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Njoo positive about talks with CFL but cannot provide timeline for decision
TORONTO - The wait continues for the CFL. Dr. Howard Njoo, Canada's Deputy Chief Public Health Officer, spoke positively Friday regarding his organization's talks with the league about its&n...
Aug 14, 2020

Man pleads guilty in gas-and-dash death of Alberta gas station owner
WETASKIWIN, Alta. - A man who was charged with second-degree murder after an Alberta gas station owner was killed in a gas-and-dash has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Ki Yun Jo, who was 54, was ...
Aug 14, 2020

AJHL postpones regular season, development season to start Aug. 31
The Alberta Junior Hockey League has postponed the start of the regular season but players will hit the ice for what the league is calling a development season beginning on Aug. 31.A release from the ...
Aug 14, 2020

Canada-U.S. to extend border restrictions until Sept. 21
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border will be extended another 30 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It means the two countries will continue their mut...
Aug 14, 2020

Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica faces funding crunch as COVID-19 curbs tourism
MONTREAL - One of Canada's best-known religious landmarks, the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal, is seeking urgent government assistance to withstand a budget shortfall caused by COVID-19. Claudia...
Aug 14, 2020

Canada's top two-year-old filly Curlin's Voyage picking up where she left off
TORONTO - Canada's top two-year-old filly last season is picking up where she left off. Curlin's Voyage heads into the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks with a win and second-place finish off her two starts this...
Aug 14, 2020

Ex-FBI lawyer to plead guilty in Durham's Trump-Russia probe
WASHINGTON - A former FBI lawyer will plead guilty to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham's investigation into the probe of ties between Russia a...
Aug 14, 2020

Asylum seekers on front lines of COVID-19 to have chance at permanent residency
OTTAWA - Asylum seekers working on the front-lines of the COVID-19 crisis are getting an early chance at permanent residency in Canada. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced the program ...
Aug 14, 2020

R. Kelly's manager charged with phone threats to theatre
NEW YORK - R. Kelly's manager has been arrested on charges that he threatened a shooting at a Manhattan theatre two years ago, forcing an evacuation and the cancellation of the screening of a document...
Aug 14, 2020

The Road to Recovery: How three Southern Albertans escaped substance addiction
LETHBRIDGE, AB - LNN spoke to three people in the region who shared their stories of substance addiction, what ultimately lead them to seek help, and how things have changed since getting clean.The pu...
Aug 14, 2020