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Minister optimistic P.E.I. potato shipments to Puerto Rico could resume soon
FREDERICTON - The federal agriculture minister is optimistic the United States could approve the resumption of shipments of Prince Edward Island potatoes to Puerto Rico within weeks. Marie-Claude Bibe...
Jan 28, 2022
Judge OKs agreement to destroy gun used by Kyle Rittenhouse
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin judge on Friday approved an agreement by lawyers to destroy the assault-style rifle that Kyle Rittenhouse used to shoot three people during a 2020 street protest. Assi...
Jan 28, 2022
Red Deer marks 2022 as 'Year of the Garden'
In August 2021, city council declared 2022 the Year of the Garden in conjunction with the Canadian Garden Council (CGC). This celebration will be an opportunity for Red Deerians to get out into their ...
Jan 28, 2022
Nomadic goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh takes the long road home to Toronto FC
Greg Ranjitsingh has been a nomadic goalkeeper, with stops in Orlando City, Minnesota United and Philadelphia Union as well as time as an MLS pool 'keeper. That journey has taken him full circle as he...
Jan 28, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's isolation due to child testing positive for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's isolating because one of his kids tested positive for COVID-19. In an interview with The Canadian Press, he says he feels fine and has no symptoms. He ...
Jan 28, 2022
Canadian team sidelined by COVID at ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in Caribbean
A COVID-19 outbreak has sidelined the Canadian team at the ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean. The International Cricket Council said Friday that nine Canada players have tested pos...
Jan 28, 2022
Canada represented by 215 athletes at Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games
Five-time Olympic gold medallist Charles Hamelin is back to compete in his fifth and final Winter Olympic Games as part of a 215-athlete delegation Canada is sending to Beijing. Hamelin, the decorated...
Jan 28, 2022
3 indicted in fire at Wendy's after Rayshard Brooks killing
ATLANTA (AP) - Three people have been indicted on arson charges in the burning of the Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta where a police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in June 2020. A Fulton County gr...
Jan 28, 2022
Five members of Team Canada delegation in COVID-19 protocol ahead of Beijing Olympics
Five members of Team Canada's delegation in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics are currently in COVID-19 protocol, the Canadian Olympic Committee said Friday. The COC announced the numbers in a rele...
Jan 28, 2022
Skip Tracy Fleury enters COVID-19 protocol will miss start of Tournament of Hearts
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Skip Tracy Fleury will sit out the start of the Canadian women's curling championship in COVID-19 protocol. The skip of a wild-card team was one of two athletes in the Scotties Tou...
Jan 28, 2022