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Teen fatally shot by deputies outside Minnesota home
CHANHASSEN, Minn. - A 16-year-old boy who was reportedly suicidal and threatening his mother with knives and a baseball bat was fatally shot Friday by sheriff’s deputies who were called to the f...
Jul 13, 2018
NPD Leader Jagmeet Singh fuels speculation as he visits B.C.'s Burnaby South
VANCOUVER - Federal New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says while he has been encouraged to run for Parliament in the newly vacated British Columbia riding of Burnaby South, he won’t be making an...
Jul 13, 2018
Pleads guilty: Nexen fined $750K for huge pipeline spill in northern Alberta
CALGARY - A Calgary energy company has pleaded guilty to federal and provincial environmental charges over one of the largest pipeline spills in Alberta history. Nexen has been ordered to pay a total ...
Jul 13, 2018
Man sought on charges of threatening Trump may be in Montreal: U.S. Marshals
MONTREAL - The U.S. Marshals Service says a Pennsylvania fugitive who allegedly threatened to put a bullet in President Donald Trump’s head might be in the Montreal area. Robert Clark of the Mar...
Jul 13, 2018
Ontario government cancels 758 renewable energy deals, says it saves millions
TORONTO - Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government is cancelling 758 renewable energy contracts in what it says is an effort to reduce electricity bills in the province. Energy Minister...
Jul 13, 2018
Ontario minister exchanges words with federal minister over asylum seekers
WINNIPEG - Ontario’s minister responsible for immigration has demanded an apology from federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen for saying the province is promoting fear about asylum seekers. &...
Jul 13, 2018
Ontario court does not have jurisdiction to hear proposed class action against Waterloo police
TORONTO - A judge has ruled that the Ontario Superior Court does not have the jurisdiction to hear a proposed class-action lawsuit that accused the Waterloo regional police force of gender-based bully...
Jul 13, 2018
Alleged Hells Angels support club members arrested in Red Deer
Four people are facing drug charges and others such as kidnapping and forcible confinement following a Didsbury RCMP investigation into an alleged home invasion and kidnapping incident with ties to an...
Jul 13, 2018
Trump card: Kenney sees advantage to new member's history with U.S. president
CALGARY - The leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party says there are benefits to a newly elected legislature member having worked on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Jason Kenne...
Jul 13, 2018
Canada's Shawn Barber finishes fourth in Diamond League pole vault
RABAT, Morocco - Canada’s Shawn Barber cleared 5.60 metres to finish fourth in the pole vault at the Rabat Diamond League meet on Friday. Barber, who won the world championships in 2015, is comi...
Jul 13, 2018