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2 dead, 2 injured as car drives hits pedestrians in Germany
BERLIN - A car drove into a group of people at a pedestrian crossing in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Tuesday, killing two and leaving another two seriously injured, police said. They describe...
Mar 16, 2021
Canadian men's curling championship final ratings down 33 per cent from 2020
Ratings for the Canadian men's curling final tumbled significantly compared to the championship game in the 2020 season. Brendan Bottcher defeated Wild Card Two's Kevin Koe on Sunday night at Calgary'...
Mar 16, 2021
Former point guard jailed in bribery scheme has book deal
NEW YORK - A former point guard sentenced to prison in 2019 for his role in a college basketball bribery scheme has a book coming out next year. Hanover Square Press announced Tuesday that Merl Code's...
Mar 16, 2021
Canadian Denis Shapovalov crushes Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Canada's Denis Shapovalov beat Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 6-3 in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday. The third-seeded Shapovalov, from R...
Mar 16, 2021
Israeli experts announce discovery of more Dead Sea scrolls
JERUSALEM - Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt a...
Mar 16, 2021
Peace River man arrested on drug and weapon offences
A Peace River man has been arrested for drug and weapons offences following a complaint from Loon Rivers First Nation.The Red Earth RCMP responded to reports the man was on the Loon River First Nation...
Mar 16, 2021
Britain's Prince Philip returns home after treatment
LONDON - Britain's Prince Philip returned to Windsor Castle on Tuesday, a month in the hospital during which he was treated for an infection and underwent a heart procedure. Philip, 99, the husband of...
Mar 16, 2021
Court update: sentence in Desmarais murder, preliminary hearing set in Grande Prairie sexual assault
Alberta Justice says a life sentence has been handed to one of two people charged after a 2017 murder in Desmarais.Collin Noskiye was given the sentence March 5 in Peace River court. He will not be el...
Mar 16, 2021
Storm to broadcast all home games on Telus Optik TV
Grande Prairie Storm hockey will be arriving in the living rooms of the Peace Region for the remainder of the season.The Storm have announced that all home games broadcast this season will be viewable...
Mar 16, 2021
Half of Canadians want vaccine ASAP and a rare find: In The News for March 16
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 March 16 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 16, 2021