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Alberta funding Blood Tribe addiction beds, more police officers
STANDOFF, AB. - It's an announcement that some would contend is long overdue.Alberta Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer and Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jason Luan were in Standoff...
Mar 03, 2020 Doug Schweitzer and Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jason Luan, Cardston-Siksika MLA, Joseph Schow, Blood Tribe Police Chief Kyle Melting Tallow, join other members of Blood Tribe Council

Justin Trudeau surprise guest at citizenship ceremony in Nova Scotia
WOLFVILLE, N.S. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stunned a group of new Canadians on Tuesday when he showed up unannounced at a citizenship ceremony at Acadia University in Wolfville, N.S. The 45 ...
Mar 03, 2020

Slumping Vancouver Canucks missing three key players at practice
VANCOUVER - Three Vancouver Canucks players missed practice as the team returned home from a rough road trip on Tuesday. Defenceman Quinn Hughes and Tyler Myers and forward Jay Beagle all did not take...
Mar 03, 2020

Canadians Giguere, Roque among finalists for NCAA women's hockey award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Elizabeth Giguere of Quebec City and Abby Roque of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., were among the three finalists announced Tuesday for the top individual award in NCAA Div...
Mar 03, 2020

Edmonton Oilers expecting to get James Neal back against Stars
Edmonton Oilers winger James Neal is expected to return from a foot injury on Tuesday night against the Dallas Stars. The native of Whitby, Ont., hasn't played since Jan. 29. Neal, 32, has 19 goals an...
Mar 03, 2020

CFL. CFL Players' Association remain at odds regarding T.J. Jones contract
TORONTO - The T.J. Jones situation remains unresolved. The CFL and CFL Players' Association are at odds regarding the free-agent deal the receiver signed last month with the Toronto Argonauts. Jo...
Mar 03, 2020

Trump says he spoke to Taliban leader, had 'good talk'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he talked with a Taliban leader, days after the United States and the Taliban signed an agreement that calls for the full withdrawal of U.S. troop...
Mar 03, 2020

Tensions rise as U.S. death toll from coronavirus reaches 9
SEATTLE - Tensions over how to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus escalated Tuesday in the United States as the death toll climbed to nine and lawmakers expressed doubts about the government's abi...
Mar 03, 2020

Political programming dominates the week in television
NEW YORK - For the second straight week, politics was the dominant force in prime-time television. CBS News' coverage of the Democratic presidential debate from South Carolina last week was easily the...
Mar 03, 2020

Police: 3 die in plane crash on I-55 in central Illinois
LINCOLN, Ill. - Three people died Tuesday morning when a small plane crashed and burst into flames on Interstate 55 in central Illinois, state police said. Mindy Carroll of the Illinois State Police s...
Mar 03, 2020