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Bail hearing for alleged RCMP leaker wraps, decision due Tuesday
OTTAWA - Cameron Jay Ortis, a senior RCMP official accused of breaching Canada's official-secrets law, should learn next week whether he will be released on bail. A two-day bail hearing wrap...
Oct 18, 2019
Brother of Honduran president convicted in drug conspiracy
NEW YORK - The brother of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernndez was convicted Friday in a massive drug conspiracy case in New York City. Juan Antonio "Tony" Hernndez is a former Honduran congressma...
Oct 18, 2019
Alberta says grant plan to cut class sizes has failed, costing $3.4 billion
EDMONTON - Alberta's education minister says a grant program to cut class sizes in schools has spent $3.4 billion over the last 15 years while failing to deliver results. Adriana LaGrange says a repor...
Oct 18, 2019 Alberta Legislature
Workers celebrate deal with GM, show union power in industry
DETROIT - On the picket lines at a General Motors transmission plant in Toledo, Ohio, passing cars honked and striking workers celebrated a tentative contract deal by munching on 10 pizzas dropped off...
Oct 18, 2019
Yanks' bullpen to be tested after rainout squeezes ALCS
NEW YORK - A rainy day in the Bronx has left a most daunting October test for the New York Yankees vaunted bullpen: four games, four days and already a deficit to overcome against the Houston Astros i...
Oct 18, 2019
Joe Maddon returns to Los Angeles Angels as manager
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Joe Maddon is back under the halo. Maddon agreed to a three-year deal to become the Los Angeles Angels' manager on Wednesday, reuniting the World Series-winning former bench boss of ...
Oct 18, 2019
Bloc leader already talking about defeating minority governments, blocking bills
CANDIAC, Que. - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is already touting the gains his party would seek for Quebec - and the projects it would block - in the event of a minority gover...
Oct 18, 2019
Trudeau accuses Tories of running 'one of the dirtiest, nastiest campaigns'
MONTREAL - Justin Trudeau usually moves through a crowd at a brisk pace, stopping just long enough to pose for a photo and express his gratitude before reaching for the next outstretched hand. An olde...
Oct 18, 2019
TSN president weighs in on the network, competition and sports media landscape
TORONTO - Ask TSN president Stewart Johnston about his start at the network and he'll fire off specifics like it was yesterday. "It was Feb. 10, 1997. I wore a full suit because I didn't know what to ...
Oct 18, 2019
Roughly 9,000 still without power in Manitoba after snowstorm
WINNIPEG - Slogging through drenched fields and exposed to open prairie in near-freezing temperatures, Manitoba Hydro crews continued to restore power Wednesday to homes and businesses hit by last wee...
Oct 18, 2019