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Former player unlikely to participate in Blackhawks review
CHICAGO (AP) - An attorney who represents a former Chicago Blackhawks player who alleges he was sexually assaulted by a then-assistant coach in 2010 is open to the possibility of her client participat...
Jul 12, 2021
Florida city weighs how to honor lost souls at 'holy site'
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - As crews keep searching for the last missing remains of the souls who perished in their collapsing beachfront condos nearly three weeks ago, the question is swirling across the r...
Jul 12, 2021
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney wants Canada to reopen to fully vaccinated visitors
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he will advocate for the reopening of Canada's border the next time provincial leaders have a conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Speaking at th...
Jul 12, 2021
Biden calls Cuba 'remarkable' protests a 'call for freedom'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Monday called protests in Cuba "remarkable" and a "clarion call for freedom," praising thousands of Cubans who took the streets to protest food shortages and h...
Jul 12, 2021
Trial opens for Montreal cop charged with sexually assaulting Ontario woman
MONTREAL - A criminal trial started today in Montreal involving the first police officer to be charged following an independent investigation by Quebec's police watchdog. Roger Frchette, a Montreal po...
Jul 12, 2021
Premier Kenney says province will not bring in COVID-19 vaccine passports
CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta will not be following the lead of Quebec and Manitoba by implementing a vaccine passport system.Quebec intends to bring in the vaccine passports beginning i...
Jul 12, 2021
France's Macron orders all health workers to get vaccinated
PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday ordered all French health care workers to get virus vaccine shots by Sept. 15 and urged all of his compatriots to get vaccinated as soon as poss...
Jul 12, 2021
Canadian military's new plan to fight misconduct includes culture officers, training
OTTAWA - Canadian Armed Forces commander Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre says the military's new plan to fight misconduct will include posting "culture officers" to warships, holding workshops with survivors, and...
Jul 12, 2021
City and Colour coming to the Esplanade in November
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The first 2021 show announcement for the Esplanade has been made.City and Colour, also known as acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green, will be at the Esplanade on ...
Jul 12, 2021
Unemployment & economic growth in Alberta to be slightly higher than national average
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The next year and a half will be a bit of a mixed bag for Alberta.Over the last month, five major financial institutions released their economic projections for the country as it emer...
Jul 12, 2021