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First Nations leaders call for RCMP to probe recent Thunder Bay teen deaths
TORONTO - Deep distrust of police in a northwestern Ontario city has prompted area indigenous chiefs to ask for the RCMP to investigate the recent deaths of teens in the community. Three chiefs travel...
Jun 02, 2017
Mistrial in case against dad accused in 3-year-old's death
CAMDEN, N.J. - A mistrial was declared Wednesday in the case of a New Jersey man accused of killing his 3-year-old son, as jurors told a judge they couldn’t reach a verdict after five days of de...
Jun 02, 2017
Canadians Ashley Lawrence, Kadeisha Buchanan face off in Champions League final
Two Canadians will be front and centre Thursday in European women’s showcase soccer match. Wingback Ashley Lawrence and defender Kadeisha Buchanan, both 21, face off in an all-French final of th...
Jun 02, 2017
Feds still committed to Paris Accord, Environment Minister McKenna says
TORONTO - As the U.S. flirts with fleeing the Paris climate-change accord, Canada is aligning itself with the world’s other two largest economies to take a global leadership role in the effort t...
Jun 02, 2017
Documents raise new questions about taxpayer risk in Liberal infrastructure bank
OTTAWA - Federal investments doled out through the government’s new infrastructure financing agency may be used to ensure a financial return to private investors if a project fails to generate e...
Jun 02, 2017
Quebec police seize drugs, weapons and arrest 36 people in biker raids
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police said they arrested 36 people Wednesday in connection with an alleged drug trafficking network operated by the Hells Angels and their associates in the province̵...
Jun 02, 2017
European Commission leader blasts Trump on climate plans
BRUSSELS - The European Commission president on Wednesday said that it was the “duty of Europe” to stand up to the U.S. if President Donald Trump decides to pull his country out of the Par...
Jun 02, 2017
Toronto Argonauts veteran linebacker Winston Venable calls it a career
TORONTO - Veteran linebacker Winston Venable has retired, the Toronto Argonauts announced Wednesday. Toronto signed the five-foot-11, 220-pound Venable this off-season as a free agent. Venable spent t...
Jun 02, 2017
Red Deer celebrates Environment Week
RED DEER- The City of Red Deer, along with other workplaces, will be joining Canadians next week in the Commuter Challenge and leaving their vehicles at home in an effort to make our air cleaner. The ...
Jun 02, 2017
US pending home sales fell again in April
WASHINGTON - Americans retreated from signing contracts to buy homes in April for the second straight month, a possible sign that a declining number of homes on the market are stifling sales during th...
Jun 02, 2017