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Arbery’s shooter withdraws guilty plea on hate crime charge
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - The man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery withdrew his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge Friday, electing to stand trial for a second time in the 2020 killi...
Feb 04, 2022
New interchange design proposed for Highway 12/2 near Lacombe
The idea of giving Lacombe County's Highway 12/2 interchange a face-lift with a potentially more efficient design, is beginning to toil.Lacombe city council received a Functional Planning Study presen...
Feb 04, 2022
Curlers right the ship, figure skaters struggle as Canada seeks to defend gold medals
BEIJING - Canada's defence of its Olympic mixed doubles curling gold medal is looking a lot more promising. The path to repeating as figure skating team champions, however, is on perilously thin ice. ...
Feb 04, 2022
Convoy stalemate and Olympic opening ceremonies: In The News for Feb. 4
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 4 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Feb 04, 2022
'We hear their frustrations': RCMP unsure when Alberta border protest will end
COUTTS, Alta. - An RCMP spokesman says there's no way to predict when the protest at Alberta's main border crossing will end but he understands the public's growing frustration as it drags on. Demonst...
Feb 04, 2022
Statistics Canada to report January jobs figures and show Omicron's impact
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is scheduled this morning to report on how the job market fared in January amid tightened restrictions as the Omicron variant spread. The Canadian economy added 55,000 jobs ...
Feb 04, 2022
Alberta, Saskatchewan take lead in signalling moves to end COVID restrictions
Alberta and Saskatchewan have taken the lead among provinces and territories in signalling their intentions to soon remove most, if not all, remaining COVID-19 public health restrictions. Premier Jaso...
Feb 04, 2022
Balanced attack leads Raptors to OT win for fourth straight victory
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam recorded a double-double and newly minted all-star Fred VanVleet added 21 as the Toronto Raptors topped the Chicago Bulls 127-120 in overtime on Thursday. Siakam finished with ...
Feb 03, 2022
Greg McMichael won't plead to hate crime in Arbery death
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - The man who initiated the deadly chase that ended in the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery won't plead guilty to a federal hate crime in the 2020 killing of the unarmed Black man, accordi...
Feb 03, 2022
Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet selected as all-star reserve
Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet has been selected as a reserve for the 2022 NBA All-Star Game. He was voted in for the first time in his career by a panel of the NBA's 30 head coaches. VanVleet is...
Feb 03, 2022