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G7 gender council calling for pay equity, more funding for reproductive health
OTTAWA - A group of high-profile feminist leaders is calling on the G7 to take concrete action to ensure women and girls achieve pay equity, have mandated opportunities on corporate boards and get bet...
Jun 4, 2018
Court Briefs: June 4
A Red Deer man arrested following a carfentanil bust in our city last year has waived his right to a preliminary hearing. Kim Proctor, 39, was one of four people arrested after Red Deer RCMP and ALERT...
Jun 4, 2018
Japanese royal couple in Hawaii on first official US visit
HONOLULU - Prince Akishino, the second son of Japan’s Emperor Akihito, and his wife, Princess Kiko, are making their first official visit together to the U.S. The Japanese royal couple is in Haw...
Jun 4, 2018
Lindhout kidnapper loses court bid for confidential info to help possible appeal
OTTAWA - A Somalian man convicted of taking Amanda Lindhout hostage has lost a court bid for confidential information he says could help with a possible effort to overturn the guilty verdict. A new Fe...
Jun 4, 2018
Original Capitals reflect on early struggles: 'Losing was so entrenched'
WASHINGTON - The original Washington Capitals were just hoping to avoid more embarrassment. Saddled with an ugly 0-37-0 road record late into their appalling first season, the Capitals travelled to Oa...
Jun 4, 2018
Police say 24 in hospital after highway bus crash in eastern Ontario
PRESCOTT, Ont. - A bus carrying Chinese tourists crashed into a rock cut Monday in eastern Ontario, sending at least 24 people to hospital, four with life-threatening injuries, provincial police said....
Jun 4, 2018
Meek Mill's lawyers ask court to remove judge from his case
PHILADELPHIA - Meek Mill’s lawyers have asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to remove a judge from his case, blasting her conduct as unprofessional. The rapper’s lawyers have been levelli...
Jun 4, 2018
'Meant nothing to you:' Teen who helped in fatal beating, shared video sentenced
WINNIPEG - A teenage girl who took part in the fatal beating of a young woman and then shared video of the victim begging for her attackers to stop as she lay on the ground has been sentenced to more ...
Jun 4, 2018
Proposed pot swag ban makes it harder to compete with illicit pot: producers
TORONTO - A proposed ban on the use of cannabis brand elements on T-shirts and other swag would make it more difficult to stamp out the black market after legalization and have “significant̶...
Jun 4, 2018
New Brunswick says flood-hit homes may not get approval for rebuild
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick flood victims may not be able to rebuild their homes - or only rebuild after significant mitigation efforts like raising them. The destructive, record-setting spring floods...
Jun 4, 2018