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Trudeau says heavy artillery coming for Ukraine, but stays mum on details
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't going to provide more details about his government's pledge to send a new round of military aid to Ukraine - at least not yet. The prime minister said Wedn...
Apr 20, 2022

RCMP's inability to track officers during N.S. killings questioned at inquiry
HALIFAX - Lawyers at the public inquiry into Canada's worst mass shooting are asking why - in an era when teens use apps to locate each other - the RCMP lacked technology to track their officers on fo...
Apr 20, 2022

Quebec judge bans father from taking son to protests against COVID-19 health orders
QUEBEC - A Quebec judge has ruled a mother can have her young son vaccinated against the novel coronavirus without the father's consent and ordered the father not to take the child to COVID-19 protest...
Apr 20, 2022

Hits on Highway Hotline reach all-time high
The ongoing winter of 2021-22 has helped the Highway Hotline set a record in Saskatchewan.Over the past year, the Hotline recorded nearly 13 million hits - more than double the number it usually gets ...
Apr 20, 2022

Judge delays Alex Jones trial as Infowars seeks bankruptcy
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas judge on Wednesday pushed back the first jury trial over how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay the families of Sandy Hook victims after his Infowars company s...
Apr 20, 2022

Retirement Planning: The Great CPP Debate Continues.
It is a decision that many Canadians will need to make prior to retirement: when should you start Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits? Do I start at age 60, 65 or wait until 70? Despite the potential f...
Apr 20, 2022

Michelle Obama to address democracy summit June 13 in LA
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama will deliver the keynote address at a democracy summit sponsored by a national, nonpartisan voting organization she helped create, the group announced Wednesday. The f...
Apr 20, 2022

Two arrested for illegal firearm on Little Pine
Two suspects were arrested on Little Pine First Nation on Sunday as part of an ongoing investigation.Cut Knife RCMP executed a search warrant that evening, resulting in the arrests and the seizure of ...
Apr 20, 2022

Southern Alberta town council votes against ending century-old alcohol ban
RAYMOND, ALBERTA - The council of a southern Alberta town that has been dry for more than a century has voted against a motion to allow restaurants to serve alcohol. Six out of seven councillors in th...
Apr 20, 2022

Ohio doctor found not guilty in 14 hospital patient deaths
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A jury on Wednesday acquitted an Ohio doctor accused of ordering excessive amounts of painkillers that led to multiple patient deaths at a Columbus-area hospital following a week...
Apr 20, 2022