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Louisiana House removes murder charge from abortion bill
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana women who have abortions will not be subject to murder or other criminal charges after legislators revamped an abortion bill Thursday night. The controversial bill would h...
May 12, 2022

Results May 18: Balloting complete in membership review of Alberta Premier Kenney
EDMONTON, United Kingdom - Volunteers began checking voter identification Thursday in a mail-in leadership review of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and, if so inclined, the public could watch a livestre...
May 12, 2022

Health Minister halts changes to insulin pump therapy program
MEDICINE HAT, AB - -Public outcry has prompted the provincial government to halt plans to discontinue the insulin pump therapy program on August 1.Approximately 4,000 Albertans currently rely on pumps...
May 12, 2022

Alberta Premier to speak in Washington
Premier Jason Kenney is heading to Washington, D.C. on May 17th.Kenney will address the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources about Alberta's role in strengthening North American energ...
May 12, 2022

Kenney “confident” he will win UCP leadership review vote
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The leader of Alberta's United Conservative Party (UCP) believes he will remain in that position going forward.The deadline to submit ballots for the UCP leadership review vote for pa...
May 12, 2022

Mosasaur fossils discovered at Southern Alberta mine
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Workers at an ammonite mining company described feeling like kids in a candy store when they made a pre-historic discovery.Evan Kovacs, Mine Foreman at Korite International, says it w...
May 12, 2022

Internal review being done after kneeing incident during an arrest in High Level
R-C-M-P in northern Alberta say they are conducting an internal review after a video surfaced online that shows a Mountie kneeing a man several times in the head during an arrest. Chief Superintendent...
May 12, 2022

Peterborough police investigating after protesters hurl insults at NDP's Singh
OTTAWA - Police are investigating after a video circulated on social media showed people hurling verbal abuse at NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh during a protest in Peterborough, Ont., this week. The federal...
May 12, 2022

NASA releases satellite images of Manitoba flooding; province bracing for more rain
WINNIPEG - Severe flooding that has displaced thousands of people in southern Manitoba has reached levels that are quite literally out of this world. Satellite images of flooding in the Red River Vall...
May 12, 2022

Team Gushue lineup change puts Canadian curling residency rules back in spotlight
The long-simmering Canadian curling residency issue has been raised to the front burner once again after a quadrennial that saw Canada largely come up short at major international four-player team eve...
May 12, 2022