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First Nations groups, Charlottetown council differ on Sir John A. Macdonald statue
CHARLOTTETOWN - First Nations groups and Charlottetown city council are at odds over how to deal with a statue of Canada's first prime minister. Members of the Epekwitk Assembly of Councils - which re...
Jan 29, 2021

Innisfail town council writes Premier Kenney about restrictions
Town council in Innisfail has written a letter to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney to say it is fearful of the long-term repercussions current pandemic restrictions may have on businesses.The letter, whic...
Jan 29, 2021

Ex-FBI lawyer given probation for Russia probe actions
WASHINGTON - A former FBI lawyer was sentenced to probation for altering an email that the Justice Department relied on during its surveillance of an aide to President Donald Trump during the Russia i...
Jan 29, 2021

Supreme Court of Canada ruling clarifies youth justice case confusion
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a superior court justice has jurisdiction to hear and decide a bail application from a young person in certain circumstances, a ruling intended to ensure cons...
Jan 29, 2021

Saskatchewan Roughriders add defensive back Kenneth Acker to secondary
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed defensive back Kenneth Acker. The six-foot, 195-pound native of Portland, Ore., joins the Roughriders after five years in the NFL, playing in 40 regul...
Jan 29, 2021

Canadian tennis players ready to start gearing up for the Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - A busy stretch for Canadian tennis starts this weekend with Australian Open players emerging from quarantine. Australian Open qualifier Rebecca Marino of Vancouver kicks things ...
Jan 29, 2021

PM Trudeau announces strict travel changes, clarifies vaccine situation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that Canada will be getting fewer doses than expected from its next shipment of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine.He says that Canada will receive 180,000 doses next week, ...
Jan 29, 2021

Pattison Canadian International is included on Woodbine's 2021 thoroughbred schedule
TORONTO - The Pattison Canadian International has been included on Woodbine's 2021 thoroughbred stakes schedule. The turf race was postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but is scheduled to ...
Jan 29, 2021

German financial oversight head out after Wirecard scandal
BERLIN - The head of Germany's financial supervisory authority will leave the job as the agency is reorganized in the aftermath of the accounting scandal at payment systems provider Wirecard, the fina...
Jan 29, 2021

China finance official executed in bribery case
BEIJING - The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company was executed Friday on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a recent corruption case. Lai Xiaomin of ...
Jan 29, 2021