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Ban solitary confinement for mentally ill, Indigenous inmates: rights groups
OTTAWA - Three civil rights organizations joined forces Monday to voice their concern over the ongoing use of indefinite solitary confinement for prison inmates - a practice they say is akin to tortur...
May 14, 2018
Remember The Flagpole Sitting Trend Of The 1920s?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Flagpole Sitting Planking. Tebow-ing. Leisure-diving. Who knew it all started with flagpole-sitting? That's right-folks just crawled up flagpoles. And sat....
May 14, 2018
McDavid scores in overtime as Canada hangs on for 2-1 victory over Latvia
HERNING, Denmark - After having trouble scoring at 5-on-5, Connor McDavid and the Canadians proved to be deadly at 3-on-3. McDavid scored 46 seconds into overtime, batting his own rebound out of the a...
May 14, 2018
Markle seeks respect for dad after report he'll skip wedding
LONDON - Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are requesting “understanding and respect” for Markle’s father after a celebrity news site reported he would not be coming to ...
May 14, 2018
New Democrat MP says family hit hard by allegations of impropriety
OTTAWA - New Democrat MP Christine Moore says she and her family have been left reeling over a former soldier’s accusations of sexual impropriety, but that she intends to fight to clear her name...
May 14, 2018
Young B.C. fan of Pink gets chance to sing at her idol's Vancouver concert
VANCOUVER - A 12-year-old girl admits she’s still in shock after getting the chance to sing for Pink at the performer’s concert Saturday night in Vancouver. Victoria Anthony says she had b...
May 14, 2018
Humboldt Broncos face off against league in trademark fight for #HumboldtStrong
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - The Humboldt Broncos hockey team is facing off with its own league over the #HumboldtStrong slogan and several others related to the fatal bus crash last month. The Saskatchewan Juni...
May 14, 2018
Catholic Board Chair defends March for Life field trip
The Board Chair for Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools is responding to criticism surrounding a field trip by some Red Deer high school students to attend an anti-abortion rally in Edmonton last week....
May 14, 2018
Canada won't oppose Site C dam stoppage pending treaty rights challenge
OTTAWA - The federal government is not going to argue against halting construction of the controversial Site C hydroelectric dam in British Columbia while a B.C. court decides if the project violates ...
May 14, 2018
Winter losses of bee colonies in Ontario could be worst on record
MONTREAL - Canadian beekeepers are expressing concern about the effects of poor weather on their colonies, with the president of the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association describing the level of dead ...
May 14, 2018