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Judges reject call for federal watchdog to probe case of slain Mexican activist
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected a plea from family and supporters of a slain Mexican activist - killed after opposing a Canadian company's mining project - to have a federal ombudsma...
Feb 10, 2022

Nevada governor rescinds mask mandate effective immediately
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada is rescinding requirements for people to wear masks in public, becoming the latest state in the U.S. to lift restrictions imposed to limit the spread of coronavirus but...
Feb 10, 2022

Police investigating serious incident in West Hill
Prince Albert police are asking the public to avoid the area of 23 Street near 2 Ave West while they investigate a serious incident.Police said there will be an increased police presence for the remai...
Feb 10, 2022

GoFundMe representatives to testify before MPs about funding of extremism
OTTAWA - Crowdfunding site GoFundMe will speak to members of Parliament about what measures it has in place to prevent the funding of extremism. NDP MP Alistair MacGregor announced today representativ...
Feb 10, 2022

Richard Edjericon elected as new representative in Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh byelection
Voters in a Northwest Territories riding have chosen a new member of the legislative assembly after their previous representative resigned. Richard Edjericon won the seat with 186 votes of 439 mail-in...
Feb 10, 2022

Researchers find evidence of first dinosaur with sore throat, flu symptoms
The dinosaur had a flu. A really bad flu. Cary Woodruff, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Toronto, and a team of researchers studieda fossil that may provide evidence of the first known ca...
Feb 10, 2022

French HIV discoverer Luc Montagnier has died at 89
PARIS (AP) - French researcher Luc Montagnier, who won a Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the HIV virus and more recently spread false claims about the coronavirus, has died at age 89, according to...
Feb 10, 2022

Dropping First Nations COVID-19 infections brings hope Omicron wave has passed
OTTAWA - The Minister of Indigenous Services says the number of COVID-19 infections in First Nations communities has begun to decline, bringing hope that the worst of the Omicron wave has passed. Patt...
Feb 10, 2022

Quebec man sentenced to 10 years for kidnapping young son, triggering Amber Alert
MATANE, Que. - A Quebec court judge has signed off on a jointly recommended 10-year sentence for a Quebec man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping his three-year-old son. The man pleaded guilty Wednesday ...
Feb 10, 2022

Reports: Raptors trade Dragic to Spurs for Young, Eubanks, picks
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have traded guard Goran Dragic to the San Antonio Spurs for forwards Thaddeus Young and Drew Eubanks and draft picks, according to the Athletic, ESPN and Sportsnet. Dragi...
Feb 10, 2022