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Toronto prepares to mark second anniversary of deadly Danforth shooting
TORONTO - The City of Toronto is preparing to mark a sombre anniversary, two years to the day after a deadly shooting in the city's Greektown neighbourhood. A gunman opened fire along a busy...
Jul 22, 2020

Feds relax fingerprinting rules when screening new hires during COVID-19
OTTAWA - The government has quietly relaxed a requirement to fingerprint prospective new federal hires as part of security screening, a move prompted by the need for physical distancing. The...
Jul 22, 2020

Police to provide update on case of father, sisters found dead near Quebec City
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police will hold a news conference later today to shed light on the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two young sisters and their father in St-Apollinaire, sout...
Jul 22, 2020

New Orleans musician offers kids trumpets for guns
NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans trumpeter, vocalist and bandleader is offering kids trumpets in exchange for guns. Shamarr Allen started the project last week, after a 9-year-old boy was shot and killed a...
Jul 22, 2020

Cops: 14 injured after shooting outside Chicago funeral home
CHICAGO - Fourteen people were injured, one person was in custody and additional suspects were being sought after gunfire erupted outside a funeral home on Chicago's South Side where at least one squa...
Jul 21, 2020

Hoax call diverted resources during struggle to adapt to COVID-19: care home
VANCOUVER - A long-term care home in North Vancouver that was the site of Canada's first COVID-19 death says it received a hoax call as the outbreak began that created "needless fear" a...
Jul 21, 2020

Canada Ravens to face England at Anfield at 2021 Rugby League World Cup
Canada's women will take on England at Anfield, the storied home of English Premier League champion Liverpool, at next year's Rugby League World Cup. The fifth-ranked Canada Ravens open the ...
Jul 21, 2020

Trump's new immigration fight: how to redraw House districts
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday that seeks to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being included in the headcount as congressional districts are redrawn, a move that ...
Jul 21, 2020

"The results are troubling": Premier concerned with rise in Alberta COVID-19 cases
Alberta added 141 new cases of COVID-19 for July 20, which continued a trend that is concerning to the province's premier.Tuesday marked the fifth time in the last six days the province added over 100...
Jul 21, 2020

Leafs captain Tavares says players getting 'comfortable with being uncomfortable'
Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares says players are getting "comfortable with being uncomfortable" as Phase 4 of the NHL's return-to-play plan approaches. From being isolated in a hotel, to unfa...
Jul 21, 2020