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Former fertility doctor accused of impregnating more women with own sperm
OTTAWA - A law firm pursuing a class-action suit against a former Ottawa fertility doctor says it has evidence indicating he fathered 11 children by impregnating patients with his own sperm. Two years...
Apr 5, 2018
Sylvan Lake Pirates hope to raid NCHL starting next season
More senior men's hockey action could be on the horizon in central Alberta. Curtis Klein, a third-year plumbing apprentice at Red Deer College, says he is confident the Sylvan Lake Pirates will take t...
Apr 5, 2018
Medically assisted suicide becomes legal in Hawaii
HONOLULU - Hawaii became the latest liberal-leaning state to legalize medically assisted suicide Thursday as the governor signed a measure into law allowing doctors to fulfil requests from terminally ...
Apr 5, 2018
Senators fear legal pot will hike number of Canadians barred entry to U.S.
OTTAWA - Meetings with American officials have done nothing to calm the fears of Conservative senators that legalization of marijuana could exponentially increase the number of Canadians barred for li...
Apr 5, 2018
Facebook: Most users may have had public data 'scraped'
NEW YORK - Facebook’s acknowledgement that most of its 2.2 billion members have probably had their personal data scraped by “malicious actors” is the latest example of the social net...
Apr 5, 2018
General orders new review of troubled flight that led to sexual assault charges
OTTAWA - The military’s top soldier has ordered a second investigation into a recent Team Canada trip that resulted in sexual-assault charges against a former NHL player and cast a cloud over th...
Apr 5, 2018
Walmart Canada says it will rehire disabled workers let go last week
MONTREAL - Walmart Canada is backtracking on a controversial decision to withdraw from a program that provided work experience in its Quebec stores to people with disabilities or autism. The decision ...
Apr 5, 2018
Did Trump know about payment to Stormy Daniels? He says no
In his first public comments about Stormy Daniels, President Donald Trump said he didn’t know about the $130,000 payment his personal attorney had made to the porn actress who alleges she had an...
Apr 5, 2018
Indiana woman finally receives postcard 60 years later
GOSHEN, Ind. - A northern Indiana woman has finally received a postcard that her mother mailed from southern California nearly 60 years ago. The postcard was hand-delivered to Sharon Gongwer of Goshen...
Apr 5, 2018
Spieth back in his comfort zone at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Tiger Woods attracted most of the attention. Jordan Spieth caused the most concern. Opening day at the Masters had a wide-open feel until Spieth hit his stride Thursday afternoon. He sa...
Apr 5, 2018