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RCMP warn of rental property scam
Grande Prairie RCMP are warning residents of a scam going around in relation to rental properties. RCMP have received multiple reports of fraud regarding rental properties since the start of 2019. The...
Feb 22, 2019
QuadrigaCX case: Canada's big banks wary of cryptocurrency assets
HALIFAX - The wary skepticism that Canada’s big banks have for the cryptocurrency industry was on full display Friday when a Nova Scotia judge issued an order for the eventual disbursement of mo...
Feb 22, 2019
Governor orders more DNA testing in 1983 California killings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered additional DNA testing Friday on evidence that a death-row inmate says will prove his innocence in a 35-year-old murder case that has drawn na...
Feb 22, 2019
Canadian men's rink set to meet Norway in semifinals at world juniors
LIVERPOOL, N.S. - Canada’s Selena Sturmay has advanced to the semifinals at the world junior curling championships. Sturmay’s Edmonton-based rink beat Russia’s Vlada Rumyanceva 8-3 i...
Feb 22, 2019
El Chapo wants new trial, hearing to probe jury misconduct
NEW YORK - The defence team for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman said Friday it will seek a new trial for the notorious drug lord in light of “misconduct” on the part of several juror...
Feb 22, 2019
Police and family reaching out to the public for information on missing Grande Prairie woman
Today marks ten years since Jody Hockett went missing in Grande Prairie. Police say Jody was last seen getting into a white vehicle outside the York Hotel on February 22, 2009. Jody was 33-years-old w...
Feb 22, 2019
Ahead of hosting Duke, Rautins, Ennis recall raucous games at Syracuse
Leo Rautins’ ears would ring for hours after games in the Carrier Dome. “It was deafening,” Rautins said. “I remember going back to my apartment after games and I couldn’...
Feb 22, 2019
Defence lawyer raises new questions about timing of Richard Oland's killing
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A tense cross-examination of the final prosecution witness at the Dennis Oland murder trial has raised new questions about the time Richard Oland was killed. John Ainsworth, the own...
Feb 22, 2019
Families of those shot in Toronto attack seek ban on handguns, assault rifles
TORONTO - Seven months after a gunman went on a shooting rampage in Toronto’s Greektown, survivors and victims’ loved ones called on Ottawa to ban private ownership of handguns and assault...
Feb 22, 2019
FIFA bans Chelsea from signing players through next season
Chelsea was banned Friday from signing players until after the 2019-20 season, the latest European power punished by FIFA for flouting rules protecting young talent from premature international moves....
Feb 22, 2019