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Police chief shares frustration about addictions resources in letter to officers
Winnipeg's police chief sent a candid internal memo to officers expressing his dissatisfaction with a lack of addictions resources as the city deals with what he calls an epidemic of violence. "I am t...
Jul 19, 2019
Dennis Oland will take time to 'mentally regroup' after acquittal: lawyer
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Dennis Oland's acquittal in the 2011 murder of his father has left many questions about what comes next for the member of one of Atlantic Canada's most prominent families following ...
Jul 19, 2019
Raptors' Kyle Lowry has surgery on thumb injured in playoffs
TORONTO - Kyle Lowry has undergone surgery to repair damaged ligaments in his left thumb, an injury he played through during the last two rounds of Toronto's run to the NBA championship. The Raptors s...
Jul 19, 2019
U.S. canoeists besieged by grizzly on Northwest Territories canoe trip rescued
YELLOWKNIFE - A pair of American tourists were pinned between rushing rapids and an aggressive grizzly bear when wildlife officers arrived to rescue them from the rugged tundra of the Northwest Territ...
Jul 19, 2019
Montreal Impact look to snap skid as they travel to Columbus
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact are well aware they risk spoiling their strong start to the season if their current losing skid continues. Looking to stay afloat in the playoff race in the Eastern Conf...
Jul 19, 2019
UPDATED: Environment Canada confirms one or more tornados touched down in southern Alberta Thursday
LOMOND, AB - UDPATE: Environment Canada has confirmed an EF-1 rated Tornado touched down approximately 17 km east of Carmangay around 5:20 p.m. Estimated wind speeds were between 135 -175 km/hr.A gara...
Jul 19, 2019 Screenshot of a tornado video by Nick Koch
National rules needed for emotional-service animals: Rempel
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP says she would like to see national standards on the right to have emotional-service animals in public spaces after watching her husband encounter numerous barriers while&nb...
Jul 19, 2019
Younger voters mobilizing to make federal election about climate change
OTTAWA - Several hundred Canadian millennials planned to rally in at least 30 cities across the country Wednesday, demanding a federal leaders' debate on climate change. Emma Jackson, a field organize...
Jul 19, 2019
Abuse survivors await apology from Anglican Church for physical harm: Bennett
OTTAWA - The Anglican Church's recent apology for doing "spiritual harm" to Indigenous Peoples is a beginning, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett said Wednesday, but victims of s...
Jul 19, 2019
Toronto FC playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo questionable to play Houston
Toronto FC will likely be without Alejandro Pozuelo when it hosts Houston on Saturday, with the Spanish playmaker still nursing a sore ankle. Pozuelo, after scoring his team-leading ninth goal of...
Jul 19, 2019