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Saskatchewan RCMP officer arrested in death of man in wooded area
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Police in northern Saskatchewan say they have taken an RCMP officer into custody in connection with a homicide. Investigators with the Prince Albert Police Service were called l...
May 12, 2021
Hockey Canada announces players invited to try out for women's Olympic team
CALGARY - Hockey Canada's roster of players invited to try out for the 2022 Olympic women's hockey team indicates the squad will be experienced up front and less so on the back end. Of the 28 invitees...
May 12, 2021
City seeking public feedback on transit redesign plan
The City of Grande Prairie has launched a survey to gain public feedback on its public transit redesign plans.When filling out the new survey, participants will learn of new transit routes and schedul...
May 12, 2021
Canadian Denis Shapovalov books spot in third round of Italian Open
ROME - Denis Shapovalov is joining fellow Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the third round of the Italian Open. The 13th-seeded Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., beat Italian Stefano Travaglia 7-...
May 12, 2021
Focus on helping right whales survive, not assigning blame: Canadian official
HALIFAX - A Canada-U.S. spat over who is responsible for the recent death of a critically endangered right whale has prompted a senior Canadian official to suggest there's got to be a better way of se...
May 12, 2021
Questions remain about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot in Canada
Questions remained Wednesday about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada as Manitoba limited use of the shot and Ontario said it was deciding how it would use an incoming shipment res...
May 12, 2021
Final court dates set in Meng Wanzhou's case as her lawyers ask to bring new evidence
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei's chief financial officer say they will apply to introduce new evidence in her extradition case next month. A B.C. Supreme Court judge set June 29 and 30 for a hearing o...
May 12, 2021
Crown seeks life sentence for youth in terrorism case
OTTAWA - The Crown is seeking a life sentence for a teenager who pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges including possession of explosive material and counselling someone to detonate a bomb. The ...
May 12, 2021
CNN's Sanjay Gupta worries about a muddled pandemic message
NEW YORK (AP) - At this stage in the pandemic, CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta is concerned that Americans are not getting clear enough messages about what they should or shouldn't be doing to keep themselves ...
May 12, 2021
Three COVID-19 cases identified on recent flights between Grande Prairie and Calgary
In the final days of April, 2021, three cases of COVID-19 were identified on flights that travelled between Grande Prairie and Calgary.The first case was identified on the Air Canada/Jazz flight AC847...
May 12, 2021