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Judge rejects bid to delay the release of B.C. Liberal leadership results
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Liberal party can go ahead with the scheduled release of the results of its leadership contest later today after a judge rejected a last-minute bid to delay the process. Justice H...
Feb 05, 2022
Rescuers pull Moroccan boy, 5, out of deep well
IGHRAN, Morocco (AP) - Moroccan rescuers on Saturday pulled a 5-year-old boy out of a deep well where he was trapped for four days. An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw the boy wrapped in a y...
Feb 05, 2022
Waffle House shooter receives life in prison without parole
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jurors refused to make parole possible after 51 years in prison for the man who shot and killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in 2018. On Saturday, jurors deliberated...
Feb 05, 2022
Police: 2 killed, 2 hurt in shooting in Milwaukee suburb
BROWN DEER, Wis. (AP) - Two people were killed and two more were injured in a shooting at an apartment complex in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer on Saturday morning, police said. Brown Deer Police...
Feb 05, 2022
Winning streaks collide as North Stars host La Ronge
Winners of four straight, the Battlefords North Stars will put their streak on the line Saturday, as they aim for their fifth, against the red-hot La Ronge Ice Wolves. Team outlookThe North Stars (25-...
Feb 05, 2022
COVID-19 hospitalizations decrease for second straight day
For the second straight day, the Government of Saskatchewan Is reporting a decrease in COVID-19 hospitalizations. There has been a decrease of 39 hospitalizations in the past two days. There are now 3...
Feb 05, 2022
Canada into FIBA World Cup after Belarus withdraws from qualifying tournament
OSAKA, Japan - Canada's women's basketball team has apparently qualified for the FIBA World Cup before its qualifying tournament has even tipped off. Belarus has pulled out of the four-team tournament...
Feb 05, 2022
Weidemann, Kingsbury earn Canada's first medals at Beijing Games
BEIJING - Canada made its mark on the medal table early at the Beijing Olympics, as speedskater Isabelle Weidemann raced to bronze in the women's 3,000 metres on Saturday. The 26-year-old from Ottawa ...
Feb 05, 2022
Ottawa, other cities act to rein in escalating anti-vaccine protests
Ottawa and several other cities across Canada are working to try to ensure that escalating protests against COVID vaccine mandates and other public health restrictions remain peaceful today. Police in...
Feb 05, 2022
Amir Locke, killed by Minneapolis cop, wanted music career
Before he was fatally shot by a Minneapolis police officer, Amir Locke had been making plans. The 22-year-old Black man had filed paperwork to start a music business, his mother said, and had already ...
Feb 05, 2022