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Quebec liquor store workers turn wine labels around as pressure tactic
MONTREAL - Stalled contract negotiations between the Quebec Liquor Corp. and its employees are making workers go topsy-turvy. Unionized employees at one downtown Montreal outlet obscured the labels We...
Jul 11, 2018
Scotiabank employee charged with child luring, sexual assault: Toronto police
TORONTO - A Scotiabank employee whose online profile identifies him as a technology director has been charged by Toronto police after a teenage girl was allegedly lured through social media and sexual...
Jul 11, 2018
Fisheries Department says more staff on waters to protect Canada's whales
VANCOUVER - New regulations to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises are in effect for all coasts in Canada as the Department of Fisheries and Oceans works to ensure more officers and patrol vessels ...
Jul 11, 2018
Montreal borough tries out 3D crosswalks in bid to improve pedestrian safety
MONTREAL - A Montreal borough is experimenting with 3D-style painted crosswalks in the hopes of getting drivers to slow down, but not everyone is sure the eye-catching street art will do much to impro...
Jul 11, 2018
Toronto FC loans midfielder Ager Aketxe to Spanish club Cadiz CF
Toronto FC has sent midfielder Ager Aketxe on loan to Spanish club Cadiz CF. The Major League Soccer club made the announcement Wednesday. The 24-year-old Aketxe has one assist in 14 combined appearan...
Jul 11, 2018
Abbotsford, B.C., police make easy arrest after suspect helps to capture himself
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A 38-year-old man suspected of vehicle theft is under arrest in Abbotsford, B.C., but police say he actually captured himself. A tweet from the department says officers responded to...
Jul 11, 2018
Raptors 905 promote Chad Sanders to general manager
TORONTO - Chad Sanders has been promoted to general manager of Raptors 905, the Toronto Raptors’ G-League affiliate. Sanders was the team’s manager of basketball operations, and takes over...
Jul 11, 2018
Transport Canada to make seatbelts mandatory on new highway buses by 2020
OTTAWA - Transport Canada says it will soon require all newly built highway buses to have seatbelts. The federal department said Wednesday it will make seatbelts mandatory on medium and large highway ...
Jul 11, 2018
Canada, U.S. express concern at NATO over Russian pipeline into Germany
The Trudeau government and the Trump administration have found a rare patch of common ground at the NATO summit in Brussels - shared concern about a proposed Russian pipeline that would cross through ...
Jul 11, 2018
Group opposed to SLAV show calls for commitment to discussion, diversity
MONTREAL - Various black actors and artists who spoke out about a Quebec-produced show featuring a largely white cast singing songs composed by black slaves say they want the broader conversation surr...
Jul 11, 2018