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Elks' Lawler looks to halt former team Blue Bombers' perfect start to season
EDMONTON - All eyes will be on wide receiver Kenny Lawler when the Elks host the undefeated Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday night. Lawler is still shining from last week's standout performance as Edmo...
Jul 21, 2022

B.C. announces consumer protection policy for homebuyers in competitive market
VICTORIA - British Columbia has announced a mandatory three-day period to allow homebuyers time to arrange an inspection and take other important steps like securing financing in a high-pressure real ...
Jul 21, 2022

Canada's high court upholds first-degree conviction against B.C. killer
OTTAWA - Canada's highest court has unanimously upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a man found guilty of a January 2015 slaying near Prince George, B.C. The Supreme Court of Canada decision ...
Jul 21, 2022

Senior officer faces military charges after probe of relationship allegations
OTTAWA - The military police have charged a senior officer in the Canadian Armed Forces after an investigation into allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate. The office of Canad...
Jul 21, 2022

Feds announce $1 million fund to reach communities affected by monkeypox
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to give $1 million to community organizations across the country to provide gay and bisexual men with information about monkeypox and combat stigma around the dis...
Jul 21, 2022

Trudeau: Hockey Canada needs a 'real reckoning' in wake of scandal
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there needs to be a "real reckoning" at Hockey Canada as the organization continues to deal with the fallout related to its handling of an alleged sexual assault and...
Jul 21, 2022

West Germany soccer great Uwe Seeler dies at 85
BERLIN (AP) - Uwe Seeler, who led West Germany to the 1966 World Cup final as captain of the national team, has died. He was 85. Regarded as one of Germany's best-ever players, Seeler was famous for h...
Jul 21, 2022

House OKs bill to protect contraception from Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) - The right to use contraceptives would be inscribed into law under a measure that Democrats pushed through the House on Thursday, their latest campaign-season response to concerns a c...
Jul 21, 2022

Trudeau: Hockey Canada needs a 'real reckoning' in wake of scandal
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there needs to be a "real reckoning" at Hockey Canada as the organization continues to deal with the fallout related to its handling of an alleged sexual assault and...
Jul 21, 2022

Ex-cop Lane gets 2 1/2 years on Floyd killing federal charge
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on a federal civil rights charge for his role in the killing of George Floyd. U.S. Dist...
Jul 21, 2022

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