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Blue Jays reliever Julian Merryweather picked up by Cubs off waivers
TORONTO - Right-handed pitcher Julian Merryweather is no longer with the Toronto Blue Jays. The 31-year-old reliever was claimed off outright waivers by the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday evening. Righty Jun...
Jan 17, 2023
Smith says she won't pursue COVID pardon legislation on advice from justice officials
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she won't introduce legislation to pardon those convicted of COVID-19 public health violations because she has been advised to let the courts handle it. ...
Jan 17, 2023
New York woman kidnapped and smuggled into Quebec in 2020 testifies about ordeal
MONTREAL - A woman from Upstate New York who was kidnapped, smuggled into Quebec and held at a cottage for two days told a jury Tuesday she still lives with the consequences of the September 2020 abdu...
Jan 17, 2023
'Never seen a mess this bad': Sunwing cancellations causing headaches for local travel agent
It's been over three weeks since Christmas but Mike Bayda, the owner of Lobstick Travel in Prince Albert, has been practically working non-stop."Dec. 24, that's the last time I've gotten to spend time...
Jan 17, 2023
DOJ won't seek death penalty for El Paso Walmart shooter
Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at a West Texas Walmart in 2019. The U.S. Department of Justice dis...
Jan 17, 2023
Prince Albert police chief responds to officer-involved shooting, death of man
Update: Story was updated Wednesday morning to include a statement from the Prince Albert Police Association.Prince Albert's police chief says the organization will assist independent investigators an...
Jan 17, 2023
Search uncovers 171 'plausible burials' near Ontario residential school
KENORA, Ont. - Searches for unmarked graves at the site of a former northern Ontario residential school have uncovered 171 "plausible burials," the Wauzhushk Onigum Nation said Tuesday, with other sit...
Jan 17, 2023
French protesters call for extradition of retired priest to Canada
LYON, FRANCE - Activists are calling on France to extradite a retired priest to Canada to face allegations that he sexually abused Inuit children in Nunavut decades ago. Nearly a dozen members of BeBr...
Jan 17, 2023
Mentally disabled woman jailed at Pine Grove just needed support: NDP
A woman with a disability that has the mental development of a six-year-old spent 36 days at Pine Grove simply needed better help from the provincial government, says the Sask. NDP party. Social Servi...
Jan 17, 2023
Premiers want Ottawa to fix the bail system, but are provinces doing enough?
OTTAWA - Premiers are calling on Ottawa to make it harder for some accused people to get bail, but some say that provinces could also do more to hold those who violate their bail conditions accountabl...
Jan 17, 2023
