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Dentists, teachers, bus drivers want Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Dentists, teachers and bus drivers are among the essential workers who hope to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in British Columbia, as a provincial committee determines who should b...
Mar 05, 2021

Knife attack in 100 Mile House
100 MILE HOUSE - One person is in police custody following an assault in 100 Mile House.RCMP say it occurred yesterday (Mar.4) at around 4 p.m. in the 400 block of Cedar Avenue.Police allege two males...
Mar 05, 2021

Darryl Sutter has 'unfinished business' in return to Calgary Flames
CALGARY - Darryl Sutter says he has "unfinished business" as he returns to coach the Calgary Flames. The Flames announced late Thursday night that they had fired head coach Geoff Ward and hired Sutter...
Mar 05, 2021

Ottawa unveils proposed federal carbon offset emission credit regulations
CALGARY - The federal government is unveiling proposed regulations for its greenhouse gas offset program that will govern how developers can register and sell credits earned through projects that redu...
Mar 05, 2021

Canadian soldier found dead in his quarters in Afghanistan: military
OTTAWA - A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has died in Afghanistan. The Defence Department says Master Warrant Officer Guy Adam Law was found dead in his quarters at the Canadian Embassy in Kabul ...
Mar 05, 2021

Blackhawks' Seabrook calls it a career because of injury
Longtime Chicago Blackhawks defenceman and three-time Stanley Cup winner Brent Seabrook announced Friday he is unable to continue playing hockey because of injury. After surgeries on his right shoulde...
Mar 05, 2021

Canadian Corey Conners grabs lead after his second round at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Fla. - Canada's Corey Conners has the lead after the morning wave of the second round of the PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational.Conners, from Listowel, Ont., shot a 3-under 69 today and is...
Mar 05, 2021

Men's basketball coach Steve Konchalski ready to end long career at St. FX
The story of Steve Konchalski's career is written in the photos that paper the walls of his office at St. Francis Xavier University. There are more than 250, of all the teams coached and lives touched...
Mar 05, 2021

Montreal-area immigration detainees on hunger strike over COVID-19 fears
MONTREAL - Several men at a Montreal-area immigration detention centre refused food this week to protest what they say are inhumane conditions at the facility and to try and secure their release.It's ...
Mar 05, 2021

Hockey world paying tribute to the Great One's father, Walter Gretzky
Walter Gretzky, a blue-collar symbol of a devoted hockey parent in a country filled with them, has died. Tributes poured in shortly after his son, hockey great Wayne Gretzky, confirmed the 82-year-old...
Mar 05, 2021