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Charest says leaders must listen to health experts on lifting federal COVID mandates
OTTAWA - Jean Charest says when it comes to lifting federal COVID-19 mandates, leaders should listen to health experts and not replace that advice with their own judgment. Federal Conservatives and th...
Mar 18, 2022

Canada's Einarson ran pandemic gauntlet to compete in a 'normal' world championship
Kerri Einarson's team spent the back half of their four years together curling through a pandemic, and posted some of their greatest successes during that time. Eyebrows raised when a team of former s...
Mar 18, 2022

Receiver Justin Hardy among three Americans signed by Ottawa Redblacks.
American receiver Justin Hardy, who played in a Super Bowl with the Atlanta Falcons, was among three players signed Friday by the Ottawa Redblacks. Hardy, 30, spent five seasons with Atlanta (2015-19)...
Mar 18, 2022

SOUND OFF: The most dangerous man in the world
THERE ARE VERY FEW who would not believe that Vladimir Putin is currently the most dangerous man in the world. He has recently been shown to be heartless, power-hungry, egotistical and according to ma...
Mar 18, 2022

Kamloops man charged in alleged stabbing near Lower Sahali motel
KAMLOOPS - A 39-year-old man from Kamloops remains in custody following his arrest for an alleged stabbing in Lower Sahali Tuesday (March 15) afternoon.Lewis Gabriel August is charged with one count o...
Mar 18, 2022

Five charged, one wanted after Blue River-area Trans Mountain protest became violent confrontation
BLUE RIVER, B.C. - The B.C. Prosecution Service has approved charges against five protesters after a violent confrontation with Trans Mountain employees near Blue River.The incident happened on Septem...
Mar 18, 2022

In video call, Biden presses China's Xi on Russia support
WASHINGTON (AP) - Key figures for a war half a world away, President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping spoke for nearly two hours on Friday as the White House looked to deter Beijing from providing mil...
Mar 18, 2022

Unlikely playoff push complicates trade deadline for new Canucks front office
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have not made Jim Rutherford's job easy. The team languished at the bottom of the Pacific Division standings when Rutherford was appointed president of hockey operati...
Mar 18, 2022

Arkansas deputy guilty of negligent homicide in teen's death
CABOT, Ark. (AP) - A former Arkansas deputy was found guilty Friday of negligent homicide but acquitted of the more serious offense of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a white teenager whose deat...
Mar 18, 2022

Bayern says Canada's Alphonso Davies several weeks away from returning to action
MUNICH - Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann says Canadian soccer star Alphonso Davies is still several weeks away from returning to action. That prognosis would rule him out of Canada's final thr...
Mar 18, 2022

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