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RCMP looking for missing woman from Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation
UPDATE: RCMP confirmed Monday, Jan.18, Ashley Starblanket has been located safe. No further details were provided.--The Ahtahkakoop RCMP are asking for the public's help in finding a 26-year-old woman...
Jan 14, 2021
NY attorney general sues NYPD over Floyd protest response
New York's attorney general sued the New York Police Department on Thursday, calling the rough treatment of protesters against racial injustice last spring part of a longstanding pattern of abuse that...
Jan 14, 2021
Hot again: 2020 sets yet another global temperature record
Earth's rising fever hit or neared record hot temperature levels in 2020, global weather groups reported Thursday. While NASA and a couple of other measurement groups said 2020 passed or essentially t...
Jan 14, 2021
PSAC contesting CRA determination that payments of Phoenix damages are taxable
OTTAWA - The country's biggest civil service union says it will contest a decision that would see government workers pay tax on money they receive as part of a settlement reached over long-standing pr...
Jan 14, 2021
Trump impeachment trial could begin on Inauguration Day
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's impeachment trial could begin on Inauguration Day, just as Democrat Joe Biden takes the oath of office in an extraordinary end to the defeated president's tenure ...
Jan 14, 2021
The latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):11:15 a.m.Quebec is reporting 2,132 new cases of COVID-19 and 64 more deaths, including 15 that occurred in the past 24 hours.The provinc...
Jan 14, 2021
Talk Tobacco: Breaking free from commercial tobacco addiction
If you smoke or vape, you may be at a higher risk for more serious outcomes of COVID-19 since the virus can harm your lungs and weaken your immune system's ability to fight respiratory infections. For...
Jan 14, 2021
Illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher of Siegfried & Roy dies
Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of the magic duo Siegfried & Roy who entertained millions with illusions using rare animals, has died in Las Vegas, his publicist tells The Associated P...
Jan 14, 2021
Tintin comic book art breaks auction record at $3.1 million
PARIS - A Tintin drawing by the Belgian artist Herge sold Thursday in Paris for 2.6 million euros ($3.1 million), breaking the record for the most expensive comic book art in history. The 1936 work in...
Jan 14, 2021
AP PHOTOS: Venezuelan street artist seeks to inspire
CARACAS, Venezuela - The glowing face of one of Venezuela's greatest athletes seems to invigorate a corner of the country's decaying capital, a splash of colour and inspiration for increasingly grim t...
Jan 14, 2021
