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O'Toole calls for relocation of Beijing Olympics due to China's 'genocide' of Uighurs
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is calling on the government to push for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be moved outside China amid "genocide" against minority Uighurs. "I think Canadians would...
Feb 16, 2021
CPL champion Forge FC signs Belgian defender Daniel Krutzen to new multi-year deal
HAMILTON - Forge FC has re-signed Belgian defender Daniel Krutzen to a multi-year contract that will keep him in Hamilton through at least the 2022 season.The 24-year-old has made 49 appearances for F...
Feb 16, 2021
Olymel temporarily closing Red Deer pork plant due to COVID-19 outbreak
Olymel is temporarily shutting down its Red Deer pork processing plant due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak."Despite the testing protocols and sanitary measures already in place, as well as the close ...
Feb 16, 2021
Police "furthering investigation" into Alberta restriction-defiant church
EDMONTON - RCMP say a church whose pastor was charged last week with violating Alberta's health rules was not complying with COVID-19 restrictions during Sunday morning's service.Police say in a news ...
Feb 16, 2021
Extreme cold lifting over Prairies - making way for milder temperatures
A meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada says an extreme cold that settled into the Prairies more than a week ago is starting to lift.Dan Kulak says the blast of Arctic air set new r...
Feb 16, 2021
Winter's wrath: Bitter cold, no power and a deadly tornado
RALEIGH, N.C. - At least three people were found dead early Tuesday after a tornado tore through a seaside town in North Carolina at the rough edge of a blast of winter weather across the United State...
Feb 16, 2021
'A lot of talk': warrants violated Patrik Mathews' rights, lawyer argues
WASHINGTON - The lawyer for Patrik Mathews is trying to contest some of the evidence against the former Canadian Forces reservist and alleged neo-Nazi. Joseph Balter is also urging a Maryland judge to...
Feb 16, 2021
CF Montreal adds experienced MLS forward Erik Hurtado
MONTREAL - CF Montreal has signed American forward Erik Hurtado to a deal for the 2021 season with an option for 2022. Selected fifth overall by the Vancouver Whitecaps in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, the...
Feb 16, 2021
Vaccine delays leave grocery workers feeling expendable
As panicked Americans cleared supermarkets of toilet paper and food last spring, grocery employees gained recognition as among the most indispensable of the pandemic's front-line workers. A year later...
Feb 16, 2021
Skiers may be safe from COVID-19, but not those working to keep slopes open: experts
Fresh air, blazing speed and spacious alpine terrain makes skiing and snowboarding low-risk activities for COVID-19 transmission, infectious disease doctors say. But the threat is never zero during a ...
Feb 16, 2021