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Four of 55 reviews into police shootings completed in 2020; one officer charged
Experts say it takes time to properly investigate a police shooting - even when the public is calling for quick results - but details on the outcome must be more transparent. Of 55 police shootings th...
Dec 21, 2020
Police shootings in 2020: The effect on officers and those they are sworn to protect
A photo and an urn sit on Christie Zebrasky's kitchen table.Each time the Winnipeg woman goes to eat, she imagines her daughter's face and wonders whether she'll ever know what happened in the moments...
Dec 21, 2020
B.C. lacks plans for rising seas, flooding: coastal adaptation researcher
VANCOUVER - Parts of British Columbia could see massive losses if the province doesn't start planning for flooding as ocean waters rise and storms surge due to climate change, says a researcher at the...
Dec 21, 2020
Make a Wish Foundation grants wish for local teen
MEDICINE HAT, AB- Fourteen-year-old Daniel Bachmeier could hardly contain his excitement when he pulled up in his father's van to a tree full of gifts on his front porch. "Hey, who is that on the tree...
Dec 20, 2020
Darrell Nwobu scores a century for Canada in final match at FIBA Esports Open
Darrell (RipxRell) Nwobu poured in 100 points Sunday as Canada closed out its FIBA Esports Open campaign with a 137-42 demolition of an outmatched Honduras. Nwobu, a native of Brampton, Ont., who will...
Dec 20, 2020
NHL, NHLPA reach deal for 56-game season starting Jan. 13
The NHL and the NHL Players' Association settled on a plan for the upcoming season Sunday. The league and union agreed to a 56-game schedule that includes an all-Canadian North Division - for the 2020...
Dec 20, 2020
COVID-19 Update: 1,286 new cases, 10 additional deaths
EDMONTON, AB- There are 1,286 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the province on Sunday bringing the total number of active cases to 19,201. The active case number is down slightly from yesterday's ac...
Dec 20, 2020
Canadians Natasha Wodak, Ben Preisner run Olympic qualifying times
In the middle of a global pandemic that cancelled almost every major marathon over the last nine months, Natasha Wodak felt blessed to even be on the start line Sunday. The 39-year-old from North Vanc...
Dec 20, 2020
Former Toronto Wolfpack star centre Ricky Leutele signs with Huddersfield Giants
HUDDERSFIELD, United Kingdom - Former Toronto Wolfpack star centre Ricky Leutele has signed with Super League's Huddersfield Giants. The Australian-born Samoan international finished out the 2020 seas...
Dec 20, 2020
NHL, NHLPA reach deal for 56-game season starting Jan. 13
The NHL and the NHL Players' Association settled on a plan for the upcoming season Sunday. The league and union agreed to a 56-game schedule that includes an all-Canadian North Division - for the 2020...
Dec 20, 2020