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Wife of Nigerian man who died during deportation seeking answers: lawyer
CALGARY - A lawyer for the family of a Nigerian man who died while he was being deported from Canada says his widow is looking for answers. Bolanle Idowu Alo, who was 49, died following an altercation...
Aug 13, 2018
Proof of climate perils seen in cost for flood, fire cleanups: safety minister
SASKATOON - Canada’s minister for public safety and emergency preparedness has told delegates at an international irrigation and drainage conference that flood and fire losses are costing Canadi...
Aug 13, 2018
Supply management, abortion among policies Tories to debate at convention
OTTAWA - Getting rid of supply management and regulating abortion are just two of the more than six dozen policy resolutions that will be on the agenda at the federal Conservative party’s bienni...
Aug 13, 2018
Preliminary hearing begins in Quebec in double murder case
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - A preliminary hearing began Monday for a Quebec man accused of two murders following an Amber Alert last year. The man faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of his ex-pa...
Aug 13, 2018
Canada's largest aviation convention landing in Innisfail next year
Hundreds of pilots from across Canada will be touching down at Innisfail Airport next year for a chance to celebrate the general aviation (GA) industry. The 2019 Canadian Owners and Pilots Association...
Aug 13, 2018
Ontario elementary teachers should teach modernized sex-ed curriculum: union
TORONTO - A union representing Ontario’s elementary school teachers is calling on its members to continue to teach a modernized sex-ed curriculum despite the provincial government’s decisi...
Aug 13, 2018
'Completely outrageous:' Alberta doctor investigated for alleged comments
CARDSTON, Alta. - A southern Alberta doctor is on administrative leave from a position at Alberta Health Services after allegedly telling some homeless Indigenous people to “get jobs” in l...
Aug 13, 2018
Gore: Trump not yet as damaging to environment as he feared
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Trump administration has made some dangerous changes to environmental policy, but the damage so far has been less than it initially appeared, former Vice-President Al Gore said ...
Aug 13, 2018
Shapovalov advances to second round at Cincinnati with win over Tiafoe
CINCINNATI - Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of the Western & Southern Open with a 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-5 win over American wild-card Frances Tiafoe on Monday. Shapovalov, from Richmond H...
Aug 13, 2018
Shapovalov advances to second round at Cincinnati with win over Tiafoe
CINCINNATI - Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of the Western & Southern Open with a 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-5 win over American wild-card Frances Tiafoe on Monday. Shapovalov, from Richmond H...
Aug 13, 2018