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Indigenous woman hit with trailer hitch in January dies from injuries
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - An Indigenous woman who was hit by a trailer hitch apparently thrown from a passing car in Thunder Bay, Ont., in January has died, police said on Tuesday. Barbara Kentner, 34, unde...
Jul 04, 2017
Rona Ambrose resigns as Conservative MP after serving for 13 years
OTTAWA - Former interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose is officially out of federal politics. Ambrose formally resigned her House of Commons seat today by way of a letter to the Speaker. Ambrose rep...
Jul 04, 2017
Top general apologizes for incident at Indigenous ceremony on Canada Day
HALIFAX - Canada’s top general has condemned the actions of a group of Armed Forces members who disrupted a spiritual event on Canada Day marking the suffering of Indigenous Peoples at a statue ...
Jul 04, 2017
Two whales suffered blunt trauma, another killed by fishing gear: vet
HALIFAX - Injuries suffered by at least two of six North Atlantic right whales found floating lifeless in the Gulf of St. Lawrence appear to be consistent with ship strikes, marine mammal experts say....
Jul 04, 2017
Ottawa's Spencer, Harris, Winnipeg's Dressler named CFL top performers for Week 2
TORONTO - Ottawa wide receiver Diontae Spencer and quarterback Trevor Harris and Winnipeg receiver Weston Dressler were named the top performers for Week 2 of the CFL season. Spencer scored two touchd...
Jul 04, 2017
Proposed '11th-hour' reforms won't help Canada's inmates: B.C. lawyer
VANCOUVER - Canada’s correctional service continued to use indefinite solitary confinement for prisoners despite decades of policy-reform recommendations and a call for change from the prime min...
Jul 04, 2017
Terror charges laid against Toronto woman arrested after golf club attack: RCMP
TORONTO - A Toronto-area woman arrested last month in an alleged golf club attack at a Canadian Tire store in east Toronto is now facing multiple terror-related charges. Rehab Dughmosh, 32, was charge...
Jul 04, 2017
Manitoba public-sector unions launch court challenge over wage freezes
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s public-sector unions launched a court challenge Tuesday against wage freezes imposed by the provincial government. More than a dozen unions, representing 110,000 government...
Jul 04, 2017
I quit! Federer, Djokovic benefit from Wimbledon retirements
LONDON - Novak Djokovic’s first-round match at Wimbledon lasted all of 40 minutes Tuesday. Roger Federer’s, which was next in the All England Club’s main stadium, went 43. When two o...
Jul 04, 2017
Pregnant woman, boyfriend shot in Toronto; police seek three suspects
TORONTO - Police say three masked men entered a Toronto apartment building early Tuesday morning and shot a pregnant woman and her boyfriend as they lay in bed while two children slept in another room...
Jul 04, 2017