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Feds: Capitol mob aimed to 'assassinate' elected officials
PHOENIX - The pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to "capture and assassinate elected officials," federal prosecutors said in court documents. The remarks came in a motion pros...
Jan 15, 2021

Camrose man arrested for child pornography offences
A Camrose man has been arrested for allegedly distributing child sexual abuse materials online. The arrest came as the result of a joint investigation between ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation (ICE)...
Jan 15, 2021

Pfizer temporarily reduces European deliveries of vaccine
COPENHAGEN - U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer confirmed Friday it will temporarily reduce deliveries to Europe of its COVID-19 vaccine while it upgrades production capacity to 2 billion doses per ye...
Jan 15, 2021

Quebec to seek leave to appeal mosque shooter sentence at Supreme Court
Quebec says it will seek leave to appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada a lower court decision that reduced the sentence of convicted mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette. The province's highest court...
Jan 15, 2021

US industrial production jumps 1.6% in December
SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. industrial production rose 1.6% in December, a third straight monthly gain, but remains below its pre-pandemic level. The December gain in industrial output followed a 0.5% i...
Jan 15, 2021

Harvest Meats recalls sausages over undercooking
OTTAWA - Harvest Meats is recalling a brand of Polish sausages due to undercooking that may make them unsafe to eat. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall affects customers in Alberta, B...
Jan 15, 2021

Rejection letter ESDC sent to Black organizations 'completely unacceptable': Hussen
OTTAWA - Activist Velma Morgan says several Black organizations were denied federal funding through a program designed to help such groups build capacity - after the department told them their leaders...
Jan 15, 2021

Where MLK and Coretta met and studied, a memorial will rise
BOSTON - A major memorial honouring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is moving forward in Boston, where they met and studied in the 1950s. King Boston, the privately funded organization c...
Jan 15, 2021

Q&A: Kingsley Ben-Adir breaks out as Malcolm X
British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir may not be a household name yet, but that's poised to change with his scene-stealing performance as Malcolm X in Regina King's "One Night in Miami...." The film, which ...
Jan 15, 2021

Canadian Mark-Anthony Kaye elected to MLS Players Association executive board
Canadian international Mark-Anthony Kaye has been elected to the Major League Soccer Players Association executive board. The 26-year-old Los Angeles FC midfielder, along with Jalil Anibaba (Nashville...
Jan 15, 2021