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Man grabbed officer's gun before deadly shooting in Saskatchewan: police watchdog
ESTEVAN, Sask. - Saskatchewan's police watchdog says a 19-year-old man grabbed an officer's gun while he was getting his arrest photo taken, and an officer was shot and wounded. The Saskatchewan Serio...
Nov 3, 2023
Familiar foes Alouettes, Ticats ready for 'cat-and-mouse' game in East semifinal
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats should know each other inside and out by now. Montreal hosts Hamilton in the CFL East Division semifinal on Saturday at Molson Stadium in a fo...
Nov 3, 2023
Canada's Gushue through to men's Pan Continental Curling final with win over U.S.
KELOWNA, B.C. - Defending champion Brad Gushue of Canada advanced to the men's final at the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships with an 8-3 win over Andrew Stopera of the United States on Frida...
Nov 3, 2023
Hockey, football, volleyball, ski swap on a busy local sports schedule this weekend
NWJHLIn the Northwest Junior Hockey League Friday, Fairview in Beaverlodge, Peace River in Sexsmith and Dawson Creek in Fort St. John. Saturday, La Crete in Sexsmith, Fairview in Fort St. John and the...
Nov 3, 2023
Supreme Court rules mandatory minimum sentences for child luring are unconstitutional
OTTAWA - Canada's top court has ruled that applying mandatory minimum sentences to the offence of child luring is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court of Canada found in a six-to-one decision released ...
Nov 3, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Mary Ellen Turpel-Laford removed from Order of Canada
OTTAWA - Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a high-profile lawyer and child-rights advocate embroiled in a controversy surrounding her claims to Indigeneity, has been removed from the Order of Canada at her ow...
Nov 3, 2023
Northern training for doctors one idea to solve specialist retention issues says AMA president
The president of the Alberta Medical Association says one of the concerns he heard during a stop Wednesday in Grande Prairie was specialist retention.Dr. Paul Parks says one solution to this could be ...
Nov 3, 2023
Ottawa's Dabrowski, partner Routliffe finish group stage unbeaten at WTA Finals
CANCN, Mexico - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand finished the women's doubles group stage at the WTA Finals with a perfect record after defeating the Czech duo of ...
Nov 3, 2023
MD of Greenview & County earn 'A' for Alberta’s BDO Zone rating
The MD of Greenview and County of Grande Prairie is taking a step towards furthering Alberta's bioeconomy.A new bioeconomy development opportunity zone for woody biomass has received an 'A' rating for...
Nov 3, 2023
Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old can proceed with $40 million lawsuit, judge rules
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - A teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia can press forward with her $40 million against a school system over claims of negligence by school administrators,...
Nov 3, 2023