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Extend mandate of election-interference warning panel, evaluation recommends
OTTAWA - A new evaluation says the Trudeau government should consider activating its election-interference warning system not just during the next general campaign but also in the pre-writ period. For...
Nov 20, 2020
Gang enforcement team seizes drugs, cash and weapons in Prince George and Quesnel
PRINCE GEORGE - The RCMP say a recent visit by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C.'s Uniform Gang Enforcement Team (UGET) to target and disrupt drug trafficking groups was a success.C...
Nov 20, 2020
Judge to seal interviews of Minassian that psychiatrist says may incite violence
TORONTO - The judge overseeing the van attack trial has begrudgingly granted a request to seal all recordings of interviews the accused had with an American psychiatrist who had warned the videos coul...
Nov 20, 2020
Feds need better data on COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: Miller
OTTAWA - A rapid rise in the number of active COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities on reserve - especially in Alberta and Saskatchewan - likely does not tell the full story due to lack of data,...
Nov 20, 2020
Surrey announces new police chief for municipal force taking over from RCMP
SURREY, B.C. - The City of Surrey, B.C., has hired the deputy chief constable from the neighbouring city of Delta to head its new municipal police force. Norm Lipinski was announced as the new police ...
Nov 20, 2020
Nova Scotia closes two schools, to limit gatherings in Halifax to stop COVID spread
HALIFAX - Most of Halifax will be subject to tightened COVID-19 restrictions and two schools that reported cases will be temporarily closed as health officials try to head off community spread of the ...
Nov 20, 2020
Ticats linebacker Lawrence says most CFL quarterbacks are quiet on the field
Bo Levi Mitchell has a future in the media once his career is over. On Thursday during a Grey Cup Unite videoconference call with Saskatchewan quarterback Cody Fajardo and Hamilton linebacker Simoni L...
Nov 20, 2020
Senators sign second-round pick Egor Sokolov to entry-level contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Egor Sokolov to a three-year, entry-level contract. Ottawa selected Sokolov in the second round, 61st overall, at the 2020 NHL draft. The 20-year-old f...
Nov 20, 2020
UNBC’s JDC West Team Video Challenges
.PRINCE GEORGE - One of the biggest undergraduate business competition teams in western Canada will still be pushing forward with its annual fundraising campaign during the pandemic. UNBC's JDC West t...
Nov 20, 2020
Quebec's anti-corruption police arrest two suspects in alleged school board fraud
MONTREAL - Quebec's anti-corruption police force says it has arrested two people in connection with an alleged fraud scheme at a major Montreal-area English-language school board. Police said today in...
Nov 20, 2020