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Florence Girard was 55 pounds when she starved in home-share. Her sister wants change
The sister of a British Columbia woman with Down syndrome who starved to death in a Port Coquitlam home in 2018 says she believes more people will die if systemic changes aren't made to how people wit...
Jan 12, 2025

Buckland Fire Dept. receives green light for new tanker truck
By the Fall, Buckland Fire and Rescue is expected to have a shiny new truck in its fleet.Their board of directors approved the $600,000 purchase and the tanker truck should arrive by late summer. Fire...
Jan 12, 2025

Contrasts start to take shape in leadership race for Manitoba's Opposition Tories
WINNIPEG - The battle for the leadership of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives is three months from being decided, and the two men vying for the role are laying out different paths to try to reign...
Jan 12, 2025

Quebec Liberals 'at a crossroads' as leadership race kicks off Monday
MONTREAL - As the federal Liberals prepare to choose Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's successor, another Liberal leadership race is getting underway in Quebec this week. The stakes are high for the Que...
Jan 12, 2025

With Conservatives promising to 'defund,' could the next election kill the CBC?
OTTAWA - In late 2023, Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said it was time for the federal government to redefine what the CBC does and how it does it. A year later - and with a federal election expect...
Jan 12, 2025

Justin Trudeau's own walk in the snow launched a historic week in federal politics
OTTAWA - "Sunny ways, my friends. Sunny ways." With those words, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began his time in office, having brought the Liberals out of the political wilderness and into a majority...
Jan 12, 2025

Coronato continues to play a key role for improving Flames
CALGARY - Dustin Wolf, Matt Coronato and Jonathan Huberdeau have each played pivotal roles for the surprising Calgary Flames this season and that was the case again on Saturday night. Coronato had a g...
Jan 12, 2025

Spaun grabs one-stroke lead at Sony Open, Taylor two shots back
HONOLULU (AP) - Stephan Jaeger had nine birdies for the lowest round this week at Waialae, and two of the most important holes for him Saturday in the Sony Open were pars. Jaeger knows dropping a shot...
Jan 12, 2025

Huberdeau, Wolf lead Flames to 2-1 win over Kings
CALGARY - Jonathan Huberdeau scored the game-winner early in the third period and Dustin Wolf made 31 saves to lead the Calgary Flames to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. Matt Cor...
Jan 11, 2025

Raiders finish Alberta road swing with shutout in Red Deer
After losing three straight for the first time since early October, the Prince Albert Raiders looked to finish their three games in four nights stretch through Alberta with a win in Red Deer. The Raid...
Jan 11, 2025

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