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Mom of slain girls tells court her life is like a nightmare she never wakes from
VICTORIA - A mother of two murdered girls says her life has become a living nightmare from which she never awakes. Sarah Cotton told a B.C. Supreme Court sentencing hearing for her...
Dec 17, 2019
Montreal caleche drivers seek injunction to try to save their industry
MONTREAL - A group of Montreal carriage-horse owners and drivers are going to court in a last-ditch effort to save their industry weeks before a city-imposed ban is set to take effect. The group ...
Dec 17, 2019
Youngest ever Liverpool team taken to school in League Cup
BIRMINGHAM, England - The youngest ever Liverpool team to play a competitive game was taken to school in the English League Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday. With its best players in Qatar for the Club Wo...
Dec 17, 2019
Man injured during RCMP officer-involved shooting west of Red Deer: ASIRT
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), the province's police watchdog, continues to investigate after an RCMP officer fired a shot that injured a man during an altercation last week west ...
Dec 17, 2019
Nothing wrong with using voters list to mail Jagmeet Singh's Christmas cards
OTTAWA - Canada's election watchdog says the NDP did nothing wrong when it used the national voters list to send Christmas cards from Jagmeet Singh. Still, a spokesman for the NDP leader is apolo...
Dec 17, 2019
Melcor expanding exciting new development corridor in northeast Red Deer
One of Red Deer's newest neighbourhoods promises to bring the concept of 'neighbours with nature' to life through an extensive network of open space.Localted in northeast Red Deer, Evergreen boasts do...
Dec 17, 2019 (Melcor Developments Ltd.)
Canada's show jumping team dropped from Tokyo 2020 for anti-doping violation
Canada's show jumping team has been dropped from next summer's Tokyo Olympics because of an anti-doping violation at the Pan American Games. Nicole Walker of Aurora, Ont., is appealing her disqua...
Dec 17, 2019
RCMP secrets case 'dragging on,' disappointed defence lawyer says
OTTAWA - The lawyer for an RCMP intelligence official accused of violating secrecy laws expressed concern in court today about the pace of the legal proceedings. Lawyer Ian Carter, who represents the ...
Dec 17, 2019
Canada argues in court: National measures needed to address climate crisis
EDMONTON - Lawyers for the federal government are defending Canada's carbon tax by saying the climate crisis requires national measures. The law that brought in the federal levy is being cha...
Dec 17, 2019
Babe Ruth's 500th homer bat sells for more than $1 million
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. - Babe Ruth has hit another one out of the ballpark. The bat used by the legendary baseball player to hit his 500th home run was auctioned on Saturday for more than $1 million. S...
Dec 17, 2019