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Two Manitoba Party activists want judge to oust Steven Fletcher as leader
WINNIPEG - Two activists with the fledgling Manitoba Party are asking the Court of Queen’s Bench to remove Steven Fletcher as leader, alleging the former federal cabinet minister was handed the ...
Dec 14, 2018
Mike Duffy can't sue Senate over suspension without pay, judge rules
OTTAWA - An Ontario judge has delivered a blow to Sen. Mike Duffy in his bid for financial restitution over his dramatic and protracted suspension without pay five years ago, removing the Senate as a ...
Dec 14, 2018
Halifax middleweight Moncef (Buddy) Askri returns to ring after 11-year absence
TORONTO - It’s been 11 years since Moncef (Buddy) Askri walked away from boxing, leaving a 10-0-0 record in his trail. Now 37, the Halifax middleweight is finally returning to the ring. And what...
Dec 14, 2018
Canada will 'shortly' see Spavor, second detained Canadian in China: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Canadian diplomats will be granted access “shortly” to the second Canadian detained in China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday, as he predicted consequences for Canada...
Dec 14, 2018
'Blind' Thunder Bay police services board disbanded over racism crisis
The police services board in Thunder Bay, Ont., was disbanded and an administrator appointed in its place on Friday after a report found relations between the force and the city’s Indigenous com...
Dec 14, 2018
Embarrassing loss at home sparked Calgary Flames charge to top of division
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames bounced from humiliation into first place in their division in a few short weeks. Since an embarrassing 9-1 loss at home Oct. 25 to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Flames hav...
Dec 14, 2018
Chinese-Canadians have varying reactions to Canada's handling of Huawei case
VANCOUVER - As an international story about a Chinese tech executive wanted by the United States began unfolding from a Vancouver courtroom, the phone lines for a local Mandarin-language radio program...
Dec 14, 2018
Stakeholder meetings next step in Red Deer Public Schools Community Engagement process
Officials with Red Deer Public Schools anticipate hosting a number of meetings with stakeholders in the New Year to help shape the District Education Plan. This, after the recent completion of a Commu...
Dec 14, 2018
Michigan governor signs bills to gut wage, sick time laws
LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday signed laws to significantly scale back citizen-initiated measures to raise Michigan’s minimum wage and require paid sick leave for workers, finalizin...
Dec 14, 2018
Questions raised over retailers who shame shoplifters with photos
A Newfoundland sex store’s social-media shaming of an alleged shoplifter has raised ethical questions around retailers who display security footage in a bid to catch thieves. Provincial privacy ...
Dec 14, 2018