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Jamie Bacon pleads guilty to charge in British Columbia's Surrey Six case
VANCOUVER - Reputed gang leader Jamie Bacon has pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from shootings in 2007 that left six people dead at a highrise apartment building...
Jul 09, 2020
Venezuela socialist party boss announces he has COVID-19
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan socialist party chief Diosdado Cabello has announced that he is sick with COVID-19. The man considered the second-most powerful person in Venezuela after President Nico...
Jul 09, 2020
Two men arrested near Demmitt following break and enter
Beaverlodge RCMP arrested two men on Tuesday, July 7 following a report of a break and enter into a rural residence near Demmitt. RCMP located a truck near the home with a male suspect inside. He was ...
Jul 09, 2020
Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard asks court to dismiss class-action lawsuit
NEW YORK - A Canadian fashion mogul is asking a U.S. court to dismiss a class-action lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted dozens of women. Peter Nygard's motion filed Wednesday in a New York court a...
Jul 09, 2020
Australian BJJ ace Craig Jones making a mark in submission wrestling
Australian Craig Jones has spent the global pandemic training with a few trusted friends in the New York area. And every few weeks, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace twists an opponent into a pretzel and fo...
Jul 09, 2020
County adds new COVID-19 case, City of Grande Prairie case recovers
There was a new case of COVID-19 identified in the County of Grande Prairie on Thursday, while the City of Grande Prairie returned to zero active cases as of the end of day July 8.The province reporte...
Jul 09, 2020
North Atlantic right whales nearing extinction, international nature body says
OTTAWA - North Atlantic right whales are now considered one step away from complete eradication. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is moving the whales from "endangered" to "crit...
Jul 09, 2020
Canadian university football players' careers cut short by age rule, pandemic
Dozens of Canadian football players dreaming of hoisting the Vanier Cup in their fifth and final year of university eligibility have had those hopes dashed. The cancellation of the...
Jul 09, 2020
Cornish heaps lavish praise upon Canadian NCAA star Chuba Hubbard
As last season's NCAA rushing leader, Chuba Hubbard was a deserving winner of the Jon Cornish Trophy as the top Canadian in U.S. college football. But what really impressed Cornish ...
Jul 09, 2020
Blue Jays manager Montoyo says first-round pick Martin to join camp
Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said that first-round draft pick Austin Martin is expected to join the team's summer training camp at Rogers Centre. Montoyo said the 21-year-o...
Jul 09, 2020