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B.C. travel restrictions could be a major road block for track and field athletes
BURNABY, B.C. - Some of Canada's top track and field athletes face another potential road block in qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. Because of surging COVID-19 cases in B.C., athletes from out of pr...
Apr 21, 2021
U.S. Justice Department to investigate Minneapolis police after George Floyd verdict
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department will examine the policies and actions of Minneapolis police following former officer Derek Chauvin's murder conviction. Attorney General Merrick Garland says t...
Apr 21, 2021
Three confidence votes to determine fate of minority Liberal government
OTTAWA - A pair of proposed changes to the federal budget put forward by opposition parties will determine whether the minority Liberal government will fall, which could trigger an election. The gover...
Apr 21, 2021
Jury's swift verdict for Chauvin in Floyd death: Guilty
MINNEAPOLIS - After three weeks of testimony, the trial of the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd ended swiftly: barely over a day of jury deliberations, then just minutes for the...
Apr 21, 2021
Bank of Canada keeps rate on hold, sees brighter economic outlook
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is keeping its key interest rate target on hold as it raises its outlook for economic growth this year. The key rate remains at 0.25 per cent where it has held steady for m...
Apr 21, 2021
Two-time world pairs champion Radford returning to competition with Vanessa James
OTTAWA - Two-time world pairs champion Eric Radford is coming out of retirement. The 36-year-old, who won two world figure skating titles and an Olympic bronze medal for Canada in 2018 with Meagan Duh...
Apr 21, 2021
Oxygen supply disruption kills 22 COVID-19 patients in India
NEW DELHI - Twenty-two COVID-19 patients on ventilators died in a hospital in western India on Wednesday when their oxygen supply was interrupted by a leak in a supply line, officials said. Suraj Mand...
Apr 21, 2021
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime ready to face Denis Shapovalov after second-round win
BARCELONA, Spain - Felix Auger-Aliassime has set up a Canadian clash with Denis Shapovalov after a win in the second round of the Barcelona Open. The 10th-seeded Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, downed...
Apr 21, 2021
AP source: DOJ to announce Minneapolis police probe
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to announce that the Justice Department is opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis after the guilty verdict in...
Apr 21, 2021
Floyd's hometown exalts in verdict but tempers expectations
HOUSTON - The streets of Houston's Third Ward, a historically Black neighbourhood where George Floyd grew up, echoed with screams filled with the word "justice" in the moments after white former Minne...
Apr 21, 2021
