has pre-purchased tens of millions of vaccine doses from private c...
Sep 11, 2020
Kiwanis Central Park to get extra watering this weekend
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Users of Kiwanis Central Park may get an unexpected drenching if they aren't careful this weekend.Newly planted sod near the kitchen and washrooms in the park will require extra wat...
Sep 11, 2020
Energy sector looking for aid and regulation delays as throne speech looms
OTTAWA - Canada's fossil-fuel sector is looking to this month's throne speech for signs the federal government is not throwing in the towel on oil and gas. At the same time Canadian climate strikers a...
Sep 11, 2020
Alberta hiring staff for feasibility study of replacing RCMP with new force
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is looking to hire a contractor to study the benefits and costs of a proposed provincial police force that could replace the RCMP.Online job postings show the provinc...
Sep 11, 2020
Canadian Eugenie Bouchard books ticket in Istanbul semifinals
ISTANBUL - Canadian qualifier Eugenie Bouchard has advanced to the semifinals of the Istanbul Tennis Championship after recording her third consecutive upset on Friday. Bouchard, from Westmount, ...
Sep 11, 2020