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Canada's bobsleigh team races World Cup on Calgary home track facing closure
CALGARY - Canada's skeleton and bobsled teams will race a World Cup on their home track under a cloud of uncertainty. Calgary's 33-year-old sliding track, built for the 1988 Winter Olympics, ...
Feb 19, 2019
DPAs: Meet the legal tool central to the Prime Minister's Office controversy
OTTAWA - Engineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin sought to be the first firm to avoid criminal proceedings by negotiating a "remediation agreement" - using a new legal tool that either spa...
Feb 19, 2019
Speaker apologizes for apparent racial profiling incident on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - House of Commons Speaker Geoff Regan has apologized for an apparent case of racial profiling on Parliament Hill, saying all who visit the precinct must be treated with fairness, dig...
Feb 19, 2019
NewsAlert: Eaton Centre shooter found guilty of two counts of manslaughter
TORONTO - A man accused in a fatal shooting at Toronto's Eaton Centre six years ago has been found guilty of two counts of manslaughter. Christopher Husbands had pleaded not guilty to two co...
Feb 19, 2019
Highlights of the 2019-20 British Columbia budget
VICTORIA - Highlights of British Columbia's 2019-20 budget presented Tuesday: - A new Child Opportunity Benefit will replace an existing tax program for families next year, providing families with one...
Feb 19, 2019
PAGC talent show is a toe-tapping good time
An event held Monday night at Senator Allen Bird Memorial Gym proved age is but a number.A talent show was held for ages 55 and older as part of the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) Winter Festival....
Feb 19, 2019
Benetton makes its Milan runway debut with Lagerfeld tribute
Milan Fashion Week promised to be a running tribute to Karl Lagerfeld, who died Tuesday as collateral events got unde way. French designer Jean Charles de Castelbajac, who made his debut as creative d...
Feb 19, 2019
Retraumatized: Inuit leaders say sex charges stay for priest hurts victims
OTTAWA - Inuit leaders say Canada's decision not to go ahead with charges against a priest accused of sex abuse is traumatizing victims all over again. The Public Prosecution Service of Canada ha...
Feb 19, 2019
B.C. budget includes child fund, climate plan, Indigenous revenue sharing
VICTORIA - The B.C. government maintained its focus on providing programs to help families cope financially in its latest budget Tuesday, following efforts a year ago to crack down on proper...
Feb 19, 2019
Wiltjer, Ejim & Co., have logged millions of kilometres to play for Canada
With a few hours to kill during a recent layover in Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, Kyle Wiltjer was wondering aloud. The former Gonzaga forward was about to bend his six-foot-10 frame o...
Feb 19, 2019
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