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WATCH: Hinshaw to give COVID-19 update
Coming up at 3:30 p.m.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provides an update on COVID-19.
Sep 03, 2020

SEAWA's riparian area revegetation project finishes third year
MEDICINE HAT, AB - For three years, the South East Alberta Watershed Alliance has been working to restore six riparian areas in the region.At the start of the project, SEAWA identified and focused on ...
Sep 03, 2020

Children harmed by on-reserve child welfare a step closer to compensation
OTTAWA - Indigenous children and their relatives harmed by chronic underfunding of child-welfare services on reserves are a step closer to resolving claims for compensation. The federal governmen...
Sep 03, 2020

Barrett, Triano say Nash has the tools to be a successful NBA head coach
Rowan Barrett remembers seeing Steve Nash covered in sweat, putting in work on the practice floor long before he was joined by his teammates. It was back in 2010, and Barrett was watching his fri...
Sep 03, 2020

Alex Trebek expects to mark 2-year cancer survival in 2021
LOS ANGELES - Alex Trebek says he's responding exceptionally well to treatment for pancreatic cancer and expects to mark his two-year survival next February. His doctor has said he's counting on that ...
Sep 03, 2020

Top stars at Venice Film Fest praise gender-neutral prizes
VENICE, Italy - Two stars at the Venice Film Festival, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton, have praised the decision by the Berlin festival to award gender-neutral prizes, with Swinton predicting other ...
Sep 03, 2020

Boseman to be honoured in hometown, where he inspired others
ANDERSON, S.C. - Actor Chadwick Boseman will be mourned, honoured and celebrated Thursday in his hometown of Anderson, South Carolina, where he gave residents a deep sense of pride, event organizers s...
Sep 03, 2020

Trial date set in connection to Walsh gas station assault
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A man facing an assault charge in connection to a feud between two rival gas stations has pleaded not guilty with a trial set for next month.Anwar Kamaran, 44, was charged with one ...
Sep 03, 2020

Law centre at UVic to train generation of Indigenous legal scholars
VICTORIA - The University of Victoria is expanding its law school building to house the new National Centre for Indigenous Laws. The federal and B.C. governments and the Law Foundation of B.C. are con...
Sep 03, 2020

University football teams navigate pandemic hurdles to get back on the field
One of the first things the University of Manitoba Bisons football team will learn when training camp opens is how to form a socially-distanced huddle. A part of football that's been second natur...
Sep 03, 2020