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Stanley Mission RCMP deploy energy weapon, seize cash and cocaine
More than 100 grams of cocaine were seized by Stanley Mission RCMP on Wednesday. That's according to an RCMP media release, which states officers received a call at approximately 10 a.m. about an erra...
Oct 23, 2020
Toronto FC visits Philadelphia for top-of-the-table showdown with the Union
Philadelphia Union coach Jim Curtin knows all too well the damage Alejandro Pozuelo can do. Curtin watched from the sideline Oct. 3 as his team somehow forgot about the Toronto FC playmaker on a 76th-...
Oct 23, 2020
Team Matt Dunstone considers relocation due to restrictions in Saskatchewan
Team Matt Dunstone is considering relocating from Saskatchewan due to mounting frustrations stemming from provincial COVID-19 restrictions. The latest development in the simmering issue came Thursday ...
Oct 23, 2020
'We've got to make it worth something': Whitecaps in must-win mode to finish season
VANCOUVER - Lucas Cavallini was filled with joy when he entered his home in Vancouver earlier this week and finally saw his wife and three kids in person. His job as the Whitecaps' top striker h...
Oct 23, 2020
Companies warn Tory motion could deter domestic production of PPE
OTTAWA - Canadian companies that answered the government's call to produce ventilators and other desperately needed equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic say they're worried that opposition MPs are n...
Oct 23, 2020
France surpasses 1 million confirmed virus cases amid spike
PARIS - French health authorities say France has recorded over 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, becoming the second country in Western Europe after Spain to reach...
Oct 23, 2020
Possible COVID-19 exposures in Sask. communities
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is alerting Saskatchewan residents of possible recent COVID-19 exposures in businesses in the province including Prince Albert and Shellbrook. The following are...
Oct 23, 2020
For Mi'kmaq fishers, dreams of a peaceful harvest on N.S. waters repeatedly dashed
HALIFAX - Mi'kmaw fisherman Robert Syliboy says he dreams of peacefully trapping lobster off the shores of southwestern Nova Scotia. But the hopes of the 27-year-old from the Sipekne'katik First Natio...
Oct 23, 2020
Fiasco over pope's cut civil union quote intensifies impact
ROME - The world premiere of a documentary on Pope Francis was supposed to have been a bright spot for a papacy locked down by a pandemic and besieged by a corruption scandal, recalling Francis' glory...
Oct 23, 2020
Assembly of First Nations has 'lost confidence' in RCMP commissioner, says Bellegarde
OTTAWA - The head of the Assembly of First Nations says he is set to tell Prime Minister Justin Trudeau he has 'lost confidence' in RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki.National Chief Perry Bellegarde says ...
Oct 23, 2020