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St. Louis looking to prove doubters wrong yet again as Canadiens interim coach
BROSSARD, Que. - Martin St. Louis built a Hockey Hall of Fame playing career from proving everybody wrong. As the new Montreal Canadiens interim head coach, St. Louis is back home to do just that all ...
Feb 10, 2022
WATCH: Newly-released Jurassic World trailer showcases Kamloops shooting locations
KAMLOOPS - Remember when Hollywood star Chris Pratt professed his love for Kamloops to tens of millions of fans on Instagram?Pratt posted the social media message in February, 2020, while he was in th...
Feb 10, 2022
Judges reject call for federal watchdog to probe case of slain Mexican activist
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected a plea from family and supporters of a slain Mexican activist - killed after opposing a Canadian company's mining project - to have a federal ombudsma...
Feb 10, 2022
Nevada governor rescinds mask mandate effective immediately
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada is rescinding requirements for people to wear masks in public, becoming the latest state in the U.S. to lift restrictions imposed to limit the spread of coronavirus but...
Feb 10, 2022
SOUND OFF: We need more action, not empty words from NDP government
THE SPRING SITTING OF THE LEGISLATURE kicked off this week with the delivery of the NDP government's Throne Speech. Sadly, it was a bit of a snoozer. If you were expecting some new ideas to move our e...
Feb 10, 2022
GoFundMe representatives to testify before MPs about funding of extremism
OTTAWA - Crowdfunding site GoFundMe will speak to members of Parliament about what measures it has in place to prevent the funding of extremism. NDP MP Alistair MacGregor announced today representativ...
Feb 10, 2022
Richard Edjericon elected as new representative in Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh byelection
Voters in a Northwest Territories riding have chosen a new member of the legislative assembly after their previous representative resigned. Richard Edjericon won the seat with 186 votes of 439 mail-in...
Feb 10, 2022
Researchers find evidence of first dinosaur with sore throat, flu symptoms
The dinosaur had a flu. A really bad flu. Cary Woodruff, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Toronto, and a team of researchers studieda fossil that may provide evidence of the first known ca...
Feb 10, 2022
French HIV discoverer Luc Montagnier has died at 89
PARIS (AP) - French researcher Luc Montagnier, who won a Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the HIV virus and more recently spread false claims about the coronavirus, has died at age 89, according to...
Feb 10, 2022
Quebec man sentenced to 10 years for kidnapping young son, triggering Amber Alert
MATANE, Que. - A Quebec court judge has signed off on a jointly recommended 10-year sentence for a Quebec man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping his three-year-old son. The man pleaded guilty Wednesday ...
Feb 10, 2022
