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The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, May 17 --- EMOTIONAL STATEMENTS FROM SCHOOL SHOOTING VICTIMS: An assistant principal shot at a school in northern Saskatchewan says the teenage gunman must...
May 17, 2017
Arson charge laid in fire at Ponoka apartment complex
Charges have been laid in relations to a fire that forced the evacuation of an apartment complex in Ponoka earlier this month. On May 1, Ponoka RCMP and fire fighters responded to a fire at the Rex Ma...
May 17, 2017
Visiting teams finding new hurdles in coming to Canada to face rugby's Wolfpack
TORONTO - Taking on rugby league’s first transatlantic team involves more than boarding a plane to Toronto. Barrow Raiders coach Paul Crarey has spent this week monitoring medical reports and vi...
May 17, 2017
Memorial service held for wife of ESPN broadcaster Berman
WALLINGFORD, Conn. - A memorial service honouring the wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman has been held in Connecticut. The Hartford Courant reports (http://cour.at/2qtCwYU ) friends, colle...
May 17, 2017
Nova Scotia teachers formally file for court to end imposed labour contract
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Teachers Union has formally notified the province it is going to court to challenge a law that has imposed a labour agreement on its members. The public sector union submitte...
May 17, 2017
Trump says he's 'very close' to naming a new FBI director
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is “very close” to naming a new FBI director to replace the one he fired more than a week ago and that former Connecticut Sen. Joe...
May 17, 2017
Former admiral gets 18 months in jail for lying
SAN DIEGO - Over two decades, Robert Gilbeau rose through the ranks to Navy admiral and earned a chest-full of honours for his service, including a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. During that period he ...
May 17, 2017
Milwaukee Sheriff Clarke takes job with Homeland Security
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who built a following among conservatives with his provocative social media presence and strong support of Donald Trump, said Wednesday that he’s taken a j...
May 17, 2017
Editor of CBC's 'The National' reassigned after cultural appropriation flap
TORONTO - The managing editor of CBC’s “The National” was reassigned Wednesday for what the public broadcaster called “an inappropriate, insensitive and frankly unacceptable tw...
May 17, 2017
First Nations vow to use courts and other means if necessary to stop Keystone XL
CALGARY - A coalition of aboriginal groups from Canada and the U.S. has signed a declaration against the Keystone XL pipeline, vowing to use the courts and whatever other means necessary to block the ...
May 17, 2017