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Canadian men's rink off to semifinals at world junior curling championships
LIVERPOOL, N.S. - Canada’s Tyler Tardi clinched a semifinal spot with a 9-5 victory over Sweden’s Daniel Berggren on Thursday at the world junior curling championships. With its fourth win...
Feb 21, 2019

MP urges RCMP to investigate allegations of forced, coerced sterilizations
OTTAWA - The RCMP should immediately launch an investigation into all allegations of forced and coerced sterilizations in Canada, says NDP health critic Don Davies. Davies sent a letter to RCMP Commis...
Feb 21, 2019

Outpouring of support after children's deaths: 'Everyone is pulling together'
HALIFAX - There is a growing outpouring of support as Canadians look for ways to express their grief and help after the Halifax house fire that killed seven children and left their father in critical ...
Feb 21, 2019

Tony Clement returns to Parliament from 'dark valley' following sexting scandal
OTTAWA - MP Tony Clement is breaking his social media silence for the first time since a sexting scandal forced him to out of the Conservative Party. Clement made his first post to Instagram Wednesday...
Feb 21, 2019

Police: Texas man confessed in hammer death of daughter, 2
ORANGE, Texas - A Southeast Texas man accused of bludgeoning his 2-year-old daughter to death with a hammer was naked and blood-stained when he told police officers he had killed the toddler, accordin...
Feb 21, 2019

Schreiner running again in Red Deer - North
Kim Schreiner is seeking another term in office. The Alberta NDP announced Wednesday night that Schreiner will carry the party nomination for Red Deer - North the next provincial election. Schreiner i...
Feb 21, 2019
Fendi honours Lagerfeld and fashion's 'longest love story'
MILAN - Fendi paid understated tribute Thursday to Karl Lagerfeld, who died this week and was the Rome-based fashion house’s creative director for 54 years. The fashion house said in notes for i...
Feb 21, 2019

B.C. skip Wark an unexpected qualifier for championship round at Scotties
SYDNEY, N.S. - Sarah Wark’s curling team from British Columbia isn’t used to cross-country travel, arena ice, top-flight competition or the national spotlight. You wouldn’t know it b...
Feb 21, 2019
Feds promise $10 million for housing for troubled Cat Lake First Nation
The Canadian government is promising more than $10 million to build new homes, repair others, and put portables in place for a remote Indigenous community in northern Ontario where substandard mould-i...
Feb 21, 2019
US home sales tumbled 1.2 per cent in January
WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales fell 1.2 per cent in January to their worst pace in more than three years, as persistent affordability problems have put a harsh chill in the real estate market. The Natio...
Feb 21, 2019