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Dentist in N.L. let correctional officer pull 'one or more' teeth from sedated inmate
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A dentist with practices across Atlantic Canada has been sanctioned in Newfoundland and Labrador for allowing a correctional officer to extract "one or more" teeth from a sedated in...
Feb 09, 2022

Known active COVID-19 cases continue to drop in Medicine Hat
There are now 1,615 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 135 of which are in ICU, and 3,696 deaths.An AHS spokesperson told CHAT News Tuesday that there are currently 87 COVID-19 positive inpatients i...
Feb 09, 2022

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon tests positive for COVID-19, has mild symptoms
OTTAWA - Canada's Governor General has tested positive for COVID-19. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says in a statement on Twitter that she tested positive Wednesday morning and is experiencing mild symptoms. S...
Feb 09, 2022

Quebec man arrested after four-day Amber Alert pleads guilty to 14 charges
MONTREAL - A Quebec man who kidnapped his three-year-old son and was the subject of a manhunt over several days last summer has pleaded guilty to 14 charges. The province's prosecution service says th...
Feb 09, 2022

Alberta government seeking $1.3 billion from U.S. over cancelled Keystone XL pipeline
CALGARY - Alberta is seeking $1.3 billion in compensation from the U.S. government in the wake of President Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline's permit.The provincial government says...
Feb 09, 2022

Senators strike bipartisan deal on domestic violence bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a proposal Wednesday to reauthorize the 1990s-era law that extends protections for victims of domestic and sexual violence after it lap...
Feb 09, 2022

Parent in college bribery scandal gets year in prison
BOSTON (AP) - A former casino executive was sentenced Wednesday to serve one year and one day in federal prison as part of the stiffest sentence so far handed down in the sprawling college admissions ...
Feb 09, 2022

Toronto Argonauts feeling good about the future after successful free-agent haul
TORONTO - Two days into CFL free agency and the Toronto Argonauts already like what they see. Signing running back Andrew Harris, defensive linemen Ja'Gared Davis and Adrian Tracy, linebacker Wynton M...
Feb 09, 2022

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection subpoenaed former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Wednesday, seeking to question an ally of former Presiden...
Feb 09, 2022

Census shows B.C.'s population hit five million after 7.6 per cent growth
VANCOUVER - Canada's latest census shows British Columbia had the second-highest population growth among the provinces, but realtors and buyers say an influx of people has created fiercer-than-ever co...
Feb 09, 2022