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CBC's Joe Schlesinger remembered for compassionate reporting, esteemed career
TORONTO - Longtime CBC foreign correspondent Joe Schlesinger, who spent decades covering war zones and global events that shaped history, has died after a lengthy illness. A spokesman for the public b...
Feb 11, 2019
Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet sidelined three weeks with thumb injury
Toronto Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet is expected to miss at least three weeks with a partial ligament injury to his left thumb. VanVleet will wear a splint for three weeks, the team said in a sta...
Feb 11, 2019
Appeal court upholds stiff sentence for Canadian trying to join terrorist group
TORONTO - An Ontario court has dismissed an appeal from a man convicted of trying to join a Somali-based terrorist organization, saying stiff penalties are necessary in such cases to deter similar wou...
Feb 11, 2019

Privacy commissioner finds doctors snooped in Humboldt Broncos patient records
REGINA - Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner has found several people inappropriately gained access to the electronic health records of the Humboldt Broncos team members involved in a deadly bus...
Feb 11, 2019

Bezos probe concludes mistress' brother was Enquirer source
WASHINGTON - Private investigators working for Jeff Bezos have concluded that the brother of the Amazon CEO’s mistress leaked the couple’s intimate text messages to the National Enquirer, ...
Feb 11, 2019

Odd couple of the deep: B.C. dolphins hang out with killer whales
VANCOUVER - Drone flights have revealed an odd couple of the deeps. Scientists from the Vancouver Aquarium have released video of dolphins hanging around pods of killer whales, two species that are us...
Feb 11, 2019

Man accused of killing ailing wife wasn't suffering from major depression: expert
MONTREAL - A Crown expert cast doubt Monday on a Montreal man’s defence that he was suffering from depression that hindered his decision-making when he killed his severely ill wife nearly two ye...
Feb 11, 2019

Canadian Michael Gligic poised to collect PGA Tour card after big victory
When Michael Gligic was 13, his mom took him to Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont., and told instructor Sean Foley her son wanted to take the sport more seriously. More than 15 years later, Foley ...
Feb 11, 2019

Social media sites like Facebook take in lion's share of federal ad dollars
OTTAWA - Social media websites like Facebook and Twitter now take in the lion’s share of federal advertising dollars, thanks to an ongoing increase in the use of digital advertising by governmen...
Feb 11, 2019

Central Alberta Film Festival announces award nominees
Nineteen films are nominated for awards at this year’s Central Alberta Film Festival (CAFF). Categories for the awards are "Best Feature Narrative", "Best Feature Documentary", and "Best Short N...
Feb 11, 2019