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Response to Uvalde elementary school shooting beset by 'many failures,' investigator says
UVALDE, Texas (AP) - Uvalde police made "many failures" when responding to a gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school in 2022, the investigator who led the ...
Mar 07, 2024
Additions of Henrique, Carrick, Stecher help Oilers keep pace in Pacific arms race
EDMONTON - With their Pacific Division rivals beefing up before the playoffs, the Edmonton Oilers did their best to keep pace. Despite being tight to the salary cap, Oilers general manager Ken Holland...
Mar 07, 2024
Oilers acquire defenceman Stecher from Coyotes ahead of trade deadline
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have acquired defenceman Troy Stecher from the Arizona Coyotes, the NHL club announced Thursday. The Oilers also get a seventh-round pick at this year's draft in the dea...
Mar 07, 2024
Canada coach Bev Priestman takes positives from soggy CONCACAF W Gold Cup exit
Jessie Fleming did everything but score from the penalty spot in the CONCACAF W Gold Cup semifinal. Sadly the 25-year-old from London, Ont., was not the only one. American goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher sto...
Mar 07, 2024
WNBA to hold pre-season game between Sparks and Storm in Edmonton on May 5
The WNBA is coming back to Canada for a pre-season game in Edmonton. The Los Angeles Sparks will face the Seattle Storm on May 5 at Rogers Place. It's the second year in a row a Canadian city has host...
Mar 07, 2024
Government closes bottom-contact fishing near rare B.C. coral reef
VANCOUVER - Federal authorities have closed Canada's only known live coral reef in the Pacific Ocean to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fishing. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the ind...
Mar 07, 2024
Canada 'will be there' to help two Michaels after their detention in China: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back on the notion that Canada's willingness to help two citizens who were detained in China is an acknowledgement they engaged in espionage on Ottawa...
Mar 07, 2024
Alberta coal mine moves ahead without permits federal officials say are needed
Environmental groups are asking Ottawa to enforce its rules on an Alberta coal site that has started building an underground test mine without fisheries permits that officials have said are required. ...
Mar 07, 2024
Ground broken on new supportive housing complex in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Ground has been broken on new supportive housing units in the city.The province is providing a $10.2 million investment to build new, permanent supportive housing units in Lethbridge ...
Mar 07, 2024
As Ottawa reels over multiple homicide, a look at recent mass killings across Canada
Ottawa is reeling after police said six people, including four children, were found dead Wednesday evening in a townhouse in the south-end Barrhaven suburb. Here's a look at recent examples of mass ki...
Mar 07, 2024