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Regina Rams coach thinks Mexico could provide good talent to CFL
University of Regina Rams head football coach Steve Bryce has some friendly advice for CFL officials attending the league’s evaluation camp of Mexican prospects his weekend: Keep an open mind. M...
Jan 11, 2019
Police and Indigenous blockades going up, work to begin again on B.C. pipeline
SMITHERS, B.C. - The RCMP lifted an exclusion zone Friday that cut off public access to a forest service road in northern British Columbia at the site of a confrontation this week between Mounties and...
Jan 11, 2019
Health Canada upholds decision to keep glyphosate products on the market
OTTAWA - Health Canada scientists say there is no reason to believe the scientific evidence they used to approve the continued use of glyphosate in weed killers was tainted. On Friday they rejected, a...
Jan 11, 2019
Historic music recording studio in Detroit bought by state
DETROIT - A historic Detroit music studio where stars such as Aretha Franklin and Miles Davis recorded has been bought by the state to preserve the building during a freeway project. Michigan’s ...
Jan 11, 2019
Oilers forward Draisaitl voted in to all-star game, Leafs defenceman Rielly out
NEW YORK - Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl was among the last additions for the upcoming NHL all-star game, while Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly was one of a few high-profile play...
Jan 11, 2019
'Blindsided:' Manitoba officials seize newborn from mother in hospital
WINNIPEG - Two social media videos show a newborn baby girl being taken from the arms of her Indigenous mother by Manitoba social workers and police - an apprehension that First Nations leaders say is...
Jan 11, 2019
Don MacIntyre gets three years for sexual interference
Former Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Don MacIntyre has pleaded guilty in Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench to a count of sexual interference and has been sentenced to three years in prison. MacIntyre, who i...
Jan 11, 2019
'Smarter' rules would ensure all digital players pay for CanCon, panel told
OTTAWA - Federal lawmakers need to make foreign content providers, such as Netflix, YouTube and Amazon Prime, pay their fair share into producing Canadian content, Canada’s broadcast regulator a...
Jan 11, 2019
Florida pardons 4 black men accused of 1949 rape
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - After a dramatic, hourlong meeting that recalled events from nearly seven decades ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s three-member Cabinet granted posthumous pardo...
Jan 11, 2019
Canada grants asylum to Saudi woman who pleaded for help on Twitter in Bangkok
OTTAWA - Canada granted asylum on Friday to the Saudi woman who won the world’s attention on social media as she fled an abusive family after escaping to Thailand. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...
Jan 11, 2019