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Cops nab alleged impaired driver in Prince Edward Island drive-thru
STRATFORD, P.E.I. - An alleged drunk driver who jumped the line in a McDonald’s drive-thru proved easy to catch: He was still waiting for his food when police arrived. RCMP in Stratford, P.E.I.,...
Nov 20, 2017
Piikani Chief challenges Stoney bid to change southern Alberta place names
CALGARY - A bid by a group of First Nations to have well-known places across southern Alberta, including Calgary, renamed in their language is being challenged by the chief of another Indigenous commu...
Nov 20, 2017
LGBTQ advocates want military, RCMP, public service to take part in apology
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should not be the only one to say sorry for state-sanctioned discrimination against LGBTQ people, say advocates who have long demanded the federal government apo...
Nov 20, 2017
Joshua Boyle's wife says captivity 'intolerable' for her children
OTTAWA - An American woman who endured five years of captivity in Afghanistan said she and her Canadian husband resisted their captors and did the best they could to raise young children in brutal con...
Nov 20, 2017
Camera operator dies in Ghana on set of Netflix drama
LONDON - A British camera operator has died on the set of the BBC/Netflix miniseries “The Forgiving Earth.” Agent Sarah Prince said Monday that Mark Milsome died in Ghana over the weekend ...
Nov 20, 2017
Mother of slain children lives in fear over father's possible escorted outings
COQUITLAM, B.C. - The mother of three children who were killed by their father says she lives in constant worry for her safety following a board’s decision over escorted outings for Allan Schoen...
Nov 20, 2017
Yellen to step down from Federal Reserve board
WASHINGTON - Janet Yellen submitted her resignation from the Federal Reserve board to President Donald Trump on Monday, announcing that she will leave when her successor is sworn in as Fed chairman. I...
Nov 20, 2017
Accused in Montreal terror trial won't present a defence; final arguments Dec. 4
MONTREAL - Lawyers for two young Montrealers have told a jury they won’t mount a defence at their trial on terror-related charges. Jurors hearing the case of Sabrine Djermane and El Mahdi Jamali...
Nov 20, 2017
Christmas 'Cone Weed' loses its cone, much of its weediness
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. - North Carolina’s Christmas “Cone Weed” has lost its cone and much of its weediness. The Huntersville Fire Department posted on Twitter that a road crew showed up...
Nov 20, 2017
NAFTA talks to move outside the capitals, with new destination: Montreal
MEXICO CITY - The NAFTA negotiations are moving to non-capital cities for their first meeting outside of Washington, Mexico City and Ottawa. The destination: Montreal. Two sources familiar with the ne...
Nov 20, 2017