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Montreal-area immigration detainees on hunger strike over COVID-19 fears
MONTREAL - Several men at a Montreal-area immigration detention centre refused food this week to protest what they say are inhumane conditions at the facility and to try and secure their release.It's ...
Mar 05, 2021
Hockey world paying tribute to the Great One's father, Walter Gretzky
Walter Gretzky, a blue-collar symbol of a devoted hockey parent in a country filled with them, has died. Tributes poured in shortly after his son, hockey great Wayne Gretzky, confirmed the 82-year-old...
Mar 05, 2021
EU, US agree to suspend tariffs over Airbus-Boeing dispute
BRUSSELS - In a sign of goodwill to rebuild trans-Atlantic relations, the European Union and the United States have decided to suspend tariffs used in the longstanding Airbus-Boeing dispute, the EU Co...
Mar 05, 2021
Walter Gretzky mourned in Ontario city he helped put on the map
BRANTFORD, Ont. - Past and present residents of the southern Ontario city Walter Gretzky helped put on the map mourned him Friday, remembering him not just as Canada's hockey dad, but as a community f...
Mar 05, 2021
'How am I going to get this chaos under control?' detective reflects on van attack
TORONTO - Inspector Graham Gibson never bought into the argument that autism prevented Alek Minassian from knowing that killing unsuspecting pedestrians on a crowded sidewalk was morally wrong. But de...
Mar 05, 2021
Grubbe steps in top centre role, Rebels announce March schedule
Centre Jayden Grubbe is back for his second season with the Red Deer Rebels and is already showing he is ready to play, collecting a goal and two assists on opening weekend."It was weird playing the f...
Mar 05, 2021
Preliminary hearing scheduled for man accused of sexual offenses against teen
A preliminary hearing is scheduled to take place this summer for a Red Deer man accused of committing sexual offences against a 15-year-old youth.Brandon Thomas Conlin, 31, is scheduled to find out on...
Mar 05, 2021
Desmond inquiry: therapist adds to long list of challenges that Lionel Desmond faced
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed three family members and himself in 2017 heard testimony today from an occupational therapist who said Lionel Desmond had ...
Mar 05, 2021
Former CPL MVP Tristan Borges rejoins Forge FC on loan from Belgian side
HAMILTON - Tristan Borges, a former player of the year in the Canadian Premier League, is returning to Forge FC. The CPL champion announced Friday a loan deal with Belgium's Oud-Heverlee Leuven that w...
Mar 05, 2021
Provinces revise vaccination timelines as Johnson & Johnson's COVID vaccine approved
Provinces are revising their immunization timelines as Health Canada approved the Johnson & Johnson vaccine today.Federal authorities say the four vaccines that have been approved in Canada may ha...
Mar 05, 2021