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OPP, RCMP take control of protest enforcement, Ottawa Chief Peter Sloly quits
OTTAWA - The RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police have taken control of enforcement in Ottawa amid sustained criticism of the local force's handling of a chaotic antigovernment protest, while the city's...
Feb 15, 2022
Officer says he assumed fellow cops were caring for Floyd
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's killing says he was relying on his fellow officers to care for Floyd's medical needs as he controlled onlookers as ...
Feb 15, 2022
It's a yes! Simone Biles engaged to Jonathan Owens on V-day
NEW YORK (AP) - Olympic great Simone Biles said it was "THE EASIEST YES" when her fellow elite athlete Jonathan Owens popped the question on Valentine's Day. "I can't wait to spend forever & ever ...
Feb 15, 2022
Altidore speaks warmly of time in Toronto but hints at backroom unrest at TFC
Jozy Altidore, in his introductory news conference as a member of the New England Revolution, talked warmly of his time in Toronto but hinted at backroom unrest at his former MLS club. "There were jus...
Feb 15, 2022
Lions become first CFL team to hire full-time female coach, adding Walter to staff
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions are the first CFL team to hire a full-time female coach, adding Tanya Walter as a defensive assistant Tuesday. The native of Forestburg, Alta., began coaching at Edmonton's ...
Feb 15, 2022
Travellers will no longer need a molecular COVID test to get into Canada
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says vaccinated travellers will no longer need a molecular COVID-19 test to enter Canada starting Feb. 28 because the COVID-19 situation in Canada has improve...
Feb 15, 2022
US could see a century's worth of sea rise in just 30 years
The seas lapping against America's coastlines are rising ever faster and will be 10 to 12 inches higher by the year 2050, with major Eastern cities hit regularly with costly floods even on sunny days,...
Feb 15, 2022
Nunavut eases restrictions in some communities; rapid tests coming
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Restrictions are to ease in 15 Nunavut communities starting Monday as COVID-19 cases slowly drop across the territory. Outdoor gatherings in the communities will increase to 15 peop...
Feb 15, 2022
Blockade ends at Alberta-U.S. border crossing after more than two weeks
COUTTS, Alta. - Trucks and other vehicles with horns blaring have rolled out of a southern Alberta town, ending a blockade that paralyzed a United States border crossing for more than two weeks. Prote...
Feb 15, 2022
Study suggests climate change made B.C. floods at least twice as likely
Research from Environment Canada says the catastrophic floods that swamped much of southern British Columbia last fall were at least twice as likely because of climate change. The study concludes that...
Feb 15, 2022
