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Manitoba junior football executive resigns after post about P.K. Subban
WINNIPEG - The president of the Winnipeg Rifles of the Canadian Junior Football League has resigned after writing a Facebook post that made reference to Nashville Predators defenceman P.K. Subban. Tod...
May 14, 2018
CBS Corp. sues majority shareholder to gain independence
NEW YORK - CBS is suing its controlling shareholder as part of its long-running attempt to avoid a combination with Viacom. Both companies are controlled by National Amusements. That’s the holdi...
May 14, 2018
Alfie Evans, toddler at centre of legal storm, laid to rest
LONDON - Hundreds of mourners have gathered in Liverpool to say goodbye to Alfie Evans, the British toddler whose parents fought an unsuccessful legal battle to keep him on life support. People applau...
May 14, 2018
Bee on the lookout: Georgia keeper stung by $20K hive heist
LULA, Ga. - A Georgia beekeeper says thieves stole dozens of hives, taking off with up to $20,000 worth of equipment. Don Kuchenmeister tells WSB-TV the hives disappeared Sunday morning. With more tha...
May 14, 2018
Real Amber Alert sounds as officials probe how mobile alert system tests failed
OTTAWA - As an Amber Alert sounded for a missing boy in Ontario on Monday, some mobile users questioned the effectiveness of the country’s new wireless emergency alert system, while others compl...
May 14, 2018
Quebec singer Luck Mervil pleads guilty to sexual exploitation
MONTREAL - Haitian-born Quebec singer Luck Mervil pleaded guilty Monday to one charge of sexual exploitation involving a 17-year-old girl. The artist, whose actual name is Lucknerson Mervil, was arres...
May 14, 2018
Nova Scotia joins Western Climate Initiative for tech support for emissions plan
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is yet to set targets for its new cap and trade regime to reduce greenhouse gases, but the province announced Monday that it has joined the Western Climate Initiative Inc. - a no...
May 14, 2018
Indigenous Peoples need help with dementia, Algonquin elder urges conference
OTTAWA - An Algonquin elder described Monday how shocked she was to learn - almost by accident - that a routine nursing-home visit with her ailing father would be their last. Annie Smith St-Georges to...
May 14, 2018
Law professor takes up appeal for ex-NFL player's killer
GRETNA, La. - A law professor is taking up the appeal of the man convicted of manslaughter in the 2016 road-rage shooting death of former NFL running back Joe McKnight. Loyola University’s Dane ...
May 14, 2018
Canadian military officer named to key role with UN in Korea
OTTAWA - Canada is stepping up its military involvement on the Korean Peninsula by sending a senior officer to take over as deputy commander of UN forces there, the first time the post has been held b...
May 14, 2018