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Brown pelican injured twice in B.C., dies while in care of SPCA
VICTORIA - A brown pelican that had been in the repeated care of the British Columbia SPCA in Victoria has died days after it was brought in with another injury. An SPCA spokeswoman says caregivers fo...
Nov 23, 2018
Jewelry store workers fight off would-be thieves with swords in Mississauga
Three jewelry store workers wielded swords to fight off four would-be thieves during an attempted robbery in Mississauga, Ont., police said. Const. Danny Marttini said the incident took place around 1...
Nov 23, 2018
Helmut Oberlander tries appeal of citizenship stripping over Nazi unit past
TORONTO - An elderly man has launched yet another challenge to his loss of citizenship and potential deportation for lying to Canadian authorities about his membership in a Second World War Nazi death...
Nov 23, 2018
CFL, LFA sign letter of intent to grow football in Canada and Mexico
EDMONTON - Brian Ramsay and Jeff Keeping were not amused. On Friday, the CFL and Mexico’s Liga de Futbol Americano Professional signed a letter of intent to work together on several projects. Th...
Nov 23, 2018
Supporters to press Cuba for return of Quebecer caught in legal limbo
MONTREAL - Supporters of a Quebec man who has been in legal limbo in Cuba since the death of a fellow Canadian tourist nearly 16 months ago are taking their case for his freedom to the Cuban embassy i...
Nov 23, 2018
Canada Post strike causes drop in Salvation Army donations, charity says
TORONTO - Every holiday season workers at the Salvation Army anxiously check the mail for a flurry of envelopes. The Christian charity usually receives most of its donation cheques in November and Dec...
Nov 23, 2018
Suspended Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's lawyers target federal minister Brison
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s lawyers want to turn a senior Liberal cabinet minister’s words against him in their effort to exonerate the suspended military officer, who has been cha...
Nov 23, 2018
Trucker says video may show Santa's reindeer lost in Newfoundland
DEER LAKE, N.L. - A trucker says he may have had a close encounter of the Santa kind after spotting what appeared to be Santa’s reindeer on a snow-covered Newfoundland highway. Jason White says ...
Nov 23, 2018
Court Briefs: Nov. 23
A 26-year-old Red Deer man will spend eight months behind bars for an incident in which he tried to flee from police in a stolen vehicle while possessing a loaded firearm. City Mounties responded at a...
Nov 23, 2018
Vermont couple looking for family peacock among the turkeys
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. - A Vermont woman whose family peacock ran off with a flock of turkeys says she’s hopeful to get close enough to catch it with a net. The peacock belonging to Rene and Brian Joh...
Nov 23, 2018