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Trudeau says Tofino trip on National Day of Truth and Reconciliation a 'mistake'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he regrets the mistake of travelling to British Columbia to join his vacationing family on a day meant to honour Indigenous survivors of Canada's residentia...
Oct 6, 2021
Brazil, Mexico challenge Canada for 2022 men's world curling berth
LACOMBE, Alta. - Canada has to win a berth in the 2022 world men's curling championship because of a challenge from Brazil and Mexico. Reigning Canadian champion Brendan Bottcher from Edmonton will fa...
Oct 6, 2021
Burlington welterweight Mike Malott wins UFC contract with submission victory
Canadian welterweight Mike (Proper) Malott is headed to the UFC after a 39-second submission win on Dana White's Contender Series. The 29-year-old from Burlington, Ont., was awarded a UFC contract aft...
Oct 6, 2021
Moderna asks Health Canada to authorize booster shot of its COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA - U.S. drugmaker Moderna is asking Health Canada to authorize a booster shot of its COVID-19 vaccine. The company submitted data on a booster shot that is half the size of the doses used to giv...
Oct 6, 2021
Military begins COVID-19 work at Edmonton hospital as Alberta battles fourth wave
Canadian military nurses will begin work at an Edmonton hospital today (Oct. 6) to help alleviate pressure on a critical care unit overburdened with COVID-19 patients.The Canadian Armed Forces says ei...
Oct 6, 2021
Medicine Hat doctor charged with sexual assault and sexual interference
YORK, ONTARIO - Police north of Toronto have charged a family doctor from Medicine Hat with sexual assault.York Regional Police say a man reported he had been sexually assaulted as a young child in 19...
Oct 6, 2021
Candidates roundtable focused on sport, recreation Wednesday
Mayoral and council candidates running in the October 18 municipal election have been invited to take part in a roundtable regarding sports and recreation Wednesday evening.The candidates in the city'...
Oct 6, 2021
General who wrote reference for sex offender reassigned after outrage over new post
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces has removed a senior officer who wrote a reference for a convicted sex offender from his job reviewing ways to eliminate military sexual misconduct. Vice chief of th...
Oct 6, 2021
Evergreen Park GM Dan Gorman presented ACTRA Horse Person of the Year award
Evergreen Park General Manager Dan Gorman received some surprising news earlier this week.On Monday, the Alberta Community Thoroughbred Racing Association (ACTRA) named Gorman their Horse Person of th...
Oct 6, 2021
Nobel Prize in chemistry honors tool to build molecules
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to German scientist Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute and Scotland-born scientist David W.C. MacMillan of Princeton University. ...
Oct 6, 2021