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MLB payrolls drop 4%, back to 2015 level
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball payrolls dropped 4% in 2021 compared to the league's last full season, and the $4.05 billion total was the lowest in a fully completed year since 2015. Falling pa...
Dec 21, 2021
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada and restrictions being brought in to try to stem the spread of the Omicron variant: - Quebec is reporting for a third day in a row a record number of cases...
Dec 21, 2021
Olympic team doctor confident Canada "can get a team in and out safely" from Olympics
The explosion of COVID-19 cases amid the new highly contagious Omicron variant couldn't come at a worse time for the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Less than seven weeks before the Games open on Feb. 5, outbr...
Dec 21, 2021
Friends of slain Montreal teen take up handgun fight, seeking ban at federal level
MONTREAL - Close friends of a Montreal teen killed in an apparently random act of gun violence last month have banded together in an effort to change gun laws. The group have named themselves Ensemble...
Dec 21, 2021
Military faces fresh calls for end of 'duty to report' for sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is facing fresh calls to create an exception for victims of sexual misconduct and their confidantes from having to report incidents to their commanders. The request ...
Dec 21, 2021
Biden pledges 500M free virus tests to counter omicron
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fighting the omicron variant surging through the country, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the government would provide 500 million free rapid tests, increase support for h...
Dec 21, 2021
Fish show quick improvement when mercury releases into lakes cut off: study
New research has found mercury contamination in freshwater fish populations falls quickly once the sources of the toxic chemical are cut off. Federal government scientist Paul Blanchfield, lead author...
Dec 21, 2021
Updated World Juniors schedule released
Following the Dec. 18 announcement that the Lordco Road to the World Juniors schedule was being amended, Hockey Canada has finalized a new pre-tournament schedule in advance of the 2022 IIHF World Jun...
Dec 21, 2021
Red Deer RCMP announce acting Officer in Charge
Red Deer RCMP have announced a new Officer in Charge of the city's detachments.As of Dec. 17, Inspector Holly Glassford has taken on the role of acting Officer in Charge of the Red Deer RCMP while the...
Dec 21, 2021
Kenney suggests reintroducing flat tax, but Phillips says it only benefits the rich
Alberta's Premier is mulling the possibility of reimplementing a tax system that used to be utilized in the province, but the suggestion is not sitting well with one of Lethbridge's MLAs.In an intervi...
Dec 21, 2021