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Six sextortion cases investigated in Halifax area so far this year, RCMP say
Halifax-area RCMP say they have investigated six “sextortion” incidents this year, and are warning residents to be careful online. In five of the cases, men were extorted by women, with vi...
May 30, 2018
Quebec woman reaches summit of Mount Logan in solo trek
MONTREAL - A Quebecer has become the first woman to climb to the top of Canada’s highest mountain in a solo trek, her agent said Wednesday. “Monique just reached the summit,” Franois...
May 30, 2018
Science Says: Ambien's odd side effects don't include racism
Ambien and similar sleep aids are well-known for sometimes causing some weird behavioural side effects, but changing one’s political or cultural views is not one of them. Roseanne Barr partly bl...
May 30, 2018
Convicted killer Dellen Millard to stand trial in death of father
TORONTO - Wayne Millard was found dead in his bed in November 2012 - a bullet lodged in his brain. The death of the 71-year-old wealthy businessman was initially ruled a suicide. Two years later, poli...
May 30, 2018
Local workers say CP Rail strike was about more than money
It was mere hours after 3,000 workers across the country went on strike that a four-year tentative agreement was reached between Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference. Prio...
May 30, 2018
Small wildfire burns under century-old rail trestle in British Columbia
VANCOUVER - Crews battled a stubborn fire Wednesday that was burning under a century-old railway trestle bridge near Hope, B.C. Jeanne Larsen of the B.C. Wildfire Service said the fire began Sunday an...
May 30, 2018
Harvey Weinstein accusers attend Pulitzer awards ceremony
NEW YORK - Two of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers have watched from the audience as journalists whose work led to his arrest received their Pulitzer Prize awards. The New York Times and The New York...
May 30, 2018
Sylvester Stallone making biopic about boxer Jack Johnson
NEW YORK - Days after the presidential pardon of Jack Johnson, Sylvester Stallone has announced plans for a biopic on the first African-American heavyweight champion. Stallone said Wednesday that his ...
May 30, 2018
Moved by death of Gord Brown, Tory MP doles out pill-case keychains
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP stung by the sudden death of colleague Gord Brown is handing out pill case keychains on Parliament Hill, urging everyone he sees to carry a couple of potentially life-saving...
May 30, 2018
Barton preaches defence spending, but Sajjan says Ottawa spent $2.3B too little
OTTAWA - The federal government spent $2.3 billion less than originally planned last year on new military gear, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan revealed Wednesday, even as a prominent economic adviser ...
May 30, 2018