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Toronto FC coach Bob Bradley adds voice to gun control debate, says change is needed
Toronto FC coach Bob Bradley added his voice Friday to the chorus wondering about America's inability to enact stricter gun laws in the wake of Tuesday's Texas elementary school shooting. Nineteen chi...
May 27, 2022
Judge denies bail for protester charged in Coutts border blockade
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A judge has denied bail for a man charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a border blockade in southern Alberta.Chris Carbert, 45, appeared by video in Lethbridge Court of Queen's...
May 27, 2022
Ottawa police decide no charges in deadly Nunavut RCMP shooting
RANKIN INLET, Nunavut - An investigation into a deadly police shooting in Nunavut has concluded that no officer involved will face charges. The Ottawa Police Service was tasked with reviewing the shoo...
May 27, 2022
Moose is Loose: Canada's Mitch (Moose) Hooper reaches World's Strongest Man final
Not lacking for confidence, Canada's Mitchell (Moose) Hooper made some bold predictions ahead of his first appearance at the World's Strongest Man competition. So far he's been calling his shots. In a...
May 27, 2022
Real or fake? Officers often have a split second to decide
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Police officers are often required to make split-second decisions when called to potentially dangerous situations. Quite often, they have little or no information on which to base t...
May 27, 2022
Canada raids emergency stockpile to send medical equipment to Ukraine
OTTAWA - Canada has tapped into its own strategic stockpile of emergency medical supplies - stored for a national emergency - to help Ukraine. It has donated over 375,000 items of medical equipment an...
May 27, 2022
Police waited 48 minutes in school before pursuing shooter
UVALDE, Texas (AP) - Students trapped inside a classroom with a gunman repeatedly called 911 during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school, including one who pleaded, "Please send the police ...
May 27, 2022
Iran seizes 2 Greek tankers in Persian Gulf as tensions rise
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two Greek oil tankers Friday in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf, officials said. The action appeared to ...
May 27, 2022
English school board says it will file legal challenge of Quebec language law reform
MONTREAL - The English Montreal School Board says it will launch a legal challenge of Quebec's recently adopted language law reform. The board said in a news release today that it believes the law, co...
May 27, 2022
Canada could help wean Europe from Russian oil and gas by shipping clean hydrogen
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says he spoke this week with delegates from several European countries, including Germany, about the potential for shipping them clean Canadian h...
May 27, 2022