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Vigils to take place tonight for slain doctor

RED DEER, Alta. - Two vigils are planned tonight for a family doctor who was killed at a walk-in clinic in Red Deer earlier this week.Dr. Walter Reynolds, a 45-year-old father of two girls, died in ho...

Aug 14, 2020

Liberals turn over thousands of pages on WE decision

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government has turned over thousands of pages of documents related to the WE controversy to a House of Commons' committee, which lawyers are now vetting for personal infor...

Aug 09, 2020

Canada to match donations to Lebanon relief

OTTAWA - The federal government will match all individual donations from Canadians to humanitarian relief efforts in Lebanon following this week's deadly explosion in Beirut. International Development...

Aug 09, 2020

Two dead in Manitoba after RCMP believe tornado threw their vehicle into a field

VIRDEN, Man. - RCMP say a man and a woman are dead after a tornado touched down at a farm in western Manitoba on Friday evening and carried a vehicle they were believed to have been in ...

Aug 08, 2020

Fans still drawn to arenas despite secure zones as NHL returns to ice

EDMONTON - It was almost 30 C as Edmonton Oilers fan Darnell Belcourt stood outside the protective bubble that surrounds Rogers Place and waited for the puck to drop in the team's opening qualifying r...

Aug 02, 2020

Leave your deets when dining: Restaurants taking personal info to trace COVID-19

TORONTO - As COVID-19 restrictions ease and restaurants start to welcome customers back, one thing Canadians may soon have to get used to is providing their personal information before they grab ...

Aug 02, 2020

NHL returns to action 142 days after COVID-19 forced suspension of season

TORONTO - The NHL's most unusual season in history resumed Saturday with five qualifying round games as the league kickstarted its pandemic-hit campaign. The New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes g...

Aug 01, 2020

Genetic detectives begin work to trace spread of COVID-19 in Canada

OTTAWA - Canada's public health experts have been racing to stop the spread of COVID-19 by trying to figure out how everyone is getting it, and whom they might have given it to. But even the best effo...

Jul 13, 2020

COVID-19 reshapes Canada Day celebrations from big parties to online shows

OTTAWA - A different kind of Canada Day is dawning this morning, with large celebrations in many parts of the country replaced with backyard barbecues and digital events. The COVID-19 pandemic has led...

Jul 01, 2020

'Stay off our lands:' RCMP attendance at Indigenous ceremony raises ire of chief

SASKATOON - An Indigenous leader is telling the RCMP to stay off reserve land after armed officers were dispatched to break up a sacred ceremony. "These are First Nations lands. This is Indian land. S...

May 13, 2020