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Vancouver Police say man posed as dad, trying to take five-year-old girl from daycare
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a man posing as a parent tried to take a five-year-old girl from a home daycare, in what they call a "troubling" case. They say the incident happened on Dec. 13, wh...
Jan 05, 2024

Edmonton Elks sign Canadian DL Cole Nelson to two-year contract extension
EDMONTON - Canadian defensive lineman Cole Nelson signed a two-year contract extension Friday with the Edmonton Elks. The six-foot-six, 312-pound Nelson, who Edmonton picked fifth overall in the 2021 ...
Jan 05, 2024

Quebec man sought by U.S. after pregnant Mexican migrant dies crossing border
MONTREAL - New York authorities are seeking the extradition of a Colombian man living in Quebec in connection with the death of a migrant woman who was trying to cross into the United States from Cana...
Jan 05, 2024

Homicide team takes over case of a missing man from Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has stepped into a missing person case involving a B.C. man whose disappearance police now say is suspicious. The team says in a news rele...
Jan 05, 2024

F.D.A. move to allow Canadian drugs to be exported to U.S. creates shortage fears
OTTAWA - A major shift in United States pharmaceutical policy allowing for the importation of drugs from Canada is creating fears about future drug shortages in this country. The U.S. Food and Drug Ad...
Jan 05, 2024

SD57 has a new Superintendent
PRINCE GEORGE - The Board of Education of School District No. 57 announced today that it has appointed Jameel N. Aziz as the new Superintendent of Schools effective March 25, 2024. Mr. Aziz joins the ...
Jan 05, 2024

Canada's first conflict of interest and ethic commissioner, Mary Dawson, dies
OTTAWA - Former conflict of interest and ethics commissioner Mary Dawson has died. The commissioner's office posted a statement on its website today announcing it is saddened to learn of Dawson's deat...
Jan 05, 2024

CP NewsAlert: New Brunswick judge apologizes to men for 'miscarriage of justice'
FREDERICTON - The chief justice of New Brunswick's Court of King's Bench is apologizing to two men who served lengthy prison sentences for a murder they didn't commit. In a written decision issued a d...
Jan 05, 2024

Canadian forward Lucas Cavallini swaps Mexican clubs, rejoins Puebla
PUEBLA CITY, Mexico - Canadian international striker Lucas Cavallini has swapped Mexican teams, leaving Tijuana to return to Puebla. The 31-year-old from Toronto originally joined Puebla in 2017, maki...
Jan 05, 2024

Czechia scores six straight goals, stuns Finland 8-5 to win bronze at world juniors
GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Tomas Hamara scored the winner with 1:41 left in regulation as Czechia battled back from a 5-2 deficit late in the second period to shock Finland 8-5 and win bronze at the world j...
Jan 05, 2024