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Canadian defender Callum Montgomery signs with Minnesota United
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - Canadian defender Callum Montgomery has signed a new contract with Minnesota United FC. The Loons acquired the 23-year-old from Lantzville, B.C., in a December trade that sent F...
Feb 02, 2021

The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:25 a.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government has inked a deal that will see COVID-19 vaccines churned out on hom...
Feb 02, 2021

'No other means:' Nunavut judge acquits abused woman who killed husband
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut judge who acquitted a woman of murder for killing her abusive spouse in self-defence is warning that the territory's cycle of domestic violence will continue unless victim...
Feb 02, 2021

City Council votes to award Veiner Centre contract to private operator
MEDICNE HAT, AB- The Veiner Centre will have a new operator. In an 8-1 vote, Medicine Hat City Council voted to support city staff's recommendation to award Calgary-based Kerby Assembly, the contract ...
Feb 02, 2021

Police: Rapper Silento charged with murder in shooting death
ATLANTA - Silento, the Atlanta rapper known for his hit song "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)," was arrested Monday and charged with murder in the shooting death of his 34-year-old cousin, authorities said. D...
Feb 02, 2021

Canadian women's basketball team in group with Spain, Serbia, South Korea at Olympics
MIES, Switzerland - The Canadian women's basketball team will have a chance to exact revenge on Spain at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Canada was placed into Group A with Spain, Serbia and South Korea in t...
Feb 02, 2021

Marilyn Manson denies Evan Rachel Wood's abuse allegations
LOS ANGELES - Rocker Marilyn Manson was dropped by his record label on Monday after actor Evan Rachel Wood accused her ex-fianc of sexual and other physical abuse, alleging she was "manipulated into s...
Feb 02, 2021

Obama speechwriter's memoir 'Grace' to come out in 2022
NEW YORK - The White House speechwriter who helped President Barack Obama work on his response to the Charleston church massacre in June 2015 has a book deal. Cody Keenan's memoir is set around the ti...
Feb 02, 2021

Iran: Sailors from seized South Korean tanker to be released
TEHRAN, Iran - The sailors from a South Korean tanker seized in the Persian Gulf by Iranian troops last month are free to leave the country on humanitarian grounds, Iran's state TV said Tuesday. Forei...
Feb 02, 2021

T-shirt latest source of tension in China-Canada ties
BEIJING - China says it has lodged a formal complaint with Canada over T-shirts ordered by one of the country's Beijing Embassy staff that allegedly mocked China's response to the coronavirus outbreak...
Feb 02, 2021