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Supreme Court to hear case on constitutionality of military justice system
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case that challenges the constitutionality of the military court martial system and, if successful, could have dramatic ramifications for the ...
Mar 08, 2018
Verdict expected in 'complex and unique' Knowledge House stock fraud case
HALIFAX - A much-anticipated verdict is expected Friday in the multi-million-dollar stock market fraud case stemming from the collapse of Halifax’s Knowledge House e-learning company. Former com...
Mar 08, 2018

February Red Deer housing starts down over 2017
RED DEER- CMHC is out with housing starts for Red Deer in February. There were a total of 13 single family/multiple unit home starts. That is five fewer than in Februray of 2017. So far this year ther...
Mar 08, 2018

Toronto FC rewards defender Chris Mavinga with a new contract
Toronto FC has rewarded French-born Congolese defender Chris Mavinga with an improved contract. The MLS club called it a multi-year contract extension but a source confirmed that Mavinga’s exist...
Mar 08, 2018

Former Trump campaign chairman pleads not guilty to charges
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman will face trial in Virginia before he faces trial in the District of Columbia. A federal judge in Alexandria on Thursday set a...
Mar 08, 2018
Florida governor won't say whether he will sign gun bill
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Three weeks after the Parkland high school shooting, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has a gun-control bill on his desk that challenges the National Rifle Association but falls short of wh...
Mar 08, 2018
For Pyongyang, Mideast offers cautionary nuclear tale
As North Korea considers negotiating over its nukes, it may find lessons in the Middle East, where leaders imperiled, paranoid or pugnacious have long used the doomsday weapon threat to secure a wobbl...
Mar 08, 2018
Mississippi close to having most-restrictive abortion law
JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday passed what would be the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, making the procedure illegal in most cases after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The st...
Mar 08, 2018
US, Russia trade blame as diplomats fail to meet in Africa
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - They could have run into each other sipping coffee in the lobby, perhaps at the bar at Ethiopia’s finest hotel. But U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Fore...
Mar 08, 2018

Trump discusses violence with video game execs and critics
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump raised concerns about the graphic depiction of violence in video games at a White House meeting Thursday with members of the industry and some of their most vocal c...
Mar 08, 2018