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Former Manitoba principal sentenced to life for vigilante killings of drug dealers
WINNIPEG - A former Manitoba principal has been sentenced to life in prison for the vigilante killings of two drug dealers. Claude Francis Guimond pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder in th...
Apr 15, 2020
VIDEO: Here's what it looks like when a COVID-19 patient is intubated
CLEARWATER, B.C. - "I really, really do not want to be doing this to you or to anyone you love."Stark words from Dr. John Soles, who practices at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater.Soles and...
Apr 15, 2020 Image Credit: Facebook / Physicians of Clearwater, British Columbia
Military seeks to re-enrol commercial pilots laid off due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force is getting creative about finding new pilots. Commercial airlines across Canada have been temporarily laying off pilots in recent weeks as the industry struggles ...
Apr 15, 2020
Rear-ender disrupts morning traffic in Valleyview
KAMLOOPS - Traffic is flowing again on the East Trans Canada Highway in Valleyview after a morning collision.Around 7:00 a.m. Wednesday (Apr. 15), a van was stopped at a red light at the intersection ...
Apr 15, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed / Nathan Ritchie
Bibeau says Canada has enough food but COVID-19 will still cause challenges
OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says Canadians could see higher prices and less variety of food on store shelves this year. Bibeau says she's confident the country has enough food bu...
Apr 15, 2020
Canadian Elite Basketball League postponing start date until at least June
COVID-19 has forced another Canadian sports league to push back its start date. The Canadian Elite Basketball League had been scheduled to tip off its second season on May 7 with the expansion Ottawa ...
Apr 15, 2020
MPs should return to House of Commons to scrutinize COVID-19 measures: Scheer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has repeated his call to see MPs return to the House of Commons to question and scrutinize the Liberal government's COVID-19 measures. ...
Apr 15, 2020
Emergency doctors urged to avoid drugs used to ventilate COVID-19 patients
OTTAWA - The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians is calling on its doctors to protect the limited supply of certain sedatives and painkillers needed for patients on ventilators. Putting a pat...
Apr 15, 2020
Bank Rate stays the same- economic recovery dependent on flattening the curve
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is keeping its key interest rate target on hold at 0.25 per cent, saying this morning (Wed., April 15) that it is effectively as low as it can go to combat the economic imp...
Apr 15, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Bill Peters moves to Russia in 1st job since leaving Calgary
MOSCOW - Bill Peters made a return to professional hockey on Wednesday when he was appointed coach of Russian hockey club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Peters resigned as coach of the Calgary Flames las...
Apr 15, 2020
