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Canada almost self-sufficient in PPE as Canadian businesses step up: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadian companies are now producing so much personal protective equipment needed in the fight against COVID-19 that Canada is almost at the point...
Jun 26, 2020
Kop joy: Liverpool fans flood Anfield, 1st title in 30 years
LIVERPOOL, England - The sun had just set over Anfield - and on a 30-year wait to be champions of England again - when the fireworks started to explode into the twilight. A signal went out across Mers...
Jun 25, 2020
Vancouver is out of running as NHL hub city: Canucks
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks say the team is officially out of the running to act as a hub city as the NHL considers where to hold its playoffs. Canucks Sports and Entertainment, the company...
Jun 25, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Canadian Museum of Human Rights CEO resigns over allegations
WINNIPEG - The president and CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights has resigned following recent allegations of systemic racism, discrimination and claims of sexual harassment at the Winnipeg fa...
Jun 25, 2020
Australia, New Zealand to co-host 2023 Women’s World Cup
GENEVA - Australia and New Zealand will co-host the 2023 Women's World Cup. The island neighbours beat Colombia 22-13 in a vote Thursday by FIFA's ruling council, which judged them as having the best ...
Jun 25, 2020
Colorado reopens inquiry into Elijah McClain's 2019 death
DENVER - The Colorado governor on Thursday ordered prosecutors to reopen the investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man put into a chokehold by police who stopped him on t...
Jun 25, 2020
Alberta probe into foreign funding of anti-oil groups extended to October
EDMONTON - Alberta's public inquiry into whether foreign money is bankrolling anti-oil protests in Canada is going into overtime. Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the initial findings from ...
Jun 25, 2020
'Alternate potable water' still being used at Sask. Hospital nine months after boil water advisory
The Sask. Hospital North Battleford (SHNB) facility continues to have its issues.Saskatchewan's Ministry of Central Services confirmed to 650 CKOM Thursday that the facility continues to have to use "...
Jun 25, 2020
RCMP continue search for missing youth on Makwa Lake
Search efforts are still ongoing for a male youth who was reported missing just before 7 p.m. on June 23. Officers confirmed the missing boy is six years old. RCMP spokesperson Jessica Cantos told mea...
Jun 25, 2020
Kenney rejects NDP call to fire speechwriter over residential school comments
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he disputes comments made by his speechwriter in 2013 that questioned the severity of the effects of residential schools on Indigenous peoples, but is...
Jun 25, 2020