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Vancouver Whitecaps missing five players at MLS is Back Tournament
The Vancouver Whitecaps will be missing five players at the MLS is Back Tournament, including forwards Lucas Cavallini, Fredy Montero and Tosaint Ricketts. The club said defender Andy Rose and defende...
Jul 7, 2020
Canadian airlines accused of ignoring COVID precautions, denying refunds
TORONTO - When Bobbi Jo Green booked a flight back in May for her, her husband, and her children to see two ailing family members, she was counting on the airline's physical distancing rules...
Jul 7, 2020
Promise of COVID-19 funds to support disabled Canadians remains in limbo
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to provide a $600 payment to disabled Canadians to help with additional costs in the COVID-19 pandemic remains in limbo. The measure was contained in a...
Jul 7, 2020
Conservative stalwart Scott Reid backing newcomer Leslyn Lewis for leadership
OTTAWA - One of the longest-serving Conservative members of Parliament is backing newcomer Leslyn Lewis in that party's leadership race. Ontario MP Scott Reid announced he's endorsing Lewis in the con...
Jul 7, 2020
Alberta RCMP detachments to resume limited front counter services
Starting Thursday, July 9, RCMP detachments in Alberta will once again welcome residents back into their detachments.Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the force announced back in March that they would be ...
Jul 7, 2020
Toronto FC goalkeeper Quentin Westberg tries to keep things in perspective
Goalkeeper Quentin Westberg said goodbye to his family three times as Toronto FC tried to sort out COVID-19 testing ahead of flying to Florida on Monday for the MLS is Back tournament. On Tuesday...
Jul 7, 2020
Dutch police arrest 6 men, uncover makeshift torture chamber
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch police arrested six men after discovering sea containers that had been converted into a makeshift prison and sound-proofed "torture chamber" complete with a dentist's ch...
Jul 7, 2020
Whitecourt RCMP charge man in 2017 bank robbery case
The Whitecourt RCMP have laid charges against a man in connection with a bank robbery in Whitecourt over three years ago.The robbery took place on June 9, 2017 at the Scotiabank at the mid-town mall i...
Jul 7, 2020
Maryland GOP governor releasing book on his tenure, politics
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who considered a primary challenge to President Donald Trump last year, said Tuesday he is releasing a book about national politics and his experiences as g...
Jul 7, 2020
Two protesters get conditional discharge after Alberta turkey farm demonstration
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Two of three people charged following a protest at a southern Alberta turkey farm have received conditional discharges in court.They were each facing one count of break and enter t...
Jul 7, 2020