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Tennis player Basilashvili acquitted of domestic violence
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Professional tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili has been acquitted of domestic violence charges in his home country of Georgia in a case involving his former wife. The 30-year-...
Oct 25, 2022
Trial run to tame traffic on Barton Drive
A one-year experiment will see the city put speed humps on Barton Drive despite the speed issues not meeting the city's policy on their use. The city's traffic manager reported back to council on thei...
Oct 25, 2022
Source: Canada Soccer comes to terms with Alphonso Davies on name/image rights
Canada Soccer has come to terms on an agreement with Alphonso Davies, its marquee man, on name/image likeness rights, according to a source. The deal just needs final signatures, according to the sour...
Oct 25, 2022
Hockey Canada will not collect participants' fee for 2022-23 season
CALGARY - Hockey Canada says it will not collect a participant assessment fee for the upcoming season. Several provincial organizations had already withheld those fees - typically $3 per player - from...
Oct 25, 2022
Advocacy group calls for forensic audit of city spending
Issues related to policing, crime and how the city spends its money, were the dominant themes during a first of its kind meeting held Monday night at the Prince Albert Exhibition Center.The event orga...
Oct 25, 2022
Wakaw poachers suspended, fined nearly $17K
A routine hunter compliance check last fall began an investigation that uncovered a family's pattern of unethical hunting practices and offences committed over the last 10 years.Back on November 21, 2...
Oct 25, 2022
Police officer no-shows at B.C. Indigenous ceremony lead to tense moments, comments
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - An Indigenous ceremony dedicated to healing from traumatic events instead set off accusations against Vancouver's police department of systemic racism that threatens to stall the r...
Oct 25, 2022
Parliament Hill language interpreter sent to hospital, union blames lax headset rules
OTTAWA - A parliamentary interpreter was sent to the hospital during a Senate committee meeting last week. Public Services and Procurement Minister Helena Jaczek says she was "astonished" to learn tha...
Oct 25, 2022
Italy's Meloni easily wins confidence vote in parliament
ROME (AP) - Italy's new far-right-led government of Giorgia Meloni has won the first of two required confidence votes in Parliament by a comfortable margin. The vote in the lower Chamber of Deputies T...
Oct 25, 2022
Audit after N.S. mass shooting reveals flaws in RCMP decommissioning of vehicles
OTTAWA - An internal audit of how the RCMP decommissions its vehicles has uncovered a series of shortcomings. The report was written in response to two cases in Nova Scotia of people using former RCMP...
Oct 25, 2022
