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First Nations elder alleges she was questioned about alcohol use in Winnipeg hospital
WINNIPEG - A First Nations elder says her symptoms were initially ignored and she was questioned about alcohol use during a stay at a Winnipeg hospital. Sadie North, who is 72, was brought to Grace Ho...
Oct 16, 2020

Drayton Valley RCMP Report: October 8 - October 14
October 810:16 am - Drayton Valley - 45 Avenue - Complainant reporting a suspicious male in a black jacket with a hood is walking near the school with garden shears. Members attended location and patr...
Oct 16, 2020

GOP, Dems hope Supreme Court fight bolsters Senate prospects
WASHINGTON - For Republicans, the nomination fight over Amy Coney Barrett is a chance to seal conservative control of the Supreme Court for decades. For some GOP senators, it's also a lifeline they ho...
Oct 16, 2020

Avalanche of early votes is transforming the 2020 election
More than 17 million Americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election, a record-shattering avalanche of early votes driven both by Democratic enthusiasm and a pandemic that has transformed the...
Oct 16, 2020

Northwest Territories reports three presumptive positive cases of COVID-19
YELLOWKNIFE - The chief public health officer for the Northwest Territories says three people have received presumptive positive test results for COVID-19. A release says one of the presumed cas...
Oct 16, 2020

PM Trudeau says Canada won't stop calling out China for 'coercive diplomacy'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government will not stop standing up for human rights in China - or calling out Beijing for its coercive approach to diplomacy.Trudeau says that include...
Oct 16, 2020

Champagne meets Belarus's exiled opposition, as Trudeau talks to Armenian leader
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will ask Turkey's president to help bring Azerbaijan and Armenian combatants to the negotiating table. Trudeau says he will deliver that message to Presi...
Oct 16, 2020

Ontario, Manitoba looking to ramp up restrictions as COVID-19 caseload nears 200K
Ontario and Manitoba are looking to ramp up COVID-19 restrictions as Canada's caseload inches closer to the 200,000 mark. Ontario reported 712 new infections and nine new deaths related to the virus t...
Oct 16, 2020

US retail sales grow for 5th month in a row
NEW YORK - Retail sales rose strongly in September, the fifth straight month of growth, as Americans spent more on clothing, cars and sporting goods. U.S. retail sales jumped 1.9% last month, the U.S....
Oct 16, 2020

Quebec refers case of provincial police chief for ethics probe, possible removal
Quebec's public security minister says the government has asked for an investigation that could lead to the removal of the embattled chief of the provincial police.Martin Prud'homme has been suspended...
Oct 16, 2020