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Doctors launch organization to fight for stronger gun laws in Canada
TORONTO - A group of doctors has launched a new organization to fight for stronger gun laws in Canada, arguing that gun violence is devastating their patients and communities. Canadian Doctors for Pro...
Feb 11, 2019
Trost, Tories, settle leadership dispute over leak of membership list
OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party has cleared Saskatchewan MP Brad Trost’s leadership campaign over a leak of the party’s membership list to the National Firearms Association ahead o...
Feb 11, 2019
Mission accomplished: stray dog in Deer Park finally brought in
A dog on the run for more than a year in Red Deer's Deer Park neighbourhood has finally been nabbed. 'Mission' - a German Shepherd - was lured and secured Saturday night by Darlene Burt with Calgary-b...
Feb 11, 2019
Crown argues Toronto Eaton Centre shooter knew what he was doing
TORONTO - A man who killed two people and injured several others when he opened fire at Toronto’s Eaton Centre may have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, but prosecutors said Monday ...
Feb 11, 2019
Quebec man faces manslaughter charge in death of 5-month-old baby girl
ST-JEROME, Que. - A 24-year-old Quebec man faces charges of manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death after a baby girl was found unconscious inside a home west of Montreal. Police found the ...
Feb 11, 2019
Ontario Tories attack student unions in fundraising email
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford accused student unions of getting up to “crazy Marxist nonsense” as he appealed for donations to his Progressive Conservative party in a fundraising email sent ...
Feb 11, 2019
Thunder coach happy with progress despite losing streak
It was a tough weekend for the Drayton Valley Thunder as they dropped back-to-back games to the Grande Prairie Storm. The first game was an absolute killer for the Thunder, going into the third period...
Feb 11, 2019
Playoffs still possible for 'young' Olds Grizzlys
To call the Olds Grizzlys 2018-19 AJHL season 'tough' would be an understatement. The Grizzlys have stumbled to a record of 6-44-3 for just 15 points, averaging a league-worst 5.26 goals against per g...
Feb 11, 2019
PBS' 'Finding Your Roots' looks into political leaders' past
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., hopes this season of his popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots” helps a divided U.S. see how all Americans have unique family l...
Feb 11, 2019
Opera singer, husband appear in court on sex assault charge
HOUSTON - A renowned Michigan opera singer and his husband have appeared in a Texas court to face charges of sexually assaulting another man in 2010. University of Michigan professor and countertenor ...
Feb 11, 2019