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New N.S. top Mountie says public wants to keep force despite mass shooting response
HALIFAX - The RCMP's new commanding officer in Nova Scotia believes the public wants a renewed relationship with his police force despite its widely criticized response to the 2020 mass shooting. Assi...
Dec 14, 2022
VIDEO: Clippers scoreboard watching as season nears halfway point
NANAIMO - The Clippers watched as two of the top three teams in the BCHL had losing weekends.The first-overall Penticton Vees and the third-overall Surrey Eagles both suffered back to back loses on th...
Dec 14, 2022
Quebec COVID-19 hospitalizations top 2,000, highest level since October
MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department says there are more than 2,000 hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 across the province, the highest number since Oct. 19. Officials say 2,081 people are in hospit...
Dec 14, 2022
First Nations, governments working to establish Indigenous protected area in Manitoba
MONTREAL - Four First Nations in Manitoba are working with the provincial and federal governments to establish a new Indigenous protected area. The groups announced today at the COP15 global biodivers...
Dec 14, 2022
Blue Bombers sign defensive back Rose to one-year contract extension
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed cornerback Winston Rose to a one-year contract extension. He had been scheduled to become a free agent in February. Rose was third on the Bombers last ...
Dec 14, 2022
Canada's Maggie Mac Neil wins butterfly gold at short course world championships
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Maggie Mac Neil won gold in the women's 50-metre butterfly on Wednesday at the FINA world short course swimming championships. The 22-year-old from London, Ont., finish...
Dec 14, 2022
Deputy dressed as Grinch gives onions to speeding drivers
MARATHON, Fla. (AP) - Several motorists who were speeding through an elementary school zone on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway received an odorous onion as a reminder to slow down from a county sher...
Dec 14, 2022
Poilievre tells Tory caucus to stand for the 'common people' in pre-holiday message
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre told his Conservative members of Parliament today that it's their job to stand on the side of "common people." He delivered the message to the Tory caucus in Ottawa as the Ho...
Dec 14, 2022
Man facing charge after Ukrainian refugee, 7, dies in Montreal hit and run
MONTREAL - A seven-year-old girl who was killed in a hit and run Tuesday in Montreal had recently arrived in Canada with her mother and two siblings after they had fled the war in Ukraine. Michael Shw...
Dec 14, 2022
Cameras at babies' bedsides in B.C. neonatal intensive care unit comfort parents
VANCOUVER - When Preethi Krishnan would return home from the hospital after visiting her premature twins, she took comfort in knowing they were just a few clicks away on her laptop or phone, even in t...
Dec 14, 2022