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Witness said killer in N.S. mass shooting 'recently' acquired gun from estate
HALIFAX - A portion of a witness statement released Friday says the gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia had "recently" acquired one of his firearms in Canada from the estate of a...
Jun 12, 2020

Canadian expert says he is confident COVID-19 vaccine is months, not years away
OTTAWA - One of Canada's preeminent infectious disease experts says he is confident a vaccine for COVID-19 will be ready in months, not years. Dr. Gary Kobinger, director of the Research Cen...
Jun 12, 2020

Liam Millar edges Sam Adekugbe to win Canada Soccer video game tournament
Liverpool's Liam Millar edged Sam Adekugbe of Norway's Valerenga Fotball 1-0 Friday to win the Canadian men's national team FIFA 20 tournament. Millar, playing with Paris Saint-Germain, went...
Jun 12, 2020

MLB offers players 80% of prorated salaries, 72-game season
Major League Baseball has offered players 80% of their prorated salaries and a 72-game regular season in an effort to start the pandemic-delayed season, according to details of the proposal obtained F...
Jun 12, 2020

CSIS knowledge of multi-hour delay in Meng's arrest 'troubling': lawyers
Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou are alleging that Canada's national spy agency was in on a plan for border officers to detain the Huawei executive for hours before her arrest at Vancouver's airport...
Jun 12, 2020

Clearwater River restores checkpoints, curfew after COVID-19 cases rise following wake service
Clearwater River Dene Nation will see reserve checkpoints and curfews restored after reports of two individuals who tested positive for COVID-19. The positive tests came after a gathering at a wake se...
Jun 12, 2020

Canadian international Alphonso Davies named Bundesliga rookie of the month
Canadian international Alphonso Davies has won the Bundesliga Rookie Award for May. The 19-year-old Bayern Munich fullback beat out Borussia Moenchengladbach forward Marcus Thuram and RB Leipzig midfi...
Jun 12, 2020

'Egregious' police tactics harming Black and Indigenous people: activist
Emerging evidence of violent police encounters shows some police tactics are "so egregious" that they're doing more harm than any possible good, says a Canadian activist. Sandy Hudson, a founder ...
Jun 12, 2020

Frustration grows with no apparent end in sight for Canada-U.S. border ban
WASHINGTON - Business groups and border communities that depend on traffic across the Canada-U.S. border are growing impatient with travel restrictions that appear poised to stretch into a fourth stra...
Jun 12, 2020

Heat, thundershowers expected this weekend
The Battlefords region is going to have its first summer heat wave.Weather forecasts are calling for the first weekend of temperatures getting into the high 20's, peaking on Saturday at 30 Celsius. Me...
Jun 12, 2020