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Understanding Weinstein’s charges and potential punishment
NEW YORK - A look at the charges against Harvey Weinstein and the punishment the former Hollywood producer could face if convicted at his New York City rape trial. A jury of seven men and five women s...
Feb 19, 2020
Crown completes evidence in ex-Quebec media star Eric Salvail's sex assault case
MONTREAL - The Crown has finished presenting evidence in the sex assault trial of former Quebec media star Eric Salvail. Salvail's lawyer, Michel Massicotte, said today the defence will pres...
Feb 19, 2020
Via Rail lays off 1,000 employees temporarily as blockades drag on
TORONTO - Via Rail says it is temporarily laying off 1,000 employees due to blockades that continue to halt service on CN tracks in Eastern Canada. The Crown corporation has suspended passenger trains...
Feb 19, 2020
Canadian moguls team member Brayden Kuroda dies at 19
Canadian freestyle moguls team member Brayden Kuroda has died. Freestyle Canada made the announcement in a news release on Tuesday, saying Kuroda's death happened "suddenly" on Monday n...
Feb 19, 2020
Perfect Game: McCarville throws 100 per cent in 4-3 win over Walker at Scotties
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville threw a perfect game in a 4-3 victory over Alberta's Laura Walker on Wednesday morning at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts....
Feb 19, 2020
Blockade supporting Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs on rail line in Edmonton
EDMONTON - A blockade has been set up on a Canadian National Railway line on the western edge of Edmonton in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline in Br...
Feb 19, 2020
Kanesatake chief retracts rail blockade comments after community uproar
KANESATAKE, Que. - An Indigenous leader in Quebec is retracting comments about ongoing rail blockades that didn't go over well with members of his own community. Kanesatake Grand Chief Serge Otsi ...
Feb 19, 2020
Crime watch groups gathering for provincial symposium in Grande Prairie
Better communication is what the president of Red Deer/Lacombe Rural Community Crime Watch would like to see from his organization's provincial body moving forward.With the Alberta Provincial Rural Cr...
Feb 19, 2020
Councillor calls lack of cardiac care ‘a blight’ on Red Deer
Ken Johnston isn't mincing words when discussing the need for hospital and medical service expansion in Red Deer."It's a blight, it's a scar, it's a mark on how we are delivering health care in centra...
Feb 19, 2020 Ken Johnston says the lack of cardiac services in Red Deer can no longer be ignored (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)
First lady Melania Trump honoured by Christian college
PALM BEACH, Fla. - First lady Melania Trump touted her "Be Best" program and the Trump administration's battle against the opioid crisis as she accept an award Wednesday from a Florida Christian colle...
Feb 19, 2020