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Nunavut RCMP release few details on man shot dead by police
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Nunavut RCMP has released new, but limited details into the death of a 31-year-old man who was shot and killed by an officer in Clyde River last spring. Mounties say two officer...
Apr 20, 2021

Provinces balk at Liberals' child-care budget pledge as funding negotiations loom
OTTAWA - Multiple provincial governments are questioning the Liberals' promise of a national child-care system, saying they either feel the strings on the cash are too tight, or won't necessarily help...
Apr 20, 2021

Police: 1 killed, 2 wounded in shooting at NY grocery store
WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - One person was killed and two people were injured in a shooting a Long Island grocery store, Nassau County police said Tuesday. The person killed was a 49-year-old employee, pol...
Apr 20, 2021

Periodic roadblocks but no individual stops planned for B.C.'s COVID-19 travel rules
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is looking at using periodic roadblocks to limit travel in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. Mike Farnworth, minister of public safety and the solicitor ...
Apr 20, 2021

Out of sight but centre stage, jurors weigh Chauvin's fate
MINNEAPOLIS - The jurors who sat off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in Derek Chauvin's murder trial in George Floyd's death were in the spotlight Tuesday, still out of sight but now ...
Apr 20, 2021

Desmond inquiry: Veterans Affairs refusing to disclose review to fatality inquiry
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Veterans Affairs Canada has refused to disclose to an inquiry its internal review of how it handled the tragic case of Lionel Desmond, the Afghanistan war veteran from Nova Sco...
Apr 20, 2021

Former star goaltender Luongo named general manager of Canada's hockey worlds team
CALGARY - Former star goaltender Roberto Luongo has been named the general manager for Canada's men's team for the 2021 world hockey championship. Hockey Canada said Tuesday in a release that Luongo w...
Apr 20, 2021

Spruce Haven, Rotary Park in Melfort vandalized
A pair of Melfort parks were victims of vandalism over the weekend.One incident was at Spruce Haven Park where the east outer wall of the new washroom building was spray painted. Meanwhile at Rotary P...
Apr 20, 2021

Ontario Hockey League cancels 2020-21 season as COVID-19 cases surge in province
TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League has cancelled its 2020-21 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision on Tuesday means the OHL will be the only one of Canada's three major junior hockey ...
Apr 20, 2021

Hoback reacts to 'wow' federal budget spending
Prince Albert MP, Conservative Randy Hoback, is happy to see a federal election appears unlikely in response to the Liberal budget handed down Monday.As he and others try to digest the enormous 739-pa...
Apr 20, 2021