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Commons committee censures firearms association over inflammatory comments
OTTAWA - The National Firearms Association has been censured by a House of Commons committee for inflammatory comments about the Trudeau government's recent gun control legislation.The national securi...
Feb 22, 2021

No decisions this week on relaxing restrictions to Step 2
EDMONTON, AB. - Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Monday, covering statistics compiled over the previous 24 hours.273 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing t...
Feb 22, 2021

Alberta cabinet minister reacts to government silence on Edmonton torch parade
EDMONTON - Alberta's multiculturalism minister has pushed back against criticism of government silence following a weekend COVID-19 protest that included marchers with torches. "Right now, I'm actuall...
Feb 22, 2021

Wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' arrested on US drug charges
WASHINGTON - The wife of Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested on Monday at an airport in Virginia on international drug trafficking charges , the Justice Depar...
Feb 22, 2021

Carabins lineman Olivier-Lestage getting noticed despite not playing football in 2020
Not playing football in 2020 hasn't stopped Montreal Carabins offensive lineman Pier Olivier-Lestage from being noticed. Canadian universities didn't play last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But t...
Feb 22, 2021

Fragments of Monday morning meteor may have landed in Alberta
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB. -- A meteor that lit up the sky early Monday morning may have left fragments in Northern Alberta.The meteor was spotted at around 6:20 a.m., and reports from the public submitted t...
Feb 22, 2021

Variant in schools means it's time for all students in B.C. to wear masks: union
SURREY, B.C. - The head of the teachers' union in British Columbia is urging public health officials to expand guidelines on masks to include elementary students after seven schools reported cases inv...
Feb 22, 2021

Nurse happy for Finch, the latest Raptors assistant to earn an NBA head coach job
Four months after he lost Nate Bjorkgren to the Indiana Pacers, Nick Nurse finds himself short an assistant coach once again. Nurse's longtime friend Chris Finch is the new head coach of the strugglin...
Feb 22, 2021

In Rush Limbaugh's home state, a flap over lowering flags
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In life, the conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh was a divisive figure, who proudly waved the flag of conservatism and wallowed in the controversies he helped ignite. In death, t...
Feb 22, 2021

RCMP investigating suspected drug overdose death on Piikani Nation
PIIKANI, AB - Piikani RCMP are reporting the death of an 18-year-old woman on the First Nation.They were called at 8:38 am on Sunday, February 21 to a local home on a report of someone being in medica...
Feb 22, 2021