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Should police carry guns? Experts look at differences in foreign forces
Fifty-five people were killed or injured in police shootings in the first 11 months of this year and justice experts say there are lessons Canadian police forces can learn from those in other countrie...
Dec 21, 2020
Four of 55 reviews into police shootings completed in 2020; one officer charged
Experts say it takes time to properly investigate a police shooting - even when the public is calling for quick results - but details on the outcome must be more transparent. Of 55 police shootings th...
Dec 21, 2020
B.C. lacks plans for rising seas, flooding: coastal adaptation researcher
VANCOUVER - Parts of British Columbia could see massive losses if the province doesn't start planning for flooding as ocean waters rise and storms surge due to climate change, says a researcher at the...
Dec 21, 2020
Darrell Nwobu scores a century for Canada in final match at FIBA Esports Open
Darrell (RipxRell) Nwobu poured in 100 points Sunday as Canada closed out its FIBA Esports Open campaign with a 137-42 demolition of an outmatched Honduras. Nwobu, a native of Brampton, Ont., who will...
Dec 20, 2020
NHL, NHLPA reach deal for 56-game season starting Jan. 13
The NHL and the NHL Players' Association settled on a plan for the upcoming season Sunday. The league and union agreed to a 56-game schedule that includes an all-Canadian North Division - for the 2020...
Dec 20, 2020
Increased police presence on Sturgeon Lake First Nation
There is an increased police presence on Sturgeon Lake First Nation.According to a media release, the RCMP are currently on scene at a rural home on the First Nation and police are securing the area.P...
Dec 20, 2020
Canadians Natasha Wodak, Ben Preisner run Olympic qualifying times
In the middle of a global pandemic that cancelled almost every major marathon over the last nine months, Natasha Wodak felt blessed to even be on the start line Sunday. The 39-year-old from North Vanc...
Dec 20, 2020
Former Toronto Wolfpack star centre Ricky Leutele signs with Huddersfield Giants
HUDDERSFIELD, United Kingdom - Former Toronto Wolfpack star centre Ricky Leutele has signed with Super League's Huddersfield Giants. The Australian-born Samoan international finished out the 2020 seas...
Dec 20, 2020
NHL, NHLPA reach deal for 56-game season starting Jan. 13
The NHL and the NHL Players' Association settled on a plan for the upcoming season Sunday. The league and union agreed to a 56-game schedule that includes an all-Canadian North Division - for the 2020...
Dec 20, 2020
Calgary outdoor rink arrest caught on video, man from well-known hockey family identifies as suspect
Questions are being raised over a Saturday viral video, showing a man being arrested at a Calgary outdoor rink.The man can be seen, at times, skating away from two female police officers, questioning ...
Dec 20, 2020