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Clash over middle-school sex assaults: Did they happen?
ESTILL, S.C. - The numbers are horrific: At least four students, ages 11 to 14, victimized by as many as 30 kids in one of the largest single cases of sexual assault reported on U.S. school grounds. A...
May 08, 2017
AP: Sex assaults in high school sports minimized as 'hazing'
The Georgia school district said it was investigating the baseball players for “misbehaviour” and “inappropriate physical contact.” What it didn’t reveal was that a young...
May 08, 2017
Seven players from ascending Carleton Ravens selected in 2017 CFL draft
It’s a heady time four years in the making for Steve Sumarah and the Carleton Ravens football program. Seven Ravens were selected Sunday in the CFL draft, including receiver Nate Behar fifth ove...
May 08, 2017
NDP bus spins its wheels as all parties leaders push before Tuesday's election
SURREY, B.C. - With just one day left before the British Columbia election, the New Democrats’ campaign was left spinning its wheels - literally. At an election stop in Surrey on Monday, the NDP...
May 08, 2017
Pepe cartoonist kills off character that became hate symbol
The cartoonist who created Pepe the Frog has killed off the character in a rebuke to far-right extremists who transformed a benevolent internet meme into a racist, anti-Semitic symbol. A Pepe cartoon ...
May 08, 2017
Feds launch wireless research lab aimed at maximizing Canada's wireless spectrum
OTTAWA - The federal government says a new research lab that aims to get the most of out the country’s finite wireless spectrum will eventually help Canadians avoid more dropped calls, spotty re...
May 08, 2017
Trial set for southern Alberta woman accused of killing her mother
LETHBRIDGE - A 52-year old woman accused of killing her mother will be going back to jail, as she awaits trial. Lisa Freihaut appeared in Court of Queen's Bench Monday morning (May 8), where she offer...
May 08, 2017
Derek Saretzky pleads not guilty to three counts of first degree murder
LETHBRIDGE - The trial is now underway for 24-year old Derek James Saretzky, the man accused of killing a father and daughter, as well as an elderly woman in the Crowsnest Pass in 2015. The proceeding...
May 08, 2017
California storm dumps spring snow, sets rainfall records
LOS ANGELES - A wet and wild spring storm that swept through Southern California set rainfall records, dumped hail on an awards show red carpet and delivered up to 10 inches (25 centimetres) of snow i...
May 08, 2017
Ukraine bans American actor Steven Seagal for 5 years
MINSK, Belarus - Ukraine has banned action film actor Steven Seagal from entering the country for five years. Seagal, an American, was given Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin last year i...
May 08, 2017