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Humboldt Broncos GoFundMe second only to U.S. fundraiser for #metoo movement
A GoFundMe campaign created after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash was the second largest on the fundraising platform this year. The campaign, which raised nearly Cdn$15.2 million, is at the top of GoFu...
Dec 06, 2018
Opposition presses for answers on MP Raj Grewal's gambling activities
OTTAWA - The House of Commons ethics committee has voted down a motion from opposition members to hear from the Privy Council clerk about who knew what and when concerning MP Raj Grewal’s gambli...
Dec 06, 2018
Court: Woman convicted as teen could be free after 51 years
NASHVILLE - Tennessee’s Supreme Court is clarifying that a woman convicted of first-degree murder as a teen could be released from prison after serving at least 51 years. The court issued the op...
Dec 06, 2018
Canada not the only country expected to have CHLers at world junior championship
Maxim Cajkovic didn’t know a thing about the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League when he left Europe for the 2018-19 season, never mind how the world junior championship is embraced in Canada. The...
Dec 06, 2018
Canadian skier Osborne-Paradis released from hospital after breaking leg in crash
CALGARY - Canadian alpine ski racer Manuel Osborne-Paradis has been released from a Calgary hospital and will continue his recovery from a broken leg suffered in training at the season-opening World C...
Dec 06, 2018
Canada to send hundreds of observers to Ukraine presidential election
OTTAWA - Canada is planning to send hundreds of election observers to Ukraine to prevent Russian meddling in its March 2019 presidential elections, The Canadian Press has learned. Government officials...
Dec 06, 2018
Brad Jacobs sits atop standings at Canada Cup with 4-0 record
ESTEVAN, Sask. - Defending men’s champion Reid Carruthers of Winnipeg has yet to earn his first win through six draws at the Canada Cup. Carruthers was toppled by Kevin Koe 4-2 in Thursday’...
Dec 06, 2018
Naturopath convicted of manslaughter in death of patient to be heard by high court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it will hear the appeal of a Montreal naturopath convicted of manslaughter in the death of an elderly patient. Mitra Javanmardi was facing a pos...
Dec 06, 2018
Feds reject push to amend Criminal Code to outlaw forced sterilization
OTTAWA - The Liberal government does not plan to change the Criminal Code to explicitly outlaw coerced sterilization - rejecting a resolution passed by First Nations chiefs on Thursday. Heather Bear, ...
Dec 06, 2018
Woman arrested in Vancouver helped turn Huawei into household name in China
VANCOUVER - The tech executive whose arrest in Vancouver has sparked outrage from China is the well-educated daughter of a wealthy former military man who founded what eventually became one of the wor...
Dec 06, 2018