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New Vancity report reveals home buyers can't count on cheaper suburbs
VANCOUVER - A new report from a Vancouver credit union says home buyers on British Columbia’s southern coast can no longer turn to the suburbs to find more affordable housing. Vancity tracked th...
Jun 06, 2017
Man convicted of sexually assaulting 6 underage sisters
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - A man was convicted Tuesday of sexually assaulting six girls in the same family, fathering two children by one of them. Authorities allege the girls’ parents had “gifted&...
Jun 06, 2017
Police: 3 dead, 1 wounded in possible robbery at Fresno home
FRESNO, Calif. - A gunbattle Tuesday at a central California home left three men dead and another wounded in what may have been a home-invasion robbery or a drug deal gone bad, police said. Two men dr...
Jun 06, 2017
Canadiens sign junior defenceman Stefan Leblanc to one-way AHL contract
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens signed free agent defenceman Stefan Leblanc to a one-year, one-way American Hockey League contract on Tuesday. Leblanc, 21, had seven goals and 30 assists and was plu...
Jun 06, 2017
Former homeless man donates $10K to Ontario shelter that supported him
An Ontario man who was homeless for years has donated $10,000 to a shelter that supported him after receiving compensation from a residential school settlement. The act of kindness has triggered a sle...
Jun 06, 2017
Dispute over GRABHER licence plate headed to court for hearing on Feb. 1
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia man who made international headlines when the provincial government decided his personalized licence plate was offensive to women will have his day in court early next year. Th...
Jun 06, 2017
Belgium detains 12 after raids linked to Brussels attacks
BRUSSELS - Belgian authorities have detained 12 people for interrogation following raids linked to last year’s Brussels attacks. Police raided 14 places in and around Brussels on Tuesday and an ...
Jun 06, 2017
Almost 2,500 Canadians died from opioid-related overdoses last year: data
OTTAWA - New data suggests almost 2,500 Canadians died from opioid-related overdoses in 2016 - deaths that federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says were preventable. The data released Tuesday by the...
Jun 06, 2017
Government aims to bring sexual assault law up to speed with the courts, times
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is changing sexual assault law to make it clear that an unconscious person cannot consent to sexual activity, part of an effort to bring legislation up to speed with th...
Jun 06, 2017
A New Start in an Old Place
I suppose I should start with introducing myself. My name is Kirsten and I am a mom of two wonderful little girls. One is four and the other is not quite one yet. They are tiny balls of energy and are...
Jun 06, 2017