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'Vast majority' of officers committed to bias-free policing: Alberta police chief
LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA - The chief of the Lethbridge Police Service says it will co-operate fully with a probe into officers who allegedly made unauthorized checks on a provincial cabinet ministe...
Mar 10, 2021
COVID-19 lockdowns violate federal inmate rights, suit alleges
TORONTO - Federal prison authorities have repeatedly violated the rights of inmates with efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, a civil lawsuit alleges. The unproven claim, filed in British Columbia ...
Mar 10, 2021
Jody Wilson-Raybould set to publish memoir of time in cabinet and SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - Former Liberal cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is set to publish a political memoir that's promising to shed new light on her final controversial days in the Trudeau government. HarperC...
Mar 10, 2021
Ottawa won't set new deadline for providing clean water in First Nations communities
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Canada won't set a deadline for lifting all remaining long-term drinking water advisories in First Nations communities. Department officials say public health measures, co...
Mar 10, 2021
CFL, XFL in discussions about potential partnership
TORONTO - Commissioner Randy Ambrosie is taking a serious look at whether the CFL smells what The Rock is cooking.Ambrosie revealed today the CFL has entered into serious discussions with the American...
Mar 10, 2021
Prosecutors oppose Ghislaine Maxwell's 3rd quest for bail
NEW YORK - Prosecutors urged a judge to reject a third quest for bail by a British socialite charged with soliciting teenage girls in the 1990s for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. There a...
Mar 10, 2021
Canada's Kadeisha Buchanan helps Lyon to another Champions League win — and record
Canadian international Kadeisha Buchanan helped five-time defending champion Lyon extend its unbeaten streak in the UEFA Women's Champions League to a record 30 games with a 3-1 win Wednesday at Denma...
Mar 10, 2021
Hamas official: Hamas' Gaza leader Sinwar re-elected
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Hamas firebrand Yehiyeh Sinwar was re-elected on Wednesday as the Palestinian militant group's leader in the Gaza Strip, leaving a figure closely aligned with the hard-li...
Mar 10, 2021
High COVID-19 count prompts citywide COVID-19 vaccinations in Prince Rupert, B.C.
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - Health officials say COVID-19 outbreaks remain stubbornly frequent in one northwestern British Columbia city and are prompting a new approach to vaccinations. Northern Health, th...
Mar 10, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell jail conditions 'degrading,' says brother
LONDON - The brother of Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell said Wednesday she should be released on bail from a U.S. jail, and claimed that she was being held in "degrading" conditi...
Mar 10, 2021