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Pigeon with meth backpack caught in B.C. prison yard, says officers' union president
VANCOUVER - A prison union spokesman says a pigeon carrying a miniature backpack filled with drugs was captured last week at a B.C. correctional institution. John Randle, Pacific regional president of...
Jan 06, 2023
Advocates, police warn online 'sextortion' of youth is on the rise in Canada
Mounties in Metro Vancouver have issued a warning about a recent increase in "sextortion," saying police have received a "large number" of reports of money-motivated extortion targeting young girls an...
Jan 06, 2023
'Have your wits about you': Travel advice for Canadians visiting Mexico
The federal government says 1.8 million Canadians travelled to Mexico in 2022. Some of the more popular tourist spots include Cabo San Lucas, Cancun, Mazatlan, Playa Del Carman and Puerto Vallarta. Tr...
Jan 06, 2023
No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz out of Australian Open with leg injury
Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz pulled out of the Australian Open on Friday because of an injured right leg. The 19-year-old from Spain wrote on social media that he got hurt "through a chance, unnatural mo...
Jan 06, 2023
Kenyan midfielder Wanyama signs two-year contract to remain with CF Montréal
MONTREAL - CF Montral has signed midfielder Victor Wanyama to a two-year contract extension through the 2024 Major League Soccer season. Wanyama will remain a designated player with the team. The 31-y...
Jan 06, 2023
'Stunning lack of judgment': Nunavut prosecutor, Mountie acquitted of contempt
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut judge has acquitted a prosecutor and an RCMP officer of criminal contempt but says their joint actions in the arrest of a man outside a courtroom were a "direct and public...
Jan 06, 2023
Canada's Mirela Rahneva slides to World Cup skeleton silver
WINTERBERG, Germany - Canada's Mirela Rahneva slid to second in women's World Cup skeleton Friday on a track that's been good to her. The 34-year-old from Ottawa claimed her 13th career World Cup meda...
Jan 06, 2023
CP NewsAlert: B.C. to reactivate its COVID emergency operations centres
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government will reopen 20 hospital emergency operations centres set up for COVID-19 to deal with an expected surge in flu, respiratory illness and COVID cases. Health ...
Jan 06, 2023
Feds must enforce vaping penalties to protect kids: advocates
OTTAWA - Advocates on both sides of the vaping debate say the government must do more to enforce penalties for selling vapes to kids after a review concluded no changes to the legislation were warrant...
Jan 06, 2023
Alberta government won’t release data on snowpack contamination from coal mines
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta government is refusing to release information on toxic contaminants in snowpacks downwind from mountaintop removal coal mines.The data was collected by two senior provincial...
Jan 06, 2023