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Virginia Senate passes death penalty abolition bill
RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would abolish the death penalty, a measure that if passed into law would mark a major policy change for a state that has historically l...
Feb 03, 2021

Hugh Grant, Maria Bakalova react to Golden Globe nominations
LOS ANGELES - Reactions from nominees for the the 78th Golden Globe Awards. All spoke to The Associated Press in phone or video interviews: "I think this is the greatest day of my life." - 12-year-old...
Feb 03, 2021

Vancouver senior succumbs to injuries suffered in violent home invasion
VANCOUVER - Police say an elderly woman has died and two people are under arrest following a violent home invasion on Vancouver's west side. A statement from police says 78-year-old Usha Singh died Tu...
Feb 03, 2021

Spruce Kings sign head coach Alex Evin to two-year contract extension
PRINCE GEORGE - It'll be another two years of having Alex Evin on the bench for the Prince George Spruce Kings.On Wednesday, the team announced they have signed the 33-year-old to a two-year contract ...
Feb 03, 2021

Lawyers try to find holes in story of man accused of killing woman in Edmonton hotel
EDMONTON - Crown prosecutors continue to look for inconsistencies in what an Ontario man says he told others on the morning he found a woman's bloody body in his Edmonton hotel room bathtub. Bradley B...
Feb 03, 2021

Prince George RCMP nab hatchet wielding robbery suspect
PRINCE GEORGE - One man is facing multiple charges following an alleged robbery at the Shoppers Drug Mart at Pine Centre Mall.RCMP Cst. Jennifer Cooper says police received a report of a robbery at 9:...
Feb 03, 2021

Proud Boys and other extreme right-wing groups among 13 added to Canada's terror list
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is adding the Proud Boys and three other extreme right-wing groups to its list of terrorist organizations to address the sort of neo-fascism and white nationalism that ...
Feb 03, 2021

NLL scraps plans for abbreviated 2020-21 season, wants to begin full campaign in fall
PHILADELPHIA - The National Lacrosse League has cancelled plans for an abbreviated 2020-21 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The league said in a statement it will now focus on starting a f...
Feb 03, 2021

Toronto Arrows move south of the border to start MLR season in Atlanta area
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows are moving south to start the 2021 Major League Rugby season. MLR announced Wednesday that Arrows will share facilities with Rugby ATL in Marietta, Ga., because of pandemi...
Feb 03, 2021

Jason Kenney defends Rockies coal policy, calls old protections a 'dead letter'
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Albertans have no cause to worry over his government quietly throwing out a coal policy that protected the Rocky Mountains for more than four decades."No r...
Feb 03, 2021