WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – John Kelly, as White House chief of staff, presented himself as the man leading a charge of “country first, president second”. The attorney general suggested administering lie-detector tests to the small group of people with access to transcripts of the president’s calls with foreign leaders. And President Donald Trump sought a list […]
For Calgary businesses on 17 Avenue S.W., the intermittent construction to rebuild the city’s bar and restaurant strip can’t end soon enough. But with the Calgary Flames a near-lock for the NHL playoffs, bars and restaurants are hoping that construction in 2019 is delayed for a resurrection of the Red Mile. Related Calgary’s 17 Avenue […]
It’s the kind of video that transports you back in time. A four-minute film beginning with aerial footage of a 1974 powwow west of Edmonton is just a small fraction of the 900,000 hours of video and audio tape acquired by Bert Crowfoot. Part of a liquidation sale three decades ago, the Government of Alberta […]
It may be one of the most exciting things to happen to Moose Jaw since Al Capone allegedly visited the friendly city in the late 1920’s. In the fight to reclaim the title of ‘world’s tallest moose,’ Mac himself is now weighing in. In a statement read on his behalf by Moose Jaw Mayor Fraser […]
Some major changes could be in the works for the Dorval Gardens. North American Development Group, an asset management company that specializes in shopping malls, recently bought Dorval’s iconic shopping centre. While details of the new owner’s intentions haven’t been made public, Global News has learned that a mixed commercial-residential project could be in the […]
A Canadian woman is holding a letter-writing contest for her three-bedroom home near the city of Calgary. Interested parties must pay an entry fee of C$25 ($19; £15) and answer the question “Why would moving to this lakefront dream home change your life”? Owner Alla Wagner is leaving the home she says she loves due […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani backtracked on Monday (Jan 21) from earlier comments that Trump pursued a business deal to erect a tower bearing his name in Moscow throughout 2016, saying his statements “were hypothetical and not based on conversations I had with the President”. Giuliani told NBC’s “Meet the […]
Winter has always been a bit of a challenge for Guy Grand-Maison of Moncton. Born with a disability, Grand-Maison uses crutches or a wheelchair to get around, but he doesn’t let that stop him from using a snow blower to clear his own driveway. “You can do everything if you want to,” he said. Grand-Maison’s […]
Lincoln MacCauley Alexander was a remarkable Hamiltonian whose life included serving in the Canadian Air Force during the Second World War and being called to the bar in 1953. Alexander was also the first black Canadian elected to the House of Commons in 1968 and became minister of labour in the Joe Clark government before […]
Stargazers across the Okanagan were busy watching the total lunar eclipse with a super blood wolf moon overnight. A lunar eclipse, which only happens during full moons, takes place when the Earth lines up between the sun and the moon, blocking out the sun’s light and casting a shadow on the lunar surface. Courtesy: Meghann […]