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Italy and Portugal drawn in same World Cup playoffs bracket
ZURICH (AP) - European champion Italy and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal were drawn in the same World Cup qualifying playoffs bracket Friday, meaning at least one of them will miss next year's tournamen...
Nov 26, 2021
Conservatives call for border restrictions in face of new COVID-19 variant
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has called for the government to immediately strengthen border screening in the face of a highly mutated new variant of COVID-19. The World Health Organizatio...
Nov 26, 2021
Conservatives call for border restrictions in face of new COVID-19 variant
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has called for the government to immediately strengthen border screening in the face of a highly mutated new variant of COVID-19. The World Health Organizatio...
Nov 26, 2021
Julien to coach Canada at two men's tournaments; tabbed for Olympics if NHL pulls out
Claude Julien has been named head coach of Canada's men's hockey team for a pair of international events next month. And if the NHL pulls out of the 2022 Winter Olympics, he'll also be behind the benc...
Nov 26, 2021
Accused facing upgraded murder charge in death of Saskatchewan RCMP officer
REGINA - A man accused of killing a Saskatchewan RCMP officer during a traffic stop is now facing a murder charge. The Crown has upgraded a charge of manslaughter against Alphonse Stanley Traverse to ...
Nov 26, 2021
Whitecourt resident wins $100,000 in LOTTO MAX draw
Whitecourt's Perri Miceli won $100.022 when he scanned his LOTTO MAX ticket. Miceli won the money from a ticket purchased during the October 12 EXTRA draw. He won his prize by matching the last six di...
Nov 26, 2021
Maxwell's brother says US prosecutors seeking to 'break' her
The brother of a British socialite charged with helping Jeffrey Epstein exploit underage girls says her prosecution is "the most over-hyped trial of the century," designed to break a woman targeted by...
Nov 26, 2021
Israel warns of 'emergency' after detecting new virus strain
JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Friday that Israel is "on the threshold of an emergency situation" after authorities detected the country's first case of a new coronavirus vari...
Nov 26, 2021
Court update: Sentencing in one child pornography case, trial order in another, Fox Creek AMBER Alert case resolved
Two-year sentence in Child pornography caseAlberta Justice says one of two Grande Prairie men charged in a child pornography arrest in April has been given a two-year jail term.Stedson McDonald pleade...
Nov 26, 2021
Dreading more rain in B.C. and Black Friday arrives: In The News for Nov. 26
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 26... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Nov 26, 2021