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In the news today, June 3
Twelve stories in the news for Monday, June 3 --- CANADA SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AT EMBASSY IN VENEZUELA Canada suspended operations at its embassy in Venezuela on Sunday, saying President ...
Jun 05, 2019
In the news today, June 5
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, June 5 --- D-DAY COMMEMORATIONS BEGIN TODAY IN THE U.K. D-Day commemorations will begin today in the British port city of Portsmouth, where thousands Allied...
Jun 05, 2019
Advocates see prison bill as way to meet calls of Indigenous women inquiry
OTTAWA - The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies says proposed changes to a bill that aims to end solitary confinement in prisons would help address many recommendations fro...
Jun 05, 2019
Canada needs to triple ocean protection to protect habitats: report
An environmental group says Canada needs to up its game on protecting its oceans. The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society says in a report that while there has been progress in recent years, re...
Jun 05, 2019
Parents on trial: Witness says she told mother to take sick child to hospital
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A friend of an Alberta woman has testified that she advised her to get a medical opinion the day before the woman's 19-month-old son stopped breathing and later died of meningitis....
Jun 05, 2019
Improving Canada's recycling output will take 'radical change': report
OTTAWA - An analysis of Canada's plastic industry shows the industry producing plastic dwarfs the industry trying to recycle it. The report, completed by consulting firms Deloitte and ChemInfo Se...
Jun 05, 2019
Killer of Calgary Stampeder to learn how long he must wait to seek parole
CALGARY - The killer of a Calgary Stampeders football player is to find out today how long he must wait before he can seek parole. A judge found Nelson Lugela guilty earlier this y...
Jun 05, 2019
Sentencing decision for Calgary couple convicted in toddler's infection death
CALGARY - A Calgary mother and father convicted in the death of their 14-month-old son are to learn their sentences today. A jury found Jennifer and Jeromie Clark guilty last fall of criminal neg...
Jun 05, 2019
Here we go: Just like old times, Federer vs. Nadal in France
PARIS - Roger Federer knew when he returned to the French Open that, if things went exceedingly well, he eventually would find himself face-to-face with Rafael Nadal. Here we go. Just like old times. ...
Jun 05, 2019
35 dead as Sudan troops move against democracy protesters
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Sudan's ruling military moved to crush the protest movement opposing its grip on power as security forces overran the main sit-in site in the capital Monday, unleashing furious volle...
Jun 05, 2019