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Night of N.S. shootings, witnesses wondered about 'strange' RCMP car as it went by
HALIFAX - Witnesses noticed the odd actions of what appeared to be an RCMP cruiser late on April 18, 2020, not realizing the driver was responsible for a murderous rampage that had just left 13 people...
Mar 09, 2022

Openings start for Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trial
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Opening statements started Wednesday in the trial of four men who prosecutors say plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 because they were angry about pand...
Mar 09, 2022

RCMP, ambulances, municipal funding to be discussed at Spring Municipal Leaders Caucus
More than 300 municipal politicians from around Alberta will gather in Edmonton today and tomorrow for the Spring Municipal Leaders Caucus.One topic up for discussion will be the possibility of the RC...
Mar 09, 2022

Canada's Aaron Cockerill changes plans to compete in South Africa after tying for 2nd
Being able to quickly change travel plans is an underrated skill for professional golfers. Aaron Cockerill has put that to the test this week. Cockerill, from Stony Mountain, Man., had planned to take...
Mar 09, 2022

Agri-Show returns to Evergreen Park
March 9 is the first day of the Foster's Peace Country Classic Agri-Show.It runs through Saturday, March 12.The show was not held at all last year and cancelled after the first day in 2020 because of ...
Mar 09, 2022

Alberta Mixed Curling Championship begins Wednesday
The Alberta mixed curling championship runs Wednesday through Sunday in Black Diamond at the Oilfields Curling Club.The Graham Powell rink from Sexsmith Curling Club and the Craig McAlpine foursome ba...
Mar 09, 2022

Trudeau visits Berlin, silencing Russian propaganda machine : In The News for March 9
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 09, 2022

Independent Ontario MPP Roman Baber to enter Conservative party leadership race
OTTAWA - An independent Ontario legislator, who rose to prominence for speaking out against COVID-19 lockdowns, says he will run for Conservative leadership. Roman Baber will launch his campaign Wedne...
Mar 09, 2022

Mountain goat population declining in British Columbia: study
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's central coast is losing an animal of significant cultural value to the region's Indigenous people as fewer mountain goats are seen in its craggy peaks, says a new study....
Mar 09, 2022

Biden's billion-dollar cleanup pledge puts Great Lakes back in environment limelight
WASHINGTON - Long before climate change seized the global conscience, when the environment struggled for political traction, North America's Great Lakes were a dumping ground - a toxic monument to ind...
Mar 09, 2022