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Quebec legislature members file police complaints over hateful online messages
MONTREAL - A Quebec legislature member who has highlighted the online hate and abuse faced by female politicians has taken her complaints to police, saying she wants to encourage other victi...
Dec 18, 2019
Books sales supporting Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre
"What Bee will you Bee?"This question is not a new one, but what does it mean to you? Beeing the best bee you can bee is not just about what you do, it's about who you are.We all do little things to m...
Dec 18, 2019 (Photo submitted)
Nearly $290K in contraband seizure at Bowden Institution
INNISFAIL- More than a quarter million dollars in contraband has been seized at Bowden Institution. On December 7, correctional officers in the medium security unit at the prison intercepted an inmate...
Dec 18, 2019
SNC-Lavalin pleads guilty to fraud, will pay a $280M fine for Libyan work
MONTREAL - A division of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. will plead guilty to a charge of fraud and pay a $280-million penalty related to work the company did in Libya. The plea deal comes on the heels of the ...
Dec 18, 2019
In reversal, Hallmark will reinstate same-sex marriage ads
NEW YORK - The Hallmark Channel, reversing what it called a "wrong decision," said Sunday it will reinstate commercials featuring same-sex couples that it had pulled following a complaint from a conse...
Dec 18, 2019
Calgary police lay assault charge after disturbing online video
CALGARY- An assault charge has been laid after a livestreamed video that police say showed two young children being physically abused by their mother as they interrupted her online game-playing.The de...
Dec 18, 2019
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Jody Wilson-Raybould is CP's newsmaker of the year
OTTAWA - The SNC-Lavalin affair cost Justin Trudeau two cabinet ministers, his most trusted aide, the top federal public servant and possibly a second majority mandate; and now the woman at the centre...
Dec 18, 2019
Impaired charges pending against Spruce Grove school bus driver
SPRUCE GROVE- The RCMP says charges are pending against a school bus driver who was arrested for impaired driving outside a school in Spruce Grove.Police say staff called officers to the school Monday...
Dec 18, 2019
Weinstein: Sex assault charges have made me 'forgotten man'
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein defended himself as a pioneer in advancing the careers of women in the film industry in the wake of scores of sexual misconduct allegations that launched the #MeToo movemen...
Dec 18, 2019
Right whale gives birth to first calf off the coast of Georgia: Oceana
HALIFAX - An international conservation group has announced the birth of the first North Atlantic right whale calf of the 2019-2020 calving season. Oceana says the calf was born Monday off the co...
Dec 18, 2019