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Fresh, fast Paula Findlay finds triathlon success again
Less was more for Canadian triathlete Paula Findlay in 2020. After 12 months without a race, winning the World Championship Challenge at Florida's Daytona International Speedway has the 31-year-old fr...
Dec 10, 2020
Wakaw RCMP investigating stolen ATM machine from Cudworth
Wakaw RCMP are asking the public for assistance after an ATM was stolen from a motel in Cudworth.RCMP said the machine was stolen sometime between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Dec. 1. It was then recovered in...
Dec 10, 2020
Canadian police chiefs apologize for 1968 opposition to decriminalizing homosexuality
TORONTO - Canada's police chiefs are apologizing to LGBTQ communities for their opposition to decriminalizing homosexuality in the late 1960s. The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police made the for...
Dec 10, 2020
CBSA chief says sharing of Meng's passcodes was 'serious' breach
VANCOUVER - A Canada Border Services Agency manager says she didn't launch an investigation into how Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's cellphone passwords were shared with RCMP, but she informed the off...
Dec 10, 2020
Toronto Arrows re-sign veteran prop Rob Brouwer, add former Laval defensive lineman
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows have re-signed veteran prop Rob Brouwer and added former Laval defensive lineman Marc-Antoine Ouellet. Brouwer, a 38-year-old from Lindsay, Ont., featured in two matches i...
Dec 10, 2020
Commons passes assisted-dying bill after Conservatives end filibuster
OTTAWA - A bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying was approved Thursday by the House of Commons after the Conservatives ended a days-long filibuster.Bill C-7 passed by a vote of 212-107,...
Dec 10, 2020
Lawyer practicing in Melfort named President of Law Society of Saskatchewan
A local lawyer has been named the President of the Law Society of Saskatchewan.Foluke Laosebikan, who is the proprietor of FLK Law Firm in Melfort, has been named the head of the organization after be...
Dec 10, 2020
'Come out with your hands up.' Witness describes Nova Scotia killer's disturbing ruse
HALIFAX - Chilling details of a Nova Scotia couple's close encounter with a mass murderer have emerged from RCMP documents released this week, including a bizarre account of how the killer tried to co...
Dec 10, 2020
CBS White House reporter Weijia Jiang is writing a memoir
NEW YORK - CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang is working on a memoir about her experiences as a Chinese American. One Signal Publishers, a Simon & Schuster imprint, announced Thursday...
Dec 10, 2020
Former Whitecaps, Canadian women's soccer coach charged with sexual offences
VANCOUVER - A former coach for the Vancouver Whitecaps and Canada Soccer's women's teams has been charged with sexual offences involving four people. The B.C. Prosecution Service says Bob Birarda is f...
Dec 10, 2020