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Legal experts worry about changing court landscape after COVID-19
CALGARY - The halls of justice may have become less crowded as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, say legal experts, and they warn there are still unanswered questions ahead. Two years ago, when the p...
Jan 29, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Our cityscape makes a daring switch from beige to greige
I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS and bad news.You might have heard me rant a time or two about the beigeness of Kamloops, a condition caused by myopic planners able to see only "earth tones."Symptoms include a feel...
Jan 29, 2022
Millions raised in N.L. church lottery could be used in Mount Cashel abuse settlement
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Catholic church is asking a Newfoundland and Labrador court to decide if millions of dollars raised through a local parish's fundraiser could be used to pay survivors of physica...
Jan 29, 2022
Latvia hopes Canada will extend, expand military mission amid tensions with Russia
OTTAWA - Latvia is crossing its fingers that it is up next after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced this week that Canada is extending and expanding its military mission in Ukraine in response to...
Jan 29, 2022
Barty wins drought-breaking Australian Open women's title
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Ash Barty recovered from 5-1 down in the second set to win the Australian Open final 6-3, 7-6 (2) over Danielle Collins on Saturday, ending a 44-year drought for Australian...
Jan 29, 2022
Wayne Stenehjem, ND's longest-serving attorney general, dies
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, a former legislator and the state's longest-serving attorney general, died at age 68, his office announced Friday, just hours after...
Jan 28, 2022
B.C. enters the weekend on the verge of 1,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations
VICTORIA - B.C. is on the precipice of having 1,000 hospitalizations due to COVID-19.In its latest news release issued Friday afternoon (Jan. 28), the Ministry of Health reports 990 people in hospital...
Jan 28, 2022
Man arrested in Lillooet in connection to truck stolen out of Clinton
LILLOOET, B.C. - A man awaiting trial on no fewer than 20 charges has a few more to contend with after being nabbed in Lillooet.On Sunday, RCMP responding to a suspicious person call near Pavilion fou...
Jan 28, 2022
Bodies of family that froze to death trying to cross border may not return to India
A relative of a family that froze to death in southern Manitoba while trying to cross the United States border says it's expected the bodies will not be flown home to India for a funeral. Amritbhai Va...
Jan 28, 2022
Whitecaps coach Vanni Sartini placed in MLS health and safety protocols
Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini has been placed in Major League Soccer's health and safety protocols. The club says Sartini will miss the next week of training, as per MLS COVID-19 guidel...
Jan 28, 2022
