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Ontario motorcycle crash injuries twice as costly to treat as car crash injuries:study
TORONTO - Motorcyclists in Ontario are three times more likely to be injured in a collision than people in automobiles, 10 times more likely to suffer serious injuries and those injuries will cost mor...
Nov 20, 2017
Bell Media confirms it is laying off local radio and TV employees
CALGARY - Bell Media is laying off employees, including prominent on-air personalities, at radio and TV stations across Canada. However, the company won’t say how many, who or where. Unifor, the...
Nov 20, 2017
Man and woman charged with manslaughter in July homicide in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - Manslaughter charges have been laid against a man and woman after a 22-year-old man died following an altercation at a busy Starbucks coffee shop in Metro Vancouver. Police say Michael...
Nov 20, 2017
Town moves man's loudspeaker broadcast of taps to local park
GLEN ROCK, Pa. - A Pennsylvania town has reached a detente over a former councilman’s broadcast of taps through loudspeakers at his home, which had caused complaints and lawsuit threats. The Gle...
Nov 20, 2017
U.S. negotiators squeezed at home, abroad during NAFTA talks
MEXICO CITY - The United States negotiating team found itself squeezed at home and abroad during NAFTA talks on Monday, with various actors from Canada, Mexico and within the U.S. pressing it to recon...
Nov 20, 2017
Hall of Fame ballot newcomers: Jones, Thome, Vizquel
NEW YORK - Chipper Jones, Jim Thome and Omar Vizquel are among 19 first-time candidates on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot for baseball’s Hall of Fame. They are joined ...
Nov 20, 2017
Uber Canada's service animal policy criticized by some disability rights advocates
TORONTO - Uber Canada has launched a new policy on how its drivers deal with customers who have service animals, but some disability rights advocates say exemptions built into the rules could still le...
Nov 20, 2017
Man and woman facing charges after arrest at Rebels game
Fans leaving Saturday’s Red Deer Rebels were treated to a larger than normal police presence. A couple was arrested by RCMP after security asked them to remove a woman staff believed to be highl...
Nov 20, 2017
Prosecutor seeks probe of US personnel in Afghanistan
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Criminal Court prosecutor asked for authorization Monday to investigate reported human rights abuses in Afghanistan, including allegations of rape and tortur...
Nov 20, 2017
US declares NKorea a terror sponsor; new sanctions expected
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Monday the U.S. is putting North Korea’s “murderous regime” on America’s terrorism blacklist, despite questions about Pyongyang...
Nov 20, 2017