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Crown in Norman case releases notes, rejects allegations of political influence
OTTAWA - Seeking to rebut an allegation that they’re operating in concert with the top levels of the federal government, Crown prosecutors in the case of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman gave his defenc...
Feb 15, 2019
66 killed in Nigerian state before presidential election
LAGOS, Nigeria - Authorities in Nigeria’s Kaduna state are reporting at least 66 deaths in a wave of violence just before the country’s presidential election. Samuel Aruwan, a spokesman fo...
Feb 15, 2019

Veterans Diana Matheson, Erin McLeod back with Canada team for Algarve Cup
Veterans Diana Matheson and Erin McLeod return to the Canadian lineup for the Algarve Cup later this month. Both players were not summoned for last month’s camp in Spain and friendly win over No...
Feb 15, 2019
CFL to unveil the site of 2020 Grey Cup championship next Thursday
TORONTO - The CFL will award the 2020 Grey Cup next week, the league announced Friday. The CFL said its Grey Cup committee has reviewed bids from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes and Saskat...
Feb 15, 2019

Investigation continues after youth grabbed young boy at Collicutt Centre
Red Deer RCMP are still investigating a disturbing incident last week at the Collicutt Centre that has garnered a lot of attention on social media. The incident took place at around 8 p.m. on February...
Feb 15, 2019

Oland's defence lawyer attacks blood evidence on jacket as inconclusive
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A forensic expert says he cannot tell how old the bloodstains are on the jacket Dennis Oland was wearing the day his father was beaten to death, or how they got there. The brown Hug...
Feb 15, 2019
Lawyer appears for Quebec entertainer Eric Salvail in sex assault case
MONTREAL - Quebec entertainer Eric Salvail was represented by his lawyer for a brief court appearance Friday on charges of criminal harassment, forcible confinement and sexual assault. The charges ste...
Feb 15, 2019
Canadian diver Toth wins women's 10-metre tower at opening Grand Prix stop
ROSTOCK, Germany - Celina Toth of St. Thomas, Ont., earned her first individual international victory on Friday, winning the women’s 10-metre tower at the opening stop on the FINA Grand Prix div...
Feb 15, 2019

Fourteen 'dream' homes ordered evacuated as sinkholes open in Sechelt, B.C.
Greg and Gerry Latham spent Friday morning scrambling to pack up family heirlooms as a series of sinkholes threatened to destroy their dream retirement home on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast....
Feb 15, 2019

Bombshell book alleges a Vatican gay subculture, hypocrisy
PARIS - A gay French writer has lifted the lid on what he calls one of the world’s largest gay communities, the Vatican, estimating that most of its prelates are homosexually inclined and attrib...
Feb 15, 2019