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CP NewsAlert: Alberta lifts more COVID rules, increases retail shopping limit
EDMONTON - Alberta is lifting more COVID-19 public-health restrictions, including allowing more people to shop in retail stores and malls. Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the retail limit is increa...
Mar 08, 2021

Four facing drug, firearms related charges following Lloydminster RCMP traffic stop
Three adults and a youth are facing numerous charges following an RCMP traffic stop in Lloydminster, Alta.Police reported March 5 that Lloydminster General Investigations Section officers located a st...
Mar 08, 2021

First nations women in jail over represented and lack proper supports, says FSIN
Concerns related to the over representation of First Nations women in the correctional system, and a lack of supports, are being raised on International Women's Day by the organization that represents...
Mar 08, 2021

Inuit group's board says no to proposed expansion of Nunavut iron ore mine
IQALUIT, Nunavut - An organization that represents Inuit in Nunavut's Baffin Island region says it will not back a proposed expansion of an iron ore mine near Pond Inlet. The Qikiqtani Inuit Associati...
Mar 08, 2021

Brazil justice annuls Lula's sentences, enabling 2022 run
SAO PAULO - A justice from Brazil's top court on Monday annulled all sentences against former President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, which for now restores his political rights and would potentially allo...
Mar 08, 2021

Commons board finds MP Yasmin Ratansi broke rules by employing sister
OTTAWA - Independent MP Yasmin Ratansi is being ordered to repay the House of Commons money given to her sister after she lost her job in Ratansi's Toronto riding office. Ratansi left the Liberal cauc...
Mar 08, 2021

Toronto FC training camp halted by 'small handful' of positive COVID-19 tests
Toronto FC's pre-season has ground to a halt after a number of positive COVID-19 tests.The MLS team said Monday club personnel are currently isolating and training has halted pending contact tracing a...
Mar 08, 2021

N.S. mass killer showed off his 'military' style gun, claiming it was for movie
HALIFAX - In the months before he killed 22 people in the Nova Scotia mass shooting, the gunman - who didn't have a firearms licence - showed a powerful rifle to others and made up a fanciful story ab...
Mar 08, 2021

Bassmasters Elite Series MC Dave Mercer enjoying Canadians' success on circuit
He's had a front-row seat to two Canadians securing Bassmasters Elite Series victories, but Dave Mercer feels it's only a matter of time before the circuit's third Canuck does so. Last month, Jeff Gus...
Mar 08, 2021

'Truth to power:' Lab was not enough for renowned scientist David Schindler
EDMONTON - His research in the lab and the field was published in some of the world's top journals, but that was never enough for David Schindler, who died Thursday at age 80. "The importance of David...
Mar 08, 2021