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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks climate change with King Charles
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says he shared a call with King Charles that centred on environmental issues. Trudeau's office says he and the King discussed the COP15 biodiversity sum...
Jan 06, 2023
Dodgers say Bauer 'no longer part of organization'
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers are cutting ties with pitcher Trevor Bauer, whose unprecedented 324-game suspension over sexual misconduct allegations was reduced two weeks ago, allowing hi...
Jan 06, 2023
US appeals court blocks ban on rapid-fire 'bump stocks'
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Trump administration ban on bump stocks - devices that enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic weapons after an initial trigger pull - was struck down...
Jan 06, 2023
Life in prison for Alberta man convicted of killing Metis hunters
A judge has sentenced an Alberta man convicted of killing two Metis hunters to life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years.Anthony Bilodeau was found guilty in May of second-degree murder in ...
Jan 06, 2023
Pigeon with meth backpack caught in B.C. prison yard, says officers' union president
VANCOUVER - A prison union spokesman says a pigeon carrying a miniature backpack filled with drugs was captured last week at a B.C. correctional institution. John Randle, Pacific regional president of...
Jan 06, 2023
Advocates, police warn online 'sextortion' of youth is on the rise in Canada
Mounties in Metro Vancouver have issued a warning about a recent increase in "sextortion," saying police have received a "large number" of reports of money-motivated extortion targeting young girls an...
Jan 06, 2023
No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz out of Australian Open with leg injury
Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz pulled out of the Australian Open on Friday because of an injured right leg. The 19-year-old from Spain wrote on social media that he got hurt "through a chance, unnatural mo...
Jan 06, 2023
Kenyan midfielder Wanyama signs two-year contract to remain with CF Montréal
MONTREAL - CF Montral has signed midfielder Victor Wanyama to a two-year contract extension through the 2024 Major League Soccer season. Wanyama will remain a designated player with the team. The 31-y...
Jan 06, 2023
'Stunning lack of judgment': Nunavut prosecutor, Mountie acquitted of contempt
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut judge has acquitted a prosecutor and an RCMP officer of criminal contempt but says their joint actions in the arrest of a man outside a courtroom were a "direct and public...
Jan 06, 2023
Canada's Mirela Rahneva slides to World Cup skeleton silver
WINTERBERG, Germany - Canada's Mirela Rahneva slid to second in women's World Cup skeleton Friday on a track that's been good to her. The 34-year-old from Ottawa claimed her 13th career World Cup meda...
Jan 06, 2023