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Red Deer RCMP officer charged with assault
A Red Deer RCMP officer accused of striking a man in custody during an altercation last year has been charged with assault.Alberta RCMP says the altercation happened March 2, 2020 in the Red Deer Deta...
Feb 3, 2021
Lawyers try to find holes in story of man accused of killing woman in Edmonton hotel
EDMONTON - Crown prosecutors continue to look for inconsistencies in what an Ontario man says he told others on the morning he found a woman's bloody body in his Edmonton hotel room bathtub. Bradley B...
Feb 3, 2021
Proud Boys and other extreme right-wing groups among 13 added to Canada's terror list
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is adding the Proud Boys and three other extreme right-wing groups to its list of terrorist organizations to address the sort of neo-fascism and white nationalism that ...
Feb 3, 2021
NLL scraps plans for abbreviated 2020-21 season, wants to begin full campaign in fall
PHILADELPHIA - The National Lacrosse League has cancelled plans for an abbreviated 2020-21 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The league said in a statement it will now focus on starting a f...
Feb 3, 2021
Toronto Arrows move south of the border to start MLR season in Atlanta area
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows are moving south to start the 2021 Major League Rugby season. MLR announced Wednesday that Arrows will share facilities with Rugby ATL in Marietta, Ga., because of pandemi...
Feb 3, 2021
Jason Kenney defends Rockies coal policy, calls old protections a 'dead letter'
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Albertans have no cause to worry over his government quietly throwing out a coal policy that protected the Rocky Mountains for more than four decades."No r...
Feb 3, 2021
'It's a different look': Regulation wins more important in NHL's shortened season
Paul Maurice is cheering for only one thing when he watches two North Division rivals hit the ice from his couch. The Winnipeg Jets head coach wants the result decided inside 60 minutes - and definite...
Feb 3, 2021
UPDATE: Hold and secure ended at Ridgevalley School
UPDATE: The Peace Wapiti Public School Division says the hold and secure at Ridgevalley School has ended, as of 10:40 a.m. Wednesday. Grande Prairie RCMP say they have resolved the incident that led t...
Feb 3, 2021
GSK, CureVac to make COVID-19 vaccines aimed at new variants
LONDON - Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday it will work with a German biopharmaceutical company to develop new vaccines targeting emerging variants of COVID-19 amid concerns that some mutations...
Feb 3, 2021
Doctor has no right to francophone panel, Ontario discipline committee rules
TORONTO - A francophone doctor accused of misconduct by Ontario's medical regulator has lost his bid to have his case heard by a French-speaking disciplinary panel. In ruling against Dr. Mathieu Belan...
Feb 3, 2021