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McMaster Marauders go back to Stefan Ptaszek as head football coach
HAMILTON - Stefan Ptaszek is returning to the McMaster Marauders as head coach of the football team. The Hamilton university hired Ptaszek, who guided the Marauders to a Vanier Cup win in 2011 and app...
Nov 28, 2018
Liberal MP's name came up in wider police probe into money laundering: source
OTTAWA - Word of Liberal MP Raj Grewal’s gambling debts surfaced on police wiretaps in a much broader probe into other people suspected of money laundering and terrorist financing, says a source...
Nov 28, 2018
Recommendations approved on how to hand out Broncos GoFundMe cash
SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan judge has approved a committee’s recommendation on how to distribute $15.2 million raised in a GoFundMe campaign after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Justice Neil Gab...
Nov 28, 2018
NPR fires critic David Edelstein after 'Last Tango' joke
NEW YORK - NPR’s “Fresh Air” has parted ways with contributor David Edelstein after the film critic made a joke about the rape scene in “Last Tango in Paris” on his Faceb...
Nov 28, 2018
Sprucing up NYC: Rockefeller Center lights Christmas tree
NEW YORK - A massive Norway spruce has been lit up in a tradition that ushers in Christmastime in New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio flipped the switch Wednesday night to light the Rockefeller Center...
Nov 28, 2018
Ottawa committed to advancing Mi’kmaw Nation and self-governance, summit told
HALIFAX - Ottawa is committed to advancing the Mi'kmaw Nation and recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ inherent right to self-determination, a key federal official told a First Nations self-governanc...
Nov 28, 2018
Montreal police probe death of robbery suspect following altercation with citizens
Montreal police say three men are being questioned as important witnesses to a homicide after a robbery suspect died following an altercation with citizens. Police say they were called to a fight in t...
Nov 28, 2018
Calgary man charged with firearms trafficking
CALGARY- An ALERT investigation has resulted in the arrest of a 26-year-old Calgary man for firearms straw purchasing. ALERT's Guns and Gangs team alleges that Philip Edward Sarrasin lawfully acquired...
Nov 28, 2018
Star Trek's interracial kiss 50 years ago heralded change
WASHINGTON - It was the kiss heard around the galaxy. Fifty years ago - and only one year after the U.S. Supreme Court declared interracial marriage was legal - two of science fiction’s most end...
Nov 28, 2018
Grieving loss of their 'champion,' family of drowned boy to sue school board, city
MONTREAL - The family of a Montreal teen who drowned during a high school gym class say they intend to sue the school board and the city, alleging negligence robbed them of a boy who was the centre of...
Nov 28, 2018