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Meet "Bridge", the new K9 puppy-in-training at Lethbridge Police
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has announced the name of its newest four-legged recruit.More than 700 suggestions were entered in a puppy-naming contest for the four-month-old Be...
Jul 27, 2022
No-camping signs put up near Terry Fox statue across from Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - It is not an obvious place to pitch a tent in Ottawa, on a concrete plaza opposite the Parliament Buildings. Yet federal authorities have seen fit to put up three no-camping signs - each pict...
Jul 27, 2022
B.C. teenager pushed back against online extortionist, Crown attorney tells jury
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A Crown attorney says British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd pushed back against the person harassing and extorting her online, sending them a message saying she hoped they felt...
Jul 27, 2022
Ticats set to open stretch of six straight contests versus East Division teams
This marks a very important stretch for Dane Evans and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Hamilton (1-5) will play six straight games, and seven of its next eight, against East Division competition, starting Th...
Jul 27, 2022
In rare contact, US offers Russia deal for Griner, Whelan
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American Paul Whelan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said...
Jul 27, 2022
Provincial ag ministers 'disappointed' with federal fertilizer emissions target
OTTAWA, ON - The agriculture ministers from Saskatchewan and Alberta have roundly condemned the federal government's target to reduce emissions from fertilizer use.The federal government has set a goa...
Jul 27, 2022
'Gaps' in Pope's apology can't be ignored, says Crown-Indigenous Relations minister
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says the "gaps" in Pope Francis's apology to residential school survivors cannot be ignored. Miller says the pontiff's words, delivered this we...
Jul 27, 2022
Canada's top doc encourages safe sex, fewer partners to prevent spread of monkeypox
OTTAWA - Dr. Theresa Tam says Canadians - especially men who have sex with men - should practice safe sex and reduce the number of partners to reduce the spread of monkeypox in Canada. The World Healt...
Jul 27, 2022
Veteran Canadian receiver Durant to make Hamilton debut versus Alouettes
HAMILTON - The wait is finally over for Lemar Durant. The veteran slotback will make his 2022 debut Thursday night when Hamilton (1-5) hosts the Montreal Alouettes (2-4). The six-foot-two, 218-pound V...
Jul 27, 2022
Two people arrested in murder of Ripudaman Singh Malik: homicide team
SURREY, B.C. - Two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Ripudaman Singh Malik. Malik, the man acquitted in 2005 for bombings aimed at Air India jets that killed 331 people, w...
Jul 27, 2022