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Fatal stabbing casts a pall over downtown Vancouver neighbourhood as court date set
VANCOUVER - The fatal stabbing of a 37-year-old father outside a downtown Vancouver Starbucks is casting a pall over the normally bustling block. Passersby have been pausing to pay their respects to P...
Mar 29, 2023

7 California officers charged in death of man in custody
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors charged seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with the 2020 death of a man who screamed "I can't ...
Mar 29, 2023

N.W.T. releases strategy to reduce alcohol-related harms
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories government has released its first strategy aimed at reducing alcohol-related harms. It details 15 actions the territory plans to take by the end of March 2028 t...
Mar 29, 2023

Impressive 2022 takes Canada's Monet Chun to Augusta Women's National Amateur
An impressive season of amateur golf has taken Canada's Monet Chun to one of the most storied courses in the world. Chun, from Richmond Hill, Ont., teed off at the Augusta National Women's Amateur on ...
Mar 29, 2023

OHL found no evidence of tampering with draft, commissioner says
TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League confirmed Wednesday the league conducted an independent third-party investigation to probe allegations of parents paying for their sons to be selected in the 2022 O...
Mar 29, 2023

Move toward 'economic reconciliation' must also come with healing: AFN national chief
OTTAWA - Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says advancing "economic reconciliation" must go hand in hand with helping communities heal from intergenerational trauma. She says...
Mar 29, 2023

Young Canadian midfielder Ismael Kone turns heads with club and country
TORONTO - Just 20, Ismael Kone is making his mark with club and country. Kone showed off his speed and power Tuesday in a head-turning outing in the Canadian midfield with Stephen Eustaquio and Jonath...
Mar 29, 2023

Canadian supporters of missing Chinese human-rights defender want more information
OTTAWA - Canadian supporters of Dong Guangping, a missing Chinese human-rights defender, are disappointed with what they call a disingenuous response from Vietnamese officials to the United Nations. T...
Mar 29, 2023

Citizens on Patrol Program showing positive numbers
The Battlefords Citizens on Patrol Program (COPP) volunteer group continues to make an impact in the community. The group takes part in vehicular patrols in the Battlefords, looking for suspicious act...
Mar 29, 2023

Clock ticks on Liberal-NDP deal as budget omits pharmacare bill promised in 2023
OTTAWA - One of the Liberals' outstanding promises for 2023 in their deal with the NDP was conspicuously absent from the federal budget. The confidence-and-supply agreement requires the government to ...
Mar 29, 2023