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Residents of Quebec town unfazed by prospect of heavy rains
YAMACHICHE, Que. - Christian Montigny’s two-storey home in the central Quebec town of Yamachiche is normally a lakefront cottage - but now it’s become an island. When the floods began in e...
May 11, 2017
Co-host France comes close to upset, but Canada remains perfect at world championship
PARIS - Already boasting wins over Finland and Switzerland, France almost added the two-time defending champions to its impressive list of upsets at the world hockey championship. Canada did just enou...
May 11, 2017
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, May 11 --- QUEBEC GOVERNMENT EXPECTS TO BOOST FLOOD COMPENSATION: Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says his province will likely boost compensation for vic...
May 11, 2017
Blue Jays place lefty Liriano on 10-day DL with shoulder inflammation
TORONTO - Left-hander Francisco Liriano became the latest Toronto Blue Jays player to go down to injury as he was added to the 10-day disabled list Thursday due to shoulder inflammation. He joined sta...
May 11, 2017
Quebec murder suspect set free due to trial delays wants to be deported
MONTREAL - The first murder suspect in Quebec to be set free after the length of his criminal proceedings exceeded the legal limit told immigration and refugee authorities Thursday he wants to be depo...
May 11, 2017
Absentee ballots have decided races before, but it's different this time in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Jim Benninger knows that a lot of people think the difference between a Liberal majority or minority government in British Columbia is resting on his shoulders. The Liberal candidate in Co...
May 11, 2017
Trudeau tabs career security official to head Canada's spy agency
OTTAWA - David Vigneault, a senior government official with experience at several federal security agencies, will be the next head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Vigneault will assume ...
May 11, 2017
Halfback Ryan Brierley gets new rugby league lease on life with the Wolfpack
TORONTO - Despite leaving the Super League and moving two divisions down to join the Toronto Wolfpack, Ryan Brierley says he is living the dream. Rugby league is fun again for the 25-year-old halfback...
May 11, 2017
Five things to know about how the Conservatives will choose a new leader
OTTAWA - Conservative party members have begun voting to select their new leader, with mail-in ballots now returning to a depot in Toronto ahead of the official vote count on May 27. Here are five thi...
May 11, 2017
Four men found guilty in Toronto cafe killing
TORONTO - Four men accused of arranging a brazen daytime killing at a crowded Toronto cafe as part of a feud among drug traffickers were found guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday. The conviction...
May 11, 2017