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Judge rejects bid to delay the release of B.C. Liberal leadership results
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Liberal party can go ahead with the scheduled release of the results of its leadership contest later today after a judge rejected a last-minute bid to delay the process. Justice H...
Feb 5, 2022
Rescuers pull Moroccan boy, 5, out of deep well
IGHRAN, Morocco (AP) - Moroccan rescuers on Saturday pulled a 5-year-old boy out of a deep well where he was trapped for four days. An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw the boy wrapped in a y...
Feb 5, 2022
Waffle House shooter receives life in prison without parole
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jurors refused to make parole possible after 51 years in prison for the man who shot and killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in 2018. On Saturday, jurors deliberated...
Feb 5, 2022
Police: 2 killed, 2 hurt in shooting in Milwaukee suburb
BROWN DEER, Wis. (AP) - Two people were killed and two more were injured in a shooting at an apartment complex in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer on Saturday morning, police said. Brown Deer Police...
Feb 5, 2022
Canada into FIBA World Cup after Belarus withdraws from qualifying tournament
OSAKA, Japan - Canada's women's basketball team has apparently qualified for the FIBA World Cup before its qualifying tournament has even tipped off. Belarus has pulled out of the four-team tournament...
Feb 5, 2022
Weidemann, Kingsbury earn Canada's first medals at Beijing Games
BEIJING - Canada made its mark on the medal table early at the Beijing Olympics, as speedskater Isabelle Weidemann raced to bronze in the women's 3,000 metres on Saturday. The 26-year-old from Ottawa ...
Feb 5, 2022
Ottawa, other cities act to rein in escalating anti-vaccine protests
Ottawa and several other cities across Canada are working to try to ensure that escalating protests against COVID vaccine mandates and other public health restrictions remain peaceful today. Police in...
Feb 5, 2022
Amir Locke, killed by Minneapolis cop, wanted music career
Before he was fatally shot by a Minneapolis police officer, Amir Locke had been making plans. The 22-year-old Black man had filed paperwork to start a music business, his mother said, and had already ...
Feb 5, 2022
Platinum Jubilee: First Nations leaders reflect on treaty relations with Queen
Dave (Sabe) Courchene remembers first hearing in his early teens the story of how his grandfather met the Queen during her 10-day tour of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories in 1970. It was his fat...
Feb 5, 2022
Interfor caps off blockbuster year on a sour note as fourth-quarter profit plunges
BURNABY, B.C. - Interfor Corp. is reporting a near tripling in profits last year despite a weaker fourth quarter in which net earnings were cut by more than half. The Burnaby, B.C., lumber producer sa...
Feb 5, 2022
