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Raonic beats Tsonga at Paris Masters, Federer next
PARIS - Canada’s Milos Raonic came from a set down and advanced to the second round of the Paris Masters on Tuesday with a tough 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) win over France’s Jo-Wilfried Tso...
Oct 30, 2018
Suspect admits to stabbing deaths of man, woman at Alberta work camp
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A trial in northern Alberta is hearing grisly details about a work camp cook who killed two other workers - stabbing one man more than 70 times, cutting off parts of his body a...
Oct 30, 2018
Manitoba Tories show some support for Liberal bill banning weight discrimination
WINNIPEG - A move to ban discrimination based on weight and size under Manitoba’s human rights code has moved a step closer to becoming law, although the Progressive Conservative government has ...
Oct 30, 2018
Mongohouse sues Canada's largest real estate board, claims it has lost $50K
TORONTO - Property listings website Mongohouse is striking back at the Toronto Real Estate Board, claiming that it has suffered losses in excess of $50,000 after it was forced to abruptly shut down it...
Oct 30, 2018
County council gives green light to transportation pilot project
Red Deer County council has agreed to set the wheels in motion for the County's participation in a two-year rural transportation regional pilot project funded by the province. During its regular meeti...
Oct 30, 2018
Vancouver Whitecaps looking to solve 'culture problem' in off season
VANCOUVER - Problems in the Vancouver Whitecaps’ locker room this season spilled into the team’s on-field performance, say players and the club’s president. The comments come as the ...
Oct 30, 2018
Saskatchewan introduces climate change legislation as feud with Ottawa continues
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has introduced its own climate change law as its feud with Ottawa over a carbon tax continues to play out in the courts. The bill, which amends current climate leg...
Oct 30, 2018
Bernardo's low self-esteem 'mantra' sign of poor insight, parole board says
TORONTO - The fact that convicted killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo resorted to blaming his sadistic behaviour on an anxiety disorder and low self-esteem underlines his lack of insight into his c...
Oct 30, 2018
Kelly Ellard, killer of B.C. teen Reena Virk, has day parole extended
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia woman who brutally beat and drowned 14-year-old Reena Virk near a Victoria-area bridge in 1997 has been granted an extension to her day parole. Kelly Ellard, 35, was con...
Oct 30, 2018
B.C. implements most recommendations made after Health Ministry firings: report
VICTORIA - Goodwill payments of more than $1 million and a university scholarship in the name of a student who died by suicide are among key actions taken by British Columbia’s government after ...
Oct 30, 2018