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Female soccer players more likely to have medical assessments after head trauma
TORONTO - Half of female soccer players who suffered a head-collision event received medical assessments, compared to a third of male players, according to a Canadian study published in the Journal of...
Jan 21, 2020
Canada, allies push Iran to co-operate on Ukraine plane's black boxes
OTTAWA - Canada and its allies are pushing Iran to move the black boxes from the Ukrainian jetliner it shot down to a facility that can quickly download its crucial flight data. Fo...
Jan 21, 2020
Full parole for Toronto cop who shot teen Sammy Yatim on empty streetcar
TORONTO - A police officer who fatally shot a distraught teenager on an empty Toronto streetcar in 2013 has won full parole. The only restriction on James Forcillo is that he have no contact...
Jan 21, 2020
Province announces working group to combat rise in liquor store thefts
The Alberta Government has established a working group to combat what they are a calling a growing public safety threat, posed by a rapid rise in robberies and thefts at liquor stores.The working grou...
Jan 21, 2020 (From L to R) James Burns, CEO of Alcanna Ltd., Minister Doug Schweitzer, MLA Brad Rutherford, and Cst. Robyn Wilson, Edmonton Police Service, announced action to fight robberies and thefts targeting liquor stores. (Photo: Government of Alberta)
Canada women's soccer team reduces roster to 20 ahead of CONCACAf Olympic qualifier
Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller has trimmed his roster to 20 ahead of next week's CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, with Jenna Hellstrom and 15-year-old Olivia Smith droppin...
Jan 21, 2020
Impeachment arguments as seen by Democrats, Trump team
WASHINGTON - Legal filings to the Senate have laid out the arguments that will be made in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, where he faces two distinct allegations of abuse of power and obst...
Jan 21, 2020
Armed Forces and neighbours pitch in to help snow bound Newfoundlanders dig out
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Armed Forces personnel were deployed Sunday to help Newfoundland and Labrador dig out from the monster blizzard that paralyzed eastern regions of the province with record breaking a...
Jan 21, 2020
Canada to ratify new NAFTA next week following U.S. Senate approval: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will move next week to formally approve North America's new, long-delayed free trade pact. Trudeau says the government will introduce a way...
Jan 21, 2020
Extreme cold hoped to have helped in fight against mountain pine beetle
Albertans may have survived last week's extreme cold snap, but experts are hoping mountain pine beetles did not.Temperatures in Jasper, Hinton and Sundre, key battlegrounds in the fight against pine b...
Jan 21, 2020
Paris couture climbs Mount Olympus, plumbs marine depths
PARIS - Female empowerment, controversies about race, and designs that plunged to the depths of the seas then climbed Mount Olympus were among themes to grace Paris Couture Week on its drama-filled fi...
Jan 21, 2020