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Krista McCarville wins to enter four-way tie for first at Road to the Roar
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. - Krista McCarville’s team from Thunder Bay, Ont., entered a four-way tie for top spot in Pool B at the Road to the Roar Olympic curling pre-trials on Wednesday with a 7-3 win...
Nov 08, 2017
Concerns raised after Saskatchewan minister's comments on Indigenous education
REGINA - Indigenous leaders and teachers are raising concerns after Saskatchewan’s education minister suggested there might be too much “infusion” of First Nations history in school ...
Nov 08, 2017
Toronto-area police warn of Bitcoin tax scam after more than 40 people defrauded
AURORA, Ont. - Police say more than 40 residents in communities north of Toronto have fallen victim to a Bitcoin tax scam, sending over $300,000 to fraudsters since August. York regional police say th...
Nov 08, 2017
'I just knew I had to do something': Nova Scotia honours four for bravery
HALIFAX - Travis Wolfe was helping plow his grandfather’s yard following back-to-back snowstorms in Port Joli, N.S., last February, when the older man alerted him to an ominous sound in the dist...
Nov 08, 2017
Jury backs graffiti artists who sued over destroyed work
NEW YORK - A federal jury has sided with a group of New York graffiti artists who sued over the destruction of their work. A judge will now decide whether the artists must be compensated for the loss ...
Nov 08, 2017
Sexual misconduct reported among professors at music school
BOSTON - A new report says a prestigious music school in Boston allowed three male professors to quietly leave the school since 2008, after students complained they had been sexually harassed or assau...
Nov 08, 2017
Criminal harassment finding upheld over sexually degrading Yahoo forum
TORONTO - A man who set up a private online forum devoted to trashing and sexually degrading a former friend had his criminal harassment conviction upheld on Wednesday. In its ruling, Ontario’s ...
Nov 08, 2017
Feds urged to expand Court Challenges Program to cover treaty rights cases
OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s failure to extend its Court Challenges Program to pay for Indigenous cases involving treaty rights doesn’t make sense at a time when reconciliation is sup...
Nov 08, 2017
Major Canadian brewer not a-moose-d by Vermont pub, waging trademark battle
Canada’s largest independent brewery is once again locking horns with a smaller competitor in a trademark dispute over its moose-themed names and logos. Moosehead Breweries has filed a trademark...
Nov 08, 2017
Mental-health workers kept busy by searing testimony at MMIW inquiry
EDMONTON - As disturbing stories emerge at the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women, it’s Melodie Casella’s job to ensure that testifying about trauma doesn’t ...
Nov 08, 2017