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OJ Simpson gets July 20 parole hearing date in Nevada
LAS VEGAS - Imprisoned former football star O.J. Simpson has a July 20 parole hearing that could have him released from a Nevada prison on Oct. 1, a state parole official said Tuesday. Simpson, now 70...
Jun 20, 2017
Opposition calls for Liberals to be true to refugee rhetoric, change system
OTTAWA - Opposition MPs seized on the occasion of World Refugee Day on Tuesday as they applied political pressure on the Liberal government to honour a long-standing promise to refugees by overhauling...
Jun 20, 2017
Young beluga whale struggling after relocation, marine mammal group says
SAINT FABIEN, Que. - It is unclear whether a young whale flown from a New Brunswick river to Quebec is able to eat or has joined other belugas, a marine mammal group says. “The next few days wil...
Jun 20, 2017
Intimate, wrenching 'Evan Hansen' takes top honours at Tonys
NEW YORK - An intimate, heart-wrenching musical about loneliness, teen angst and suicide in the age of hyperconnectivity capped its unlikely journey to Broadway smash by winning top honours at the Ton...
Jun 20, 2017
Wildlife tally says mosquitoes and blackflies are not among species at risk
OTTAWA - If you’re planning to enjoy the great outdoors this summer, there are good reasons to stock up on bug spray. The latest edition of a national report on wild species in Canada shows ther...
Jun 20, 2017
Montreal lightweight John Makdessi to take on Sage Northcutt at UFC 214
TORONTO - Montreal lightweight John (The Bull) Makdessi is stepping in for the injured Claudio Puelles against (Super) Sage Northcutt at UFC 214. The pay-per-view card, headlined by the light-heavywei...
Jun 20, 2017
Supreme Court justice from Newfoundland finally poised to sell St. John's home
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Almost seven months after he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, Justice Malcolm Rowe appears poised to finally sell his home in St. John’s, N.L., where a mori...
Jun 20, 2017
Woman, 2 children dead after rollover into water; passersby save 2 other kids
YELLOW QUILL FIRST NATION, Sask. - Two children who survived a deadly crash when a minivan rolled into a slough in east-central Saskatchewan were saved by people who jumped into the water. RCMP Sgt. E...
Jun 20, 2017
Belgium tightens security after failed Brussels bombing
BRUSSELS - The weapons are increasingly ordinary - rented vehicles, nails and canisters, store-bought knives. A series of small-scale attacks has left Europeans trying to balance their desire not to g...
Jun 20, 2017
2nd West Virginia industrial plant explosion kills 1
PHILIPPI, W.Va. - Another person has been killed in an explosion at a West Virginia industrial plant where two people were killed last month, authorities said Tuesday. Officials said the explosion Tue...
Jun 20, 2017