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CPCA releases 2021 season schedule
Chuckwagons should be rumbling down the track once again by next summer. The Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association (CPCA) released its schedule for the 2021 season on Thursday.Starting in Princ...
Dec 10, 2020
CBSA chief says sharing of Meng's passcodes was 'serious' breach
VANCOUVER - A Canada Border Services Agency manager says she didn't launch an investigation into how Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's cellphone passwords were shared with RCMP, but she informed the off...
Dec 10, 2020
City budget deliberations focus includes downtown UPAR in third night of sessions
The City of North Battleford committee-of-the-whole met again for another deliberation meeting Wednesday night, to continue reviewing the proposed 2021 budget.Some of the topics discussed included the...
Dec 10, 2020
Toronto Arrows re-sign veteran prop Rob Brouwer, add former Laval defensive lineman
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows have re-signed veteran prop Rob Brouwer and added former Laval defensive lineman Marc-Antoine Ouellet. Brouwer, a 38-year-old from Lindsay, Ont., featured in two matches i...
Dec 10, 2020
Commons passes assisted-dying bill after Conservatives end filibuster
OTTAWA - A bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying was approved Thursday by the House of Commons after the Conservatives ended a days-long filibuster.Bill C-7 passed by a vote of 212-107,...
Dec 10, 2020
Battlefords RCMP traffic stop yields significant drugs seizure
Battlefords RCMP seized more than 15 kilograms of illicit drugs during a traffic stop on Monday.Around 11:30 a.m. on Monday, a resident reported an erratic driver to the detachment. Officers located t...
Dec 10, 2020
'Come out with your hands up.' Witness describes Nova Scotia killer's disturbing ruse
HALIFAX - Chilling details of a Nova Scotia couple's close encounter with a mass murderer have emerged from RCMP documents released this week, including a bizarre account of how the killer tried to co...
Dec 10, 2020
CBS White House reporter Weijia Jiang is writing a memoir
NEW YORK - CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang is working on a memoir about her experiences as a Chinese American. One Signal Publishers, a Simon & Schuster imprint, announced Thursday...
Dec 10, 2020
Former Whitecaps, Canadian women's soccer coach charged with sexual offences
VANCOUVER - A former coach for the Vancouver Whitecaps and Canada Soccer's women's teams has been charged with sexual offences involving four people. The B.C. Prosecution Service says Bob Birarda is f...
Dec 10, 2020
Provinces awash in second wave, sharpen focus of vaccine rollout plans
TORONTO - Canada's initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine came into clearer focus Thursday as Ontario announced it would go ahead with its first immunizations on Tuesday, while high case counts conti...
Dec 10, 2020