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R. Kelly doesn't have freedom, money for this legal battle
CHICAGO - The difference between R. Kelly's life in 2002 when he was last charged with child sex-related crimes and his arrest last week on even more serious charges was on full display when the R&...
Jul 17, 2019
Diversity a Canadian strength, Trudeau says of Trump tweets at congresswomen
PETAWAWA, Ont. - President Donald Trump's suggestion that four female members of Congress should go back where they came from if they don't like America wouldn't fly in Canada, Prime Minister Justin T...
Jul 17, 2019
Shooting survivor quits panel over 'timid' Liberal record on assault-style guns
OTTAWA - Mass-shooting survivor Nathalie Provost has quit the federal firearms advisory committee in frustration, saying she is "extremely disappointed" with the Liberal government's failure...
Jul 17, 2019
Police chief shares frustration about addictions resources in letter to officers
WINNIPEG - The chief of police in Winnipeg says he sent an internal memo to officers to share his frustration about a lack of addictions resources as the city deals with what he calls an epidemic of v...
Jul 17, 2019
National framework needed for emotional-service animals: Rempel
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP says she would like to see national standards on the use of emotional service animals in public spaces after watching her husband encounter numerous barriers while ...
Jul 17, 2019
Mercury tops out on top of the world: Alert in Nunavut warmer than Victoria
Weather watchers are focused on the world's most northerly community which has been in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave. "It's really quite spectacular," said David Phillips, Environment...
Jul 17, 2019
Janet Jackson, 50 Cent to perform at Saudi Arabia concert
NEW YORK - Janet Jackson and rappers 50 Cent and Future have been added to the lineup for the Jeddah World Fest, the concert in Saudi Arabia that Nicki Minaj pulled out of after human rights organizat...
Jul 17, 2019
Abuse survivors await apology from Anglican Church for physical harm: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the Anglican Church's recent apology for "spiritual harm" it has done to Indigenous Peoples is a beginning. But she says survivors of ...
Jul 17, 2019
Younger voters mobilizing to make federal election about climate change
OTTAWA - Several hundred Canadian millennials plan to rally in at least 30 cities across the country today, demanding a federal leaders' debate on climate change. Emma Jackson, a field organizer with ...
Jul 17, 2019
U.S. canoeists besieged by grizzly on Northwest Territories canoe trip rescued
YELLOWKNIFE - Mounties say a pair of American travellers had to rescued from the Northwest Territories wilderness after a grizzly bear destroyed their canoe. RCMP say they got...
Jul 17, 2019