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Bobby Unser, 87, Indy 500 champ in great racing family, dies
Bobby Unser, who began racing jalopies in New Mexico and went on to become a beloved three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and part of the only pair of brothers to capture "The Greatest Spectacle ...
May 3, 2021
Top general drops opposition to change in sex assault policy
WASHINGTON - In a potentially significant shift in the debate over combating sexual assault in the military, the nation's top general says he is dropping his opposition to a proposal to take decisions...
May 3, 2021
Cop, police chief resign 2 days after Black motorist's death
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. - A white police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city's police chief - moves that the mayor said ...
May 3, 2021
CRA rules against civil service union push to make Phoenix damages non-taxable
OTTAWA - Canada's biggest civil service union says it is considering taking legal action after the Canada Revenue Agency ruled that damages paid to federal employees in connection with the troubled Ph...
May 3, 2021
Fort Macleod RCMP search for missing youth
FORT MACLEOD, AB- On May 2, 2021, Fort MacLeod RCMP received a report that Aailyah Many Heads, 14, has gone missing.RCMP says she went missing sometime during the night from her residence located in t...
May 3, 2021
Dancer Jacques d'Amboise dead at 86
Jacques d'Amboise, who grew up on the streets of upper Manhattan to become one of the world's premier classical dancers at New York City Ballet and spent the last four and a half decades providing fre...
May 3, 2021
Liberals' sweeping budget bill includes $15 minimum wage and election-law changes
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' bill to enact parts of their budget includes changes to emergency aid, taxes and a $15 national minimum wage alongside other items such as an election-law amendment. The...
May 3, 2021
Former Boston College tight end Burt excited to get chance to play football in Canada
The CFL is presenting Jake Burt a new lease on his pro football life. The former Boston College tight end is regarded as one of the top prospects in a wide-open '21 CFL draft, which goes Tuesday night...
May 3, 2021
J&J vaccine can be used for people over 30 but mRNA vaccines still preferred: NACI
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says the Johnson & Johnson vaccine should be limited to people over the age of 30 who don't want to wait for Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna. Th...
May 3, 2021
Liberals' sweeping budget bill includes $15 minimum wage and election-law changes
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' bill to enact parts of their budget includes changes to emergency aid, taxes and a $15 national minimum wage alongside other items such as an election-law amendment. The...
May 3, 2021