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Europe's Christmas dilemma: risk empty chairs next year?
BRUSSELS - Please leave a chair empty at this year's family Christmas dinner as a precaution, or face the possibility of having that chair empty forever. That's the stark dilemma Belgium's prime minis...
Nov 28, 2020
Biden's win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released
WASHINGTON - The oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre went to his latest review board hearing with a degree of hope, something that has been scarce during his 16 years locked up with...
Nov 28, 2020
Kashmir people vote in local polls amid cold and security
SRINAGAR, India - Thousands of people in Indian-controlled Kashmir voted Saturday amid tight security and freezing cold temperatures in the first phase of local elections, the first since New Delhi re...
Nov 28, 2020
Mountie says he suggested meeting with CBSA on Meng arrest to avoid 'problems'
VANCOUVER - The Mountie who says he warned against arresting Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou by boarding her plane when it landed in Vancouver says he made his own decision to come into the airport and ...
Nov 27, 2020
Pedestrian collision on O'Chiese Reserve causes serious injuries
A teenage male is in hospital in serious condition following a vehicle versus pedestrian collision on the O'Chiese First Nation Thursday night.RCMP was dispatched to the scene on O'Chiese Road at 5:51...
Nov 27, 2020
Alberta granting more peace officers power to enforce COVID-19 rules
Hundreds of additional peace officers are now able to enforce Alberta's newly enhanced COVID-19 rules.Earlier this week, the provincial government re-declared a state of public health emergency and im...
Nov 27, 2020
Jagmeet Singh stoked for 'epic crossover' in video gaming sesh with AOC
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his public video gaming session with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tonight is about reaching young people where they hang. Singh, who challenged the firebrand member ...
Nov 27, 2020
Red Deer down three to 155 active COVID-19 cases
Alberta announced another 1,227 cases of COVID-19 on Friday.That's out of 16,284 tests completed over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 7.5 per cent.There are now 14,217 active cases in the p...
Nov 27, 2020
PMOops: Trudeau's office releases account of him scolding O'Toole before he does it
OTTAWA - A spokesman for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his office accidentally sent out an account of a phone call with Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole that hadn't happened yet. The premature ac...
Nov 27, 2020
Toronto Raptors open NBA pre-season at Charlotte, face Miami in "home" game
The new-look Toronto Raptors will open their three-game NBA pre-season in Charlotte.The Raptors are on the road against the Hornets Dec. 12 and 14, and then face the Miami Heat in a "home" game on Dec...
Nov 27, 2020