Author Archives:
Adams gets starting quarterback job in Montreal, with Harris standing by
MONTREAL - After a pre-season rife with uncertainty, the Montreal Alouettes finally have their man to start under centre this upcoming CFL season. Head coach Khari Jones chose Vernon Adams Jr., over T...
Jun 08, 2022
Indigenous leaders seek RCMP response after marchers hit by truck in Mission, B.C.
VANCOUVER - Indigenous leaders have called a meeting with RCMP in Chilliwack, B.C., to discuss how police intend to proceed after the driver of a pickup truck allegedly hit four members of a memorial ...
Jun 08, 2022
US Supreme Court clears way for Arizona prisoner’s execution
FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a last-minute appeal from an Arizona prisoner to delay his execution for his murder conviction in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl, cle...
Jun 08, 2022
N.S. mass shooting inquiry: Communications official admits warning was delayed
HALIFAX - A senior RCMP official broke down in tears today when she told a public inquiry that communications procedures she used to alert the public to an active shooter led to a crucial delay during...
Jun 08, 2022
Biden goes to Kimmel as Trudeau goes to Barbados on day 1 of Summit of the Americas
LOS ANGELES - U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are charting markedly different paths today at the Summit of the Americas. Before his leader-level meetings get underway, Biden...
Jun 08, 2022
4th grade Uvalde survivor: 'I don't want it to happen again'
WASHINGTON (AP) - An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, recounted in video testimony to Congress on Wednesday how she covered herself with a dead...
Jun 08, 2022
Justice Dept. names 9 to aid in review of Uvalde shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has named a team of nine people, including an FBI official and former police chiefs, to aid in a review of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde, Texas, e...
Jun 08, 2022
Alberta First Nations want consultation, benefits from oilsands carbon storage plans
EDMONTON - Several Alberta First Nations have told the province's government and energy industry that they must be consulted and share in the benefits of carbon capture projects near their lands that ...
Jun 08, 2022
RCMP lay charges following auto theft with child in vehicle
Charges have been laid against a Calgary man after an infant that was in the back of a stolen vehicle that fled from police, was safely returned to their mother. On June 4, 2022 at approximately 10:24...
Jun 08, 2022
Calgary QB Bo Levi Mitchell optimistic about shoulder, Stampeders in 2022
CALGARY - Bo Levi Mitchell is confident in his throwing arm to start the CFL season. The veteran Calgary Stampeders quarterback says he felt no pain during training camp in the shoulder that hampered ...
Jun 08, 2022