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Big Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall football amid pandemic
The Big Ten and Pac-12 won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, taking two of college football's five power conferences out of a crumbling season amid the pandemic. About an h...
Aug 11, 2020
Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate
WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticket and...
Aug 11, 2020
Canada must move quickly to stand up for democracy in Hong Kong, activists say
OTTAWA - Activists say Canada must swiftly censure China's ruling Communist Party over its crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong. Cherie Wong, executive director of Alliance Canada Hong Kong, urged Otta...
Aug 11, 2020
Safety won't be compromised for vaccine, Canada's top doctors say
OTTAWA - The chief public health officer says Canada will not cut corners to get a vaccine for COVID-19 approved. Dr. Theresa Tam says she has full confidence in Health Canada's process to approve a v...
Aug 11, 2020
Cosby sex assault appeal takes on non-prosecution deal
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby's lawyers argued in an appeals filing Thursday that it was "fundamentally unfair" to let prosecutors use Cosby's damaging deposition from a sex accuser's lawsuit against him ...
Aug 11, 2020
Alberta RCMP rolls out new tool to report crime online
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial RCMP has launched a new tool to report crimes online.The new initiative will let Albertans report select property crimes online, with the RCMP saying this is to ensure re...
Aug 11, 2020
Scrutiny of WE Charity focused on ability to deliver grant program: PCO clerk
OTTAWA - Canada's top public servant says federal officials did not probe WE Charity's financial situation or governance structure when doing homework on a $912-million deal with the charity...
Aug 11, 2020
Utility deferrals due, about $2 million in arrears
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Residents who have been unable to make utility payments due to a layoff, or lack of work due to COVID-19 will now have to begin paying again.This follows the city's 90-day deferral ...
Aug 11, 2020
Trudeau shuts down speculation that Morneau about to be fired as finance minister
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has full confidence in Finance Minister Bill Morneau and that any reports to the contrary are false. Trudeau's office has taken the unusual step of issui...
Aug 11, 2020
First-degree murder charge laid as Red Deer mourns slain doctor
A Red Deer physician is being remembered fondly a day after he was killed in a violent and shocking attack.Dr. Walter Reynolds, 45, died in hospital after he was attacked Monday morning at the Village...
Aug 11, 2020