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Pandemic allowing Lions running back Moore to devote time to painting
TORONTO - Wayne Moore has had no trouble staying busy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The uncertainty surrounding the 2020 CFL season has allowed the B.C. Lions running back to devote more time to ...
Jul 9, 2020
RCMP rule Edmonton teen’s death a homicide
LEDUC COUNTY- The RCMP Major Crimes Unit continues to investigate the death of a 19-year-old man which occurred on June 18, at a Leduc area house party. The RCMP is looking for assistance from the peo...
Jul 9, 2020
Gord Bamford to hold drive-in concerts at Evergreen Park July 24
The Grande Sunset Theatre at Evergreen Park is set to host its first live, drive-in concert later this month.Twenty-six time Canadian Country Music Award winner and Alberta native Gord Bamford is set ...
Jul 9, 2020
Police chiefs call for decriminalization of personal drug use
OTTAWA - Canada's police chiefs are calling for decriminalization of personal possession of illicit drugs as the best way to battle substance abuse and addiction. The Canadian Associati...
Jul 9, 2020
Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was returned to federal prison, weeks after his early release to serve the remainder of his sentence at home becaus...
Jul 9, 2020
Canada's response on tariffs won't be restricted by terms of USMCA: negotiator
WASHINGTON - Canada's chief trade negotiator says the new North American trade deal won't limit the federal government's options if it is forced to retaliate against U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum...
Jul 9, 2020
Police: Mother admits to starving daughter, dumping body
SILVER SPRING, Md. - A Maryland woman accused of starving her 15-month-old daughter for more than three weeks has been charged with first-degree murder in the toddler's death, police said Thursday. Ki...
Jul 9, 2020
Country musician Charlie Daniels honoured at memorial service
MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. - Country Music Hall of Fame musician Charlie Daniels received military honours at a memorial service in Tennessee on Wednesday night. The country music icon, who penned the hit "T...
Jul 9, 2020
Authorities: 1 dead after tornado hits western Minnesota
DALTON, Minn. - Severe storms that swept through parts of the Midwest produced at least one powerful tornado that damaged farms and killed one person and injured two others in western Minnesota, autho...
Jul 9, 2020
Racist slurs during Conservative leadership debate not surprising: Lewis
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis says racial slurs directed at her during an online debate last night are not surprising. Lewis, Erin O'Toole and Derek Sloan were debating B.C.-...
Jul 9, 2020