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Sticking with RCMP would save Surrey, B.C., $235 million: report
SURREY, B.C. - City council in Surrey, B.C., has voted to send a plan to the province to keep the RCMP as its police force, saying it would save $235 million over five years. Mayor Brenda Locke, who c...
Dec 13, 2022
Quebec hockey league aware of sexual assault allegations against two former players
MONTREAL - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League says it is aware of sexual assault allegations against two former players. The league said today it only recently learned of the alleged 2016 assault i...
Dec 13, 2022
CFL releases 2023 season schedule with new twist
The CFL has released its 2023 season schedule on Tuesday, with a bit of a twist. For the first time since 2008, divisional playoff games are set to be played on Saturdays, with the semifinals taking p...
Dec 13, 2022
Any two athletes can compete together domestically in ice dance, pairs: Skate Canada
OTTAWA - Skate Canada has updated its policies so that ice dance or pairs teams competing domestically can be composed of any two athletes. Canada's governing body of figure skating announced Tuesday ...
Dec 13, 2022
Scientists declare 2 Hawaii volcanoes have stopped erupting
HONOLULU (AP) - U.S. scientists declared Tuesday that two active Hawaii volcanoes - one where lava destroyed hundreds of homes in 2018 and another where lava recently stalled before reaching a crucial...
Dec 13, 2022
US poised to approve Patriot missile battery for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust weapons to shoot do...
Dec 13, 2022
Second floor deck charred following Old Victoria Rd. fire
NANAIMO - Moderate damage but a heavy response to a fire in the city's south end.An enclosed deck area above AC Taxi's building at 835 Old Victoria Rd. caught fire around 6:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13...
Dec 13, 2022
8 in France convicted of roles in Bastille Day truck attack
PARIS (AP) - A French court on Tuesday convicted eight people charged in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastil...
Dec 13, 2022
Society must decide where 'line is going to be' on assault-style firearms: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is trying to find the dividing line between guns suitable for hunting and ones that have no place in society because they pose significant da...
Dec 13, 2022
CRA should warn benefits applicants about risk of clawbacks: Taxpayers' watchdog
OTTAWA - Taxpayers' Ombudsperson Franois Boileau says the Canada Revenue Agency should warn Canadians applying for benefits about the risk of potential clawbacks to other income supports. Boileau reco...
Dec 13, 2022