Новости за 20.01.2021

Waterloo Regional Police say an 63-year-old Elmira man and 35-year-old Cambridge woman were arrested as a result of a human trafficking investigation.

Despite a stay-at-home order to curb surging COVID-19 cases, more than a dozen people have been fined after a second anti-mask protest near Hamilton City Hall in three days.

Officers executed the warrant at a home on Ferry Street on Tuesday and say they seized drugs and weapons.

Kamala Harris, 56, is seen as an obvious contender for the Democratic Party's 2024 presidential nomination should Joe Biden, 78, decide not to seek a second term.

The Edmonton Oilers are looking for a more determined effort Wednesday night as they visit the Maple Leafs in Toronto.

'We are reporting another day where the new case numbers are in the single digits but the virus is still in the province,' said Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health.

In a new report, the group says infections and deaths among long-term care residents are speeding up, mirroring the spread in the community at large.

The test can be completed in five minutes and can use serum or plasma samples to detect antibodies, researchers say.

The international governing body of skiing (FIS), Freestyle Canada and Canada Snowboard have abandoned plans to hold the championship Feb. 24 to March 14.

Police say a 46-year-old man was trying to euthanize his dog with a handgun, after the dog had bitten several people, but missed and shot a 21-year-old who was also in the home.

Edmontonians are cleaning up after a wind storm ripped through central Alberta Tuesday night, causing extensive damage in some areas.

The annual Corus Radiothon is back! Pledge your support for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation on January 26 & 27.

TC Energy says it has suspended work on the Keystone XL project in anticipation of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden revoking its permit once he is sworn in later today.

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced almost two years ago to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.

The hearing began Tuesday for the 18-year-old accused, who was 17 at the time of the offence on Dec. 31.

RCMP said their major crime unit is investigating and an autopsy is scheduled to be held in Calgary later this week.

The report issued Wednesday by four agencies says the pandemic is making it difficult for 1.9 billion people to afford healthy diets.

Edmonton was issued a snow squall warning on Tuesday, and that advisory was replaced with a wind warning later in the evening as fierce winds battered the city and surrounding areas.

Five weeks after a man vanished in Red Deer, the RCMP said Tuesday that his body had been recovered and that its major crimes unit is investigating his death as a homicide.

Here's a closer look at some of the statements Trump made in his farewell address on Tuesday.

Trump issued over 140 pardons and commutations early Wednesday morning to a group that included rappers and Republican allies -- but not his family or his attorney Rudy Giuliani.

Trump plans to bid farewell to the presidency at an event at Joint Base Andrews before flying to Florida -- skipping Joe Biden's inauguration.

Police told Global News the gun incident is believed to have happened at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Vermilion, Alta., which is about 180 km directly east of Edmonton.

"I made the decision not to move forward as chair," Kevin Ashe said.

Longtime advisers to Trump are urging him against such a move.