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Authorities recover missing paddle-boarder from Figure Eight Lake
On Sunday, August 14 at around 11:21 a.m., Peace Regional RCMP, Fire Department, EMS, and STARS Air Ambulance were all dispatched to a call of a missing paddle boarder on Figure Eight Lake near Dixonv...
Aug 16, 2022

B.C. drug death toll passes 10,000 since declaration of emergency in 2016: coroner
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner says the province has lost more than 10,000 lives to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. Lisa Lapointe says t...
Aug 16, 2022

Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet accused of sexual assault in class-action lawsuit
MONTREAL - Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet is being accused of sexual assault in a class-action lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec. In court documents introduced today in Superior C...
Aug 16, 2022

Restricted free agent Jalen Harris reinstated by NBA after drug suspension
TORONTO - Jalen Harris has been reinstated by the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association after serving a one-year suspension for a positive drug test. The Toronto Raptors hold the guard's...
Aug 16, 2022

Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry: Advice given to witnesses worries former judge
HALIFAX - A former Supreme Court of Canada judge working with the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting says he's worried that the federal Justice Department has been discouraging witnesses ...
Aug 16, 2022

Lions QB Rourke named CFL's top performer for a third straight week
TORONTO - Another week, another CFL top performer honour for B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke. Rourke was named the CFL's top performer Tuesday for the third straight week and fifth time this seas...
Aug 16, 2022

Boston police boat comes to rescue of stranded groom
BOSTON (AP) - Officers with the Boston Police Department's harbor patrol unit are used to helping boaters in distress, but last weekend Officer Joe Matthews came to the rescue of a groom in danger of ...
Aug 16, 2022

Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, 'mild' symptoms
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing "mild symptoms," the White House announced Tuesday. She had been vacationing with President Joe Biden...
Aug 16, 2022

88 Street construction begins following delay
After a week of delays, the City of Grande Prairie will be closing 88 Street from 132 Avenue to Lakeland Drive on Tuesday, August 15 till Wednesday, August 24. The street has been closed to allow crew...
Aug 16, 2022

ESPN's Stephen A Smith has memoir coming in January 2023
NEW YORK (AP) - Dallas Cowboy fans be warned: ESPN's Stephen A. Smith has a memoir coming out next year. 13A, an imprint of Gallery Books, announced Tuesday that Smith's "Straight Shooter: A Memoir of...
Aug 16, 2022