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Canada Child Benefit expanding for families in 2021
TORONTO, ON- A payment of up to $1,200 per child under the age of six as part of the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) has increased in 2021.Families entitled to the CCB with children under the age of six ca...
May 12, 2021
Former defensive lineman Klassen tackling retirement as he did opposing quarterbacks
Timing is everything for Michael Klassen. The six-foot-five, 275-pound defensive lineman had the good fortune of ending his CFL career after the 2019 season before the COVID-19 pandemic put football o...
May 12, 2021
Saskatchewan RCMP officer arrested in death of man in wooded area
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Police in northern Saskatchewan say they have taken an RCMP officer into custody in connection with a homicide. Investigators with the Prince Albert Police Service were called l...
May 12, 2021
Hockey Canada announces players invited to try out for women's Olympic team
CALGARY - Hockey Canada's roster of players invited to try out for the 2022 Olympic women's hockey team indicates the squad will be experienced up front and less so on the back end. Of the 28 invitees...
May 12, 2021
Canadian Denis Shapovalov books spot in third round of Italian Open
ROME - Denis Shapovalov is joining fellow Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the third round of the Italian Open. The 13th-seeded Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., beat Italian Stefano Travaglia 7-...
May 12, 2021
Focus on helping right whales survive, not assigning blame: Canadian official
HALIFAX - A Canada-U.S. spat over who is responsible for the recent death of a critically endangered right whale has prompted a senior Canadian official to suggest there's got to be a better way of se...
May 12, 2021
New commander named to Brooks RCMP detachment
BROOKS, AB. - Staff Sergeant Gordon Yetman has been named as the new commander of the Brooks RCMP detachment.Yetman comes to Brooks after serving as the Detatchment Commander of the Taber/Vauxhall RCM...
May 12, 2021
City begins annual gas infrastructure inspection
MEDICINE HAT - The city of Medicine Hat begins it's annual check of natural gas distribution infrastructure next Monday, and business and home owners should be on the lookout for the inspector.Nearly ...
May 12, 2021
Questions remain about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot in Canada
Questions remained Wednesday about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada as Manitoba limited use of the shot and Ontario said it was deciding how it would use an incoming shipment res...
May 12, 2021
Final court dates set in Meng Wanzhou's case as her lawyers ask to bring new evidence
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei's chief financial officer say they will apply to introduce new evidence in her extradition case next month. A B.C. Supreme Court judge set June 29 and 30 for a hearing o...
May 12, 2021