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COVID-19 shot 'could save your life,' RCMP boss says after federal vaccination order
OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is encouraging vaccination against COVID-19 a day after the Liberal government announced Mounties must be immunized. In a tweet today, Lucki urges getting vacci...
Oct 07, 2021
Expert tells Nunavut inquest many police tools not effective in cold weather
GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - A use of force expert says an RCMP officer who shot and killed an armed man in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, in 2016 didn't have effective, less-lethal options he could have used that day...
Oct 07, 2021
Chief of Joyce Echaquan's community says trust in Quebec health-care system returning
JOLIETTE, Que. - The chief of the Atikamekw Council of Manawan says members of his community are slowly regaining their trust in Quebec's health-care system. Paul-mile Ottawa told reporters today that...
Oct 07, 2021
Court says Ronaldo rape lawsuit in Vegas should be dismissed
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A federal magistrate judge in Nevada is siding with Cristiano Ronaldo's lawyers against a woman who sued for more than the $375,000 in hush money she received in 2010 after saying the...
Oct 07, 2021
Price's decision to enter NHL/NHLPA assistance program supported by family, team
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price voluntarily entered the NHL and NHL Players' Association's joint assistance program on Thursday, and his decision was supported by family, former teammates an...
Oct 07, 2021
Court says Ronaldo rape lawsuit in Vegas should be dismissed
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A federal magistrate judge in Nevada is siding with Cristiano Ronaldo's lawyers against a woman who sued for more than the $375,000 in hush money she received in 2010 after saying the...
Oct 07, 2021
Abortions resume in some Texas clinics after judge halts law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Abortions quickly resumed in some Texas clinics Thursday after a federal judge halted the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., but doctors across the state did not not rush ...
Oct 07, 2021
Residents encouraged to learn "sounds of fire safety" during National Fire Prevention Week
October 3-9 is National Fire Prevention Week.The annual week is meant to remind residents about the importance of fire safety.This year's theme for Fire Prevention Week is "learn the sounds of fire sa...
Oct 07, 2021
No response from PM to Kamloops invitation an 'insult': B.C. First Nation
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlps te Secwepemc First Nation says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "missed an opportunity" to show his commitment to the survivors of residential schools by not replying to its...
Oct 07, 2021
Government consulting with remote Indigenous communities about mandatory vaccines
OTTAWA - The federal government is working on exemptions to its newly released mandatory vaccine policy for people in remote Indigenous communities, many of which are only accessible by airplane. The ...
Oct 07, 2021