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Crown wants 25 years for Manitoba football coach who sexually assaulted students
WINNIPEG - A disgraced former high school football coach apologized during a sentencing hearing for the "grief and shame" he caused to the nine students he sexually assaulted. However, the Crown prose...
Mar 20, 2024
Canadian woman identified as victim in Mexico shooting
QUERTARO CITY, Mexico - The son of a Canadian woman killed in Queretaro, Mexico, says she was on her way back to Canada to look after her elderly mother. Mexican police put out a release on Tuesday id...
Mar 20, 2024
Shohei Ohtani's interpreter fired by Dodgers after allegations of illegal gambling, theft
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shohei Ohtani's interpreter and close friend has been fired from the Los Angeles Dodgers following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball star. Interpr...
Mar 20, 2024
Shohei Ohtani's interpreter fired by Dodgers after allegations of illegal gambling, theft
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shohei Ohtani's interpreter and close friend has been fired from the Los Angeles Dodgers following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball star. Interpr...
Mar 20, 2024
China-based Canadian man accused of selling trade secrets of electric vehicle company
American prosecutors say a Canadian national living in China stole trade secrets from a leading U.S.-based electric vehicle company to set up a competing battery business. The U.S. Attorney's Office i...
Mar 20, 2024
Scientists fired from Winnipeg lab over security fears rightly under probe: minister
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland says it's "extremely appropriate" that two scientists who lost their jobs due to dealings with China remain under investigation. The National Microbiology Laborat...
Mar 20, 2024
'Stay the hell away from our kids': Holland warns big tobacco about nicotine pouches
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland is promising a major crackdown on nicotine pouches, which he says are being marketed to children. Holland accuses Imperial Tobacco of exploiting a loophole to get...
Mar 20, 2024
Detroit Lions defensive back Cameron Sutton sought in Florida domestic violence warrant
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Detroit Lions defensive back Cameron Sutton is wanted on a domestic violence warrant in Florida, where authorities on Wednesday asked for tips to help find him. The Hillsborough Cou...
Mar 20, 2024
Fake 911 call to High Level RCMP leads to four arrests, including Red Deer resident
High Level RCMP have arrested multiple suspects after receiving a "fraudulent 911 call" about a shooting in the town. Mounties were out conducting proactive patrols on March 9, in hopes of locating a ...
Mar 20, 2024
Brazilian high court to decide if Robinho will serve prison sentence for rape
SAO PAULO (AP) - Judges of a Brazilian high court started voting Wednesday on whether former soccer star Robinho can be jailed in his home nation for his 2017 rape conviction in Italy. The 40-year-old...
Mar 20, 2024