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Police: 1 killed, 2 wounded in shooting at NY grocery store
WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - One person was killed and two people were injured in a shooting a Long Island grocery store, Nassau County police said Tuesday. The person killed was a 49-year-old employee, pol...
Apr 20, 2021
MP Motz says federal budget has no fiscal anchor
The federal budget is not a lot to be pleased about according to MP Glen Motz.The Conservative MP for Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner says you can't secure an economy by borrowing more money.He says ther...
Apr 20, 2021
Periodic roadblocks but no individual stops planned for B.C.'s COVID-19 travel rules
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is looking at using periodic roadblocks to limit travel in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. Mike Farnworth, minister of public safety and the solicitor ...
Apr 20, 2021
Out of sight but centre stage, jurors weigh Chauvin's fate
MINNEAPOLIS - The jurors who sat off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in Derek Chauvin's murder trial in George Floyd's death were in the spotlight Tuesday, still out of sight but now ...
Apr 20, 2021
Desmond inquiry: Veterans Affairs refusing to disclose review to fatality inquiry
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Veterans Affairs Canada has refused to disclose to an inquiry its internal review of how it handled the tragic case of Lionel Desmond, the Afghanistan war veteran from Nova Sco...
Apr 20, 2021
Former star goaltender Luongo named general manager of Canada's hockey worlds team
CALGARY - Former star goaltender Roberto Luongo has been named the general manager for Canada's men's team for the 2021 world hockey championship. Hockey Canada said Tuesday in a release that Luongo w...
Apr 20, 2021
Archaeological society hosting virtual talk on find at St. Mary Reservoir
The South Eastern Alberta Archaeological Society will delve into an important find from more than a decade ago near Wally's Beach on the St. Mary Reservoir between Lethbridge and Cardston.Butchered bo...
Apr 20, 2021
Two Medicine Hat residents charged after Internet Child Exploitation unit investigation
Two Medicine Hat residents have been charged with at least one child pornography offence related to the online sexual exploitation of children. ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit arrested ...
Apr 20, 2021
Ontario Hockey League cancels 2020-21 season as COVID-19 cases surge in province
TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League has cancelled its 2020-21 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision on Tuesday means the OHL will be the only one of Canada's three major junior hockey ...
Apr 20, 2021
Oscar predictions: Can anything beat 'Nomadland'?
Ahead of Sunday's 93rd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that is forging on in the midst of the pandemic. BEST PICTURE Th...
Apr 20, 2021