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Bryce Dallas Howard honoured by Harvard's Hasty Pudding
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Actor, producer and director Bryce Dallas Howard has been named 2019 Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The nation’s oldest collegiate ...
Jan 29, 2019
Sheriff: Suspect confesses to killing 5 with dad's gun
BATON ROUGE, La. - A young man from Louisiana has confessed to killing his parents, his girlfriend, and two of her family members who had taken him in after he was kicked out of his house, authorities...
Jan 29, 2019
A glance at the eight victims of Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur
TORONTO - Here is a glance at the victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur, who has pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder: MAJEED KAYHAN The 58-year-old Toronto man was killed on or abo...
Jan 29, 2019
Five-year-old polar bear showing signs of illness dies at Winnipeg zoo
WINNIPEG - An orphaned polar bear rescued in northern Manitoba has died at a zoo in Winnipeg after being put under anaesthetic to investigate an apparent illness. The five-year-old bear named Blizzard...
Jan 29, 2019
Murder trial hears of lover's panicked attempts to reach Richard Oland
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The woman Richard Oland was having an extramarital affair with has described the anger and then the panic she felt as she tried in vain to reach her multimillionaire lover in the ho...
Jan 29, 2019
Blue Jays sign infielder Freddy Galvis to one-year contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed free agent infielder Freddy Galvis to a one-year contract. The deal, announced by the team Tuesday, is worth US$4 million and includes a club option for the...
Jan 29, 2019
'Kraken', 'The Boss' among Defence Dept codenames for Mark Norman, court hears
OTTAWA - The Boss. MN3. C34. The Kraken. Those are some of the “codenames” that officials at the Department of National Defence used to refer to Vice-Admiral Mark Norman in internal commun...
Jan 29, 2019
Bighorn rally Thursday in Red Deer
Red Deer will be the site of the latest rally calling for a restart of the consultation process for the Bighorn Provincial Park proposal. Rally Canada, which has hosted several previous events calling...
Jan 29, 2019
FBI finds no specific motive in Vegas attack that killed 58
LAS VEGAS - The high-stakes gambler responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history sought notoriety in the attack but left his specific motive a mystery, the FBI said Tuesday as it...
Jan 29, 2019
Government report lists multiple trucking violations by Humboldt semi driver
MELFORT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan government report says the driver of a semi-truck should not have been on the road the day he flew through a stop sign and caused a crash involving the Humboldt Broncos...
Jan 29, 2019