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World softball event garners national sports tourism nomination
The accolades keep coming following the city's successful world softball championship event last summer, with the city announcing Monday the event was named a finalist for a national award. The 2018 J...
Feb 04, 2019
University of Calgary says "come one, come all" to free sports concussion course
CALGARY - Research on concussions in sport has reached a tipping point where the University of Calgary is offering a free, online course to anyone and everyone. A seven-week course starting April 8 vi...
Feb 04, 2019
'A lot of courage': Men recall fateful night caused by drinking and driving
The effects of impaired driving were apparent at a special presentation in La Ronge this afternoon where two men talked about the traumatic circumstances which brought them together. Students at Churc...
Feb 04, 2019
CP Rail confirms three crew members die in B.C. grain car derailment
FIELD, B.C. - Three crew members of a Canadian Pacific freight train have died in a derailment near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary. A spokeswoman with the railway said the crew m...
Feb 04, 2019
FAA: Chicago's O'Hare airport busiest in US in 2018
CHICAGO - O'Hare International Airport in Chicago was the busiest airport in the U.S. in 2018, surpassing Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for the first time in four years. The Federal...
Feb 04, 2019
Google parent beats Q4 estimates, stock still drops
SAN FRANCISCO - Google parent company Alphabet beat Wall Street expectations for its fourth quarter earnings Monday, although its stock slid in after-hours trading. The company reported profit of $8.9...
Feb 04, 2019
No need to push snow onto sidewalks: Roadways manager
Despite recent warnings from Prince Albert's mayor, it doesn't seem like the city will have to push snow onto sidewalks any time soon. Last week Greg Dionne apologized in advance to the public for wha...
Feb 04, 2019
Injured Metro Vancouver transit officer says thanks to his supporters
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - An officer with Metro Vancouver Transit Police who was shot last week in the line of duty will undergo surgery for his injuries this week. In a statement, Const. Josh...
Feb 04, 2019
AP Explains: Racist history of blackface began in the 1830s
WASHINGTON - A racist photo from a 1984 yearbook threatens to end Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's political career. The photo shows two people: one in blackface and one wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood and r...
Feb 04, 2019
Auditor General Michael Ferguson remembered as 'passionate fighter for accountability'
OTTAWA - Michael Ferguson, Canada's auditor general for the past seven years, died of cancer on Saturday at the age of 60. Ferguson passed away in Ottawa surrounded by his wife, Georgina, an...
Feb 04, 2019
