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Quebec provincial police to take part in body camera pilot project
Quebec's public security minister says provincial police will take part in a body camera pilot project. Genevieve Guilbault told reporters today the plan will be announced in the coming days and will ...
Apr 21, 2021
Behind production of a top-selling bourbon, push to go green
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The process of making fine whiskey involves aging spirits to a golden brown, but a bourbon producing giant is going green along the way. Beam Suntory, producer of top-selling Jim Bea...
Apr 21, 2021
Trudeau pressured to adopt tougher emissions target for Biden climate summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under pressure to step up his commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in Canada within the next decade as he heads into a United States-hosted climate ...
Apr 21, 2021
B.C. travel restrictions could be a major road block for track and field athletes
BURNABY, B.C. - Some of Canada's top track and field athletes face another potential road block in qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. Because of surging COVID-19 cases in B.C., athletes from out of pr...
Apr 21, 2021
U.S. Justice Department to investigate Minneapolis police after George Floyd verdict
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department will examine the policies and actions of Minneapolis police following former officer Derek Chauvin's murder conviction. Attorney General Merrick Garland says t...
Apr 21, 2021
Three confidence votes to determine fate of minority Liberal government
OTTAWA - A pair of proposed changes to the federal budget put forward by opposition parties will determine whether the minority Liberal government will fall, which could trigger an election. The gover...
Apr 21, 2021
Jury's swift verdict for Chauvin in Floyd death: Guilty
MINNEAPOLIS - After three weeks of testimony, the trial of the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd ended swiftly: barely over a day of jury deliberations, then just minutes for the...
Apr 21, 2021
Two-time world pairs champion Radford returning to competition with Vanessa James
OTTAWA - Two-time world pairs champion Eric Radford is coming out of retirement. The 36-year-old, who won two world figure skating titles and an Olympic bronze medal for Canada in 2018 with Meagan Duh...
Apr 21, 2021
Oxygen supply disruption kills 22 COVID-19 patients in India
NEW DELHI - Twenty-two COVID-19 patients on ventilators died in a hospital in western India on Wednesday when their oxygen supply was interrupted by a leak in a supply line, officials said. Suraj Mand...
Apr 21, 2021
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime ready to face Denis Shapovalov after second-round win
BARCELONA, Spain - Felix Auger-Aliassime has set up a Canadian clash with Denis Shapovalov after a win in the second round of the Barcelona Open. The 10th-seeded Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, downed...
Apr 21, 2021