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New evacuations ordered as storm hits Southern California
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities have ordered a new area of Southern California evacuated due to the threat of debris flows from a wildfire burn scar as a powerful storm drops heavy rain. The Orange Cou...
Dec 14, 2021
Try-It Day returning to Grande Prairie area January 15
The Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connections annual Try-It Day is returning January 15. Try-It Day occurs once in the summer and winter every year. The goal of the day is for youth aged 6-17 to have ...
Dec 14, 2021
NDP leader would back federal intervention in court challenge to Quebec's Bill 21
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh says he would support federal intervention in a court challenge to a Quebec law known as Bill 21, which bans teachers and some other public-sector workers from wearing religious...
Dec 14, 2021
Charges upgraded against Alberta man accused of killing mother and son: RCMP
HINTON, Alta. - Police have upgraded charges against a man accused in the deaths of a 24-year-old mother and her 16-month-old son in west-central Alberta.RCMP say Robert Major, who is 53, now faces tw...
Dec 14, 2021
Canucks cancel morning skate after Schenn, Lahmmikko test positive for COVID-19
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have cancelled practice after two players tested positive for COVID-19. The club says it was informed of defenceman Luke Schenn's positive result on Monday and winger...
Dec 14, 2021
Connor McDavid calls potential five-week Olympic quarantine for COVID-19 'unsettling'
Connor McDavid calls the idea potentially having to quarantine up to five weeks in China because of a positive COVID-19 test at the Beijing Olympics "unsettling" as the NHL's participation at the Game...
Dec 14, 2021
Quebec university classrooms are not safe spaces, says academic freedom committee
MONTREAL - A committee mandated by the Quebec government to investigate academic freedom says university classrooms should not be considered safe spaces. The committee, headed by former Parti Qubcois ...
Dec 14, 2021
Three more Calgary Flames enter COVID-19 protocol
CALGARY - Three more Calgary Flames have entered the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. The Flames confirmed in a short statement on social media Tuesday that defenceman Noah Hanifin and forwards Milan Lucic an...
Dec 14, 2021
Quebec, Ontario each reporting more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases today
Ontario and Quebec are each reporting more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19, ahead of separate briefings later today from the top health officials in both provinces. Ontario is reporting 1,429 new COV...
Dec 14, 2021
Official: Felt intimidated at meeting with Noem, daughter
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The former director of a South Dakota appraiser agency says she was intimidated at a meeting Gov. Kristi Noem called where state officials discussed her daughter's application for ...
Dec 14, 2021