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Judge rules RCMP don't have to share records from ammonia leak in B.C.
FERNIE, B.C. - A judge says police do not have to turn over records that were seized during an investigation of a fatal ammonia leak at an ice rink in southeastern British Columbia. The City of Fernie...
Jan 30, 2018
No endangered listing for Labrador caribou as Innu hunt continues
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador won’t list two caribou herds as endangered while it continues talks with Indigenous groups. That’s despite a recommendation last fall fro...
Jan 30, 2018
Bill prompted by dismissal of Hernandez verdict after death
BOSTON - The prison death of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez is prompting lawmakers to revisit a centuries-old Massachusetts legal principle. Under a bill heard Tuesday by the Legislature’s Judi...
Jan 30, 2018
Politicians scrambling to adapt to new environment on sexual harassment: PM
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau concedes that he, like all political leaders, is struggling to figure out how best to deal with allegations of sexual misconduct against members of his own caucus. “I don...
Jan 30, 2018
Eurovision winner Sobral shares post-transplant performance
LISBON, Portugal - Eurovision Song Contest winner Salvador Sobral has given fans a performance of sorts for the first time since his heart transplant. A video clip of the 28-year-old Portuguese singer...
Jan 30, 2018
Canadian striker Cyle Larin gets his wish, moves to Turkish champion Besiktas
Orlando City has agreed to transfer Canadian striker Cyle Larin to Turkey’s Besiktas, but not without a parting shot. The two clubs had been in a tug of war over the 22-year-old from Brampton, O...
Jan 30, 2018
Health scare prompts B.C. member of Parliament to review key goals
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A British Columbia Conservative member of Parliament says the memory of his stricken wife’s face as a medical crisis nearly killed him is his motivation for a heartfelt mes...
Jan 30, 2018
Supervisor's conviction, prison term upheld in deadly scaffolding collapse
TORONTO - A supervisor jailed for a scaffolding collapse in which four men were killed and another was seriously hurt lost his bid on Tuesday to challenge his criminal-negligence conviction and 3 1/2-...
Jan 30, 2018
DMX imprisoned as flight risk after positive drug test
NEW YORK - DMX was sent to prison Tuesday by a judge who said the rapper’s promises to obey bail conditions requiring drug treatment and travel with a counsellor were “a great big lie.R...
Jan 30, 2018
Actor Mark Salling dies weeks after child porn guilty plea
LOS ANGELES - Mark Salling, who played bad-boy Noah “Puck” Puckerman in the hit musical-comedy “Glee,” died of an apparent suicide Tuesday, weeks after pleading guilty to posse...
Jan 30, 2018