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Canadian Grand Prix remains on F1 schedule for time being, despite report
MONTREAL - The Canadian Grand Prix remains on the Formula One schedule for the 2021 season at least for the time being, but there's a chance it could be cancelled soon. On Thursday morning, a report b...
Apr 15, 2021
UPDATE: Grande Prairie RCMP arrest suspect in indecent exposure incidents
UPDATE: Grande Prairie RCMP have arrested a 19-year-old city man in relation to their investigation into several recent reports of indecent exposure acts over the last month in the city. Charges are p...
Apr 15, 2021
Emotions ran high for Toronto FC goal-scorers in CONCACAF Champions League triumph
Toronto FC's Patrick Mullins and Justin Morrow acknowledged their goals against Club Leon on Wednesday night came with an outpouring of emotion. For Mullins, the reason was simple. His grandmother pas...
Apr 15, 2021
'Nothing to be envious about:' Experts caution against following U.S. lead on COVID
Canadians may be looking with envy at the United States as it lifts COVID-19 restrictions and distributes vaccinations, but experts say key indicators show there's no reason to covet our southern neig...
Apr 15, 2021
Storm set to resume season following another lengthy layoff
The Grande Prairie Storm are back on the ice and heading on the road for the first time since their season came to a halt on April 1.The club is opening up a four-game cohort series against the Fort M...
Apr 15, 2021
Alberta teachers demanding full rewrite of draft K-6 curriculum
EDMONTON - The Alberta Teachers' Association is urging the government to slam the brakes on its draft education curriculum for young students, calling it potentially damaging to child development.Asso...
Apr 15, 2021
Political party governing Montreal mulls disarming police and redirecting funds
MONTREAL - The political party governing Montreal is questioning whether all city police need to carry firearms at all times. Projet Montreal adopted a motion during the municipal party's recent conve...
Apr 15, 2021
Legal challenge seeks to overturn Quebec ban on cannabis T-shirts, other products
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge is hearing the final day of arguments in a head shop's challenge of a provincial law that bans the sale of cannabis-themed products. The co-owner of Prohibitio...
Apr 15, 2021
Barbers, artists help defy vaccine myths for people of colour
SAN DIEGO - In a Washington, D.C., suburb, Black and Latino barbers are busting myths about the coronavirus vaccine while clipping hair. Across the country, a university researcher in Phoenix teamed u...
Apr 15, 2021
Judge: R. Kelly to be moved to NYC for sex-trafficking trial
NEW YORK - A federal judge gave the green light Thursday to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go on trial this summer after several delays. Kelly has been held in Chicago, where ...
Apr 15, 2021