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Transport ministers to talk distracted driving laws after road trip season
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says the issue of distracted driving and just what to do about it will be top of the agenda when he meets with his provincial counterparts at the end of the su...
Jun 30, 2017
Charges dropped against 2 youths in Tennessee wildfires
NASHVILLE - Prosecutors have dropped arson charges against two juveniles in connection with the Tennessee wildfires that killed 14 people and tore through thousands of homes and businesses in November...
Jun 30, 2017
MSNBC hosts say tabloid article a weapon in Trump feud
NEW YORK - “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, a couple onscreen and off, say the White House told them a damaging National Enquirer story about their relationship wou...
Jun 30, 2017
Impact in last-place battle with D.C.; wary of letdown after TFC series
MONTREAL - After a nasty and unsuccessful Voyageurs Cup clash with rival Toronto FC, it’s back to regular business for the Montreal Impact. In this case, it’ll be the battle to get out of ...
Jun 30, 2017
Drunken man enters unlocked Halifax-area home for cup of tea, snack and nap
HALIFAX - A drunken man stumbled into a Halifax-area home early Friday, making himself tea and a snack before taking a nap on the stranger’s sofa. Police said the man entered the unlocked Timber...
Jun 30, 2017
More than four people a day on average die in B.C. from illicit drugs: coroner
VANCOUVER - More than four people a day on average died in British Columbia in May from illicit drugs, a death toll the coroner’s service says should serve as a warning to people who are not dru...
Jun 30, 2017
Ontario resident proposes commuter hovercraft service from Niagara to Toronto
TORONTO - A proposal for a hovercraft service across Lake Ontario made progress in the Niagara Region this week, but may be dead in the water in Toronto. Beamsville, Ont., resident Bruno Caciagli has ...
Jun 30, 2017
Mother of slain boy wants new offence for violence against children
HALIFAX - A Halifax mother whose three-year-old son was beaten to death is calling for Criminal Code amendments that would add an offence for violence against children. Allisan Tucker’s son Matt...
Jun 30, 2017
Police force hopes kids can convince people not to drink and drive
A Toronto-area police force is hoping friends of three children killed by an impaired driver can persuade people not to drink and drive. Nine-year-old Daniel Neville-Lake, his five-year-old brother Ha...
Jun 30, 2017
Inquest jury makes anti-racism suggestions in police killing of black man
TORONTO - The police killing of a black father of five who was holding a hammer in an apartment building two years ago was a homicide, an inquest jury ruled Friday in a case infused with allegations o...
Jun 30, 2017