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Taillon excited to reunite with Cole, push for playoffs
NEW YORK - Jameson Taillon's trade from Pittsburgh to the New York Yankees started to soak in, and he thought about reuniting with former roommate Gerrit Cole. "Every night you get a five-star cooked ...
Jan 25, 2021
Halifax volunteers latest group to erect tiny shelters for homeless living in tents
HALIFAX - A group of Halifax volunteers have become the latest Canadians to begin erecting tiny shelters for the homeless, with two wooden structures going up recently in a gentrifying section of the ...
Jan 25, 2021
Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle on highway near Wetaskiwin
WETASKIWIN - RCMP in central Alberta say a man is dead after being hit by a vehicle while he was walking on the highway. Police say it happened Sunday on Highway 2A south of Wetaskiwin. They say a man...
Jan 25, 2021
RCMP officer in Alberta charged with off-duty sexual assault in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Alberta's police watchdog says an RCMP officer has been charged in a sexual assault of a woman in Edmonton.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says in a news release that it was dire...
Jan 25, 2021
Suspects sought in Bowden armed robbery
RCMP in Olds are investigating an armed robbery that occurred over the weekend in Bowden.It was just before 8 p.m. Sunday when Olds RCMP were called by a 19-year-old male who reported that he was walk...
Jan 25, 2021
New social media campaign targets COVID-19 misinformation with science
EDMONTON - A group of Canadian scientists and health experts is starting a campaign to debunk misinformation about COVID-19.The scientists involved are using the hashtag #ScienceUpFirst to provide inf...
Jan 25, 2021
Italian premier to offer resignation as government wobbles
ROME - Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte will formally tell his wobbly coalition government on Tuesday that he intends to offer his resignation, his office said Monday. Conte survived two confidence vote...
Jan 25, 2021
Suspected RCMP secrecy breach fallout upgraded to 'severe': newly released documents
OTTAWA - New documents show Canada's cyberspy agency was so alarmed by the potential fallout from an alleged secrecy breach by a senior RCMP employee that it revised a damage assessment to "severe" fr...
Jan 25, 2021
Freeland hints at potential hotel quarantines for returning travellers
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is "looking seriously" at tougher travel measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including mandatory hotel quarantines for...
Jan 25, 2021
Colts promote quarterbacks coach to offensive co-ordinator
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Colts made it official Monday: quarterbacks coach and former CFLer Marcus Brady has been promoted to offensive co-ordinator. He will become the NFL's third Black offens...
Jan 25, 2021