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Gilgeous-Alexander ties career high of 32 points in Thunder's win over Raptors
TORONTO - When Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drove to the rim to bank in a floater with 36 seconds to play Sunday night, he didn't just clinch Oklahoma City a victory. In just his second season in the NBA, ...
Dec 31, 2019

Jack Hughes scores in overtime as New Jersey Devils top Ottawa Senators 4-3
OTTAWA - Even though he's just 18, Jack Hughes lived up to his billing as an impact player. Hughes scored in overtime as the New Jersey Devils topped the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Sunday e...
Dec 31, 2019

Congressman John Lewis says cancer is his latest battle
ATLANTA - As a civil rights activist at 25, John Lewis was beaten so badly his skull was fractured and the TV images from an Alabama bridge in the 1960s forced a nation's awakening to racial discrimin...
Dec 31, 2019

Schwartz scores twice, Blues beat Jets for 8th straight win
ST. LOUIS - Jaden Schwartz saw what it took last season for the St. Louis Blues to emerge from the cellar to hoist the Stanley Cup. While Schwartz and the Blues haven't had to deal with the struggles ...
Dec 31, 2019

Lawyers: Robert Durst wrote incriminating 'cadaver' note
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for New York real estate heir Robert Durst acknowledge that he penned a note tipping off police to the location of the body of a friend he's accused of killing, according to cour...
Dec 31, 2019

Wind warning issued for most of southwestern Alberta
FORT MACLEOD, AB - In the most southern Alberta way possible, the 2010s will come to a close and the 2020s will kick off with high winds.Environment Canada is calling for wind gusts up to 100 km/hour ...
Dec 31, 2019 Weather alerts in Alberta for December 31st, 2019. (Supplied by Environment Canada)

Finlay Bridge to be covered with donated coats
Medicine Hat, AB - Finlay Bridge will be not only be lit up tonight, but it will also be covered in coats.Hatters are being asked to hang their gently used coats at the bridge.As well,organizer Helen ...
Dec 31, 2019 Coats on Finlay Bridge (Photo by Bob Schneider)

Mounties eyed Cold War candid camera scheme, declassified documents show
OTTAWA - RCMP intelligence officials devised a secret Cold War plan to use a hidden briefcase camera to photograph Communists and Soviet Bloc personnel travelling through Toronto's airport, ...
Dec 31, 2019

Alberta says it will continue to fight against carbon tax
CALGARY, AB - Hours before a federal carbon tax is imposed on the province, the United Conservative Party has revealed how they plan to continue the fight against the tax.Speaking to media in Calgary ...
Dec 31, 2019 A driver fills up at Petro-Canada Tuesday morning. A new federal carbon tax is coming into effect in Alberta on Wednesday - Photo by Charles Lefebvre

Lethbridge Police investigating "sudden death" of infant
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police were called to Chinook Regional Hospital in the early morning hours of Tuesday, December 31st.They were asked to investigate the death of a six-month-old boy.According to the i...
Dec 31, 2019 Chinook Regional Hospital. (Lethbridge News Now)