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CFL playoff picture still remains muddled heading into weekend action
The CFL’s muddled playoff picture should come more into focus after this weekend. By Sunday, the four West Division post-season participants could be decided as well as top spot in the East Divi...
Oct 22, 2018
Montreal waitress who refused sexual advances from boss awarded $52,000
MONTREAL - A waitress who was harassed after refusing sexual advances from the owner of a Montreal restaurant has been awarded $52,000 by a Quebec labour relations tribunal. In a decision this month, ...
Oct 22, 2018
Defence says witness played major role in prison riot
WILMINGTON, Del. - The star prosecution witness in the trial of four Delaware inmates charged with murder, kidnapping and other crimes after a fatal prison riot played a key role in the disturbance an...
Oct 22, 2018
Feds announce new monitoring of vessel noise impacts on endangered whales
VANCOUVER - The federal government says it will monitor underwater ship noise in British Columbia’s Salish Sea to help develop measures to support the recovery of endangered southern resident ki...
Oct 22, 2018
Manitoba Tory backbencher forced out after 'pattern of inappropriate behaviour'
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba government backbencher who made inappropriate comments to female staff has been ousted from the Progressive Conservative caucus. Caucus chair Wayne Ewasko said he and his colleag...
Oct 22, 2018
"Frasier" actor Grammer on North Carolina TV for referendum
RALEIGH, N.C. - “Frasier” actor Kelsey Grammer is seeking to give a boost to a crime victims’ amendment on North Carolina ballots by appearing in a television commercial. The pro-ame...
Oct 22, 2018
Desmond, Flanagan, Graney on Frick Award ballot
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Former New York Yankees and Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers broadcaster Connie Desmond is among eight candidates for the Hall of Fame’s 2019 Ford Frick Award for excellence in ba...
Oct 22, 2018
Toronto police have shut down 11 unlicensed pot shops since legalization
TORONTO - A total of 11 unlicensed marijuana dispensaries have been shut down in Toronto since recreational cannabis became legal last week, police said Monday. Twenty-one people have been charged and...
Oct 22, 2018
Online maps show impact of climate change on Canada's boreal forests
WINNIPEG - New online maps let viewers zero in on how climate change will affect their part of Canada’s boreal forest. “It’s designed to give information that’s relevant to peo...
Oct 22, 2018
Missing Ponoka County man found deceased
The search for a missing Ponoka County man has come to a sad end. Rimbey RCMP are confirming that William Harris, 57, was located deceased on Tuesday. Harris was reported missing on Oct. 17 and had la...
Oct 22, 2018