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Border agents make 'significant' beer seizure at Lacolle crossing in Quebec
SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Que. - Border services in Quebec say agents have made a significant beer seizure at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle crossing. A spokesman for the Canada Border Services Agency s...
Apr 12, 2018
Peterborough teen scores invite to royal wedding for charity work
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - A fifteen-year-old southern Ontario girl has scored an invitation to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for her charity work. Faith Dickinson of Peterborough earned the...
Apr 12, 2018
Rocky trio charged with drug trafficking
Three men from Rocky Mountain House face charges after a drug trafficking bust by RCMP and the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT). A search warrant was executed at a home in Rocky Mountain ...
Apr 12, 2018
Generals earn spot in Allan Cup semis
The Lacombe Generals have earned a valuable night off at the 2018 Allan Cup in Rosetown, SK. Lacombe earned a 5-3 over the Stoney Creek Generals in the final round-robin game of the tournament Wednesd...
Apr 12, 2018
Canada's Meaghan Benfeito wins silver for 2nd straight day at Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia - Canadian diver Meaghan Benfeito won her second silver medal in as many days at the Commonwealth Games, finishing runner-up to Australia’s Melissa Wu in the 10-metre platf...
Apr 12, 2018
Too many black, Indigenous kids in Ontario child-welfare system, report finds
TORONTO - Black and Indigenous children appear to be put into care in relatively far greater numbers than other racial groups in Ontario, according to a report released Thursday that makes an urgent c...
Apr 12, 2018
Long ball and starting rotation stability helping Blue Jays to strong start
If the Toronto Blue Jays continue their current pace, they will post the best winning percentage for the month of April in franchise history. They’re off to a solid start thanks to a stabilized ...
Apr 12, 2018
Trudeau government should make 'robust' reforms to info law, report card says
OTTAWA - The federal government should make “robust reforms” to the Access to Information Act to finally bring the law into the 21st century, says an independent report card on Canada̵...
Apr 12, 2018
Ottawa awards $15-million contract to remove oil from sunken freighter
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Ottawa has awarded a $15-million contract to a company to remove bulk oil from the Manolis L shipwreck off Newfoundland and Labrador. Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc announ...
Apr 12, 2018
Butcher said 'sorry' after alleged killing, deceased officer says on video
HALIFAX - A blood-caked Nicholas Butcher told an officer he was “sorry” minutes after he informed a 911 dispatcher he had killed his girlfriend and tried to kill himself, the law school gr...
Apr 12, 2018