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'Disgusted:' Miller reacts to security guard's actions toward Indigenous woman
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller has expressed his disgust over a video showing a security guard in a physical altercation with an Indigenous woman who was accused of shoplifting from...
Apr 16, 2021
Province reports 221 new and 225 recovered cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, two deaths
The Government of Saskatchewan reported another 221 cases of COVID-19 in the province on April 16, as well as 225 recoveries. This brings the provincial total to 37,615 cases. There have been 34,550 r...
Apr 16, 2021
Grand jury in Daniel Prude death voted 15-5 to clear 3 cops
A grand jury investigating the police suffocation death of Daniel Prude last year in Rochester, New York, voted 15-5 not to indict the three officers who restrained him, according to transcripts relea...
Apr 16, 2021
Doctors say lowering age cut-off for AstraZeneca vaccine makes sense as cases surge
CALGARY - Doctors say the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should be offered to Canadians in a wider age range as COVID-19 infections soar in many parts of the country. Provinces limited eligibility for tha...
Apr 16, 2021
Huawei CFO's legal team applies for adjournment in final extradition hearings
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court says lawyers for Meng Wanzhou are applying to adjourn the final three-week leg of her extradition case set to begin April 26. The court says in a statement that the ...
Apr 16, 2021
The names may be the same but it's a new-looking Toronto FC this season
Minutes after Toronto FC ousted Mexico's Club Leon from the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, captain Michael Bradley had a message for his team. "The knife stays between our teeth. Keep going. Th...
Apr 16, 2021
Raul Castro confirms he's resigning, ending long era in Cuba
HAVANA - Raul Castro said Friday he is resigning as head of Cuba's Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution. The 89-ye...
Apr 16, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Canucks games against Leafs postponed as team returns from COVID
VANCOUVER - The NHL has postponed a pair of games between the Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs as Vancouver continues to work its way back from a COVID-19 outbreak. The Leafs were set to play in Vancou...
Apr 16, 2021
Canada's Dalton Kellett set for a more stable season as an IndyCar driver
The first few races of Dalton Kellett's IndyCar career were done on an elaborate iRacing rig in his home office in Indianapolis because of COVID-19 restrictions. He's pleased his second season will be...
Apr 16, 2021
Canucks games against Leafs postponed as team returns from COVID
VANCOUVER - The NHL has shuffled the North Division schedule to allow the Vancouver Canucks more time to work their way back from a COVID-19 outbreak. The league announced Friday that a pair of games ...
Apr 16, 2021