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Man accused of killing Abbotsford, B.C., school girl is unfit for trial: lawyer
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A defence lawyer says his client’s ongoing psychosis makes him unfit to stand trial for the murder of a high school girl in Abbotsford, B.C. Martin Peters said Gabriel Kl...
Apr 19, 2018
After two straight playoff seasons, Bombers no longer have element of surprise
Attendance is up and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have become a profitable, stable franchise but Mike O’Shea takes no satisfaction from that. That’s because the Winnipeg head coach has a diff...
Apr 19, 2018
Montreal couple hoping city lets them keep beloved pet pig named Babe
MONTREAL - Babe the pig spends his days sleeping, going for walks on a leash or lounging around the Montreal condo he shares with his owners, their baby and three cats. His owners, Mario Ramos and Sar...
Apr 19, 2018
P.E.I. vet performs career first in operation on 50-gram dwarf hamster
NEW PERTH, P.E.I. - A veterinarian in Prince Edward Island successfully operated on her smallest patient ever earlier this week - a 50-gram dwarf hamster named Mr. Nibbles. “Somebody was asking ...
Apr 19, 2018
Veteran jockey Chantal Sutherland back riding full-time at Woodbine
TORONTO - Chantal Sutherland is home again. After years south of the border, the veteran jockey will again ride full-time at Woodbine Racetrack, whose 2018 thoroughbred schedule begins Saturday. Suthe...
Apr 19, 2018
Wolf Creek Public Schools honours ‘Friends of Education’
Wolf Creek Public Schools has honoured a program designed to help students through stressful situations with its Friends of Education Award. District officials say the award recognizes organizations a...
Apr 19, 2018
Ramses II: The Mummy Who Had To Get A Passport
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ramses II's Passport Believe it or not, in 1976 Pharaoh Ramses II was issued an Egyptian passport for passage to France nearly three millennia after his de...
Apr 19, 2018
Ciman gets chance to pay back Montreal Impact for surprise trade to LAFC
MONTREAL - Defender Laurent Ciman is about to get his chance to take revenge on the Montreal Impact. One of Remi Garde’s first moves when he took over as coach of the Impact was to trade Ciman, ...
Apr 19, 2018
Supreme Court decision means an end to cross-border beer runs: Comeau
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick man whose beer run to Quebec in 2012 sparked a constitutional battle over cross-border liquor sales says the Supreme Court of Canada has put an end to his beer-buying tri...
Apr 19, 2018
'I miss my father terribly': daughter of man shot dead in 2017 mosque shooting
QUEBEC - The 14-year-old daughter of the man considered a hero after he died trying to stop the Quebec City mosque shooter gave moving testimony Thursday about how much she misses her father. In betwe...
Apr 19, 2018