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Oklahoma pair arrested in child's death, body was burned
SEMINOLE, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma man and a woman described as his girlfriend were arrested for the death of a young child whose burned body was found in central Oklahoma, authorities said. Police in...
Jul 28, 2022

Still not at 100 per cent, De Grasse might shut down season and focus on next year
TORONTO - Despite Andre De Grasse's sizzling anchor leg that secured Canada a thrilling relay victory at the world track and field championships, the sprint star still isn't feeling back at full healt...
Jul 28, 2022

Toronto Blue Jays announce Rogers Centre to get massive overhaul
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays are determined to modernize Rogers Centre. Team president Mark Shapiro announced on Thursday that the Blue Jays would be making major renovations to their downtown ball...
Jul 28, 2022

Flooding in central Appalachia kills at least 3 in Kentucky
JACKSON, Ky. (AP) - Rescue workers plucked people off rooftops amid fast-rising water Thursday in central Appalachia, where torrential rains unleashed devastating flooding that caused at least three d...
Jul 28, 2022

RCMP Report: Several arrests for assault
There were multiple arrests related to an altercation last week with one subject threatening police.Police were called to 900 block of 101st Street at 12:21 a.m. on July 20 to investigate a report of ...
Jul 28, 2022

Pope Francis leads reconciliation mass at Quebec City-area pilgrimage site
Pope Francis is hosting a reconciliation-themed mass in Quebec before a congregation made up largely of residential school survivors and other Indigenous people, a day after expressing shame and sorro...
Jul 28, 2022

Mountie has 'impression' Liberal government interfered with N.S. mass shooting probe
HALIFAX - A senior Mountie says he believes political inference was behind RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki's determination to have police release details on the guns used in the Nova Scotia mass shooti...
Jul 28, 2022

Advocates say the federal government can do more to address opioid use stigma
OTTAWA - New federal government research says that stigmatizing views about opioid use disorder - unfair perceptions and disapproval of people who take these drugs - continue to be held by a significa...
Jul 28, 2022

Montreal says vaccine — not limiting sexual partners — best way to fight monkeypox
Montreal health officials say men who have sex with men should get vaccinated against monkeypox instead of limit the number of people they have sex with. City public health director Dr. Mylne Drouin s...
Jul 28, 2022

Miracle Treat Day in North Battleford
Dairy Queen and Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation invite North Battleford residents to support children's health across Canada on Miracle Treat Day Children treated at Jim Pattison Children'...
Jul 28, 2022