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Canadian military-college students report widespread sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada report says more than two-thirds of students at the country's military colleges personally witnessed or experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in the past year. The fin...
Oct 8, 2020
Quebec reports 1,078 new COVID-19 infections, nine more deaths linked to virus
MONTREAL - Premier Francois Legault says the province is reporting 1,078 new COVID-19 cases and nine more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Legault told reporters today hospitalizations incr...
Oct 8, 2020
Penhold man charged for assault at Sept. 20 anti-racism event
RCMP say their investigation into altercations that broke out after an anti-racism demonstration last month in Red Deer was disrupted has determined that three separate assaults took place.The investi...
Oct 8, 2020
Alberta wants to clear the way for development of 'untapped' geothermal energy
CALGARY - Alberta's energy minister says the province intends to clear hurdles to the development of clean geothermal energy.Sonya Savage said the United Conservative government plans to bring in legi...
Oct 8, 2020
Supreme Court declines to review sentence in stabbing of Manitoba teenager
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not review the eight-year sentence handed to a man who stabbed a teenager at a church.Maksym Kravchenko assaulted the girl in a washroom after a Sunday servic...
Oct 8, 2020
AP source: New Titans positive test raises total to 23 cases
NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Titans have had another positive test result to raise their outbreak to 23 cases, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday. Also, an inconcl...
Oct 8, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Pence echoes Trump misfires in VP debate
WASHINGTON - Although more buttoned-up on the stage than his boss, Vice-President Mike Pence nevertheless echoed many of President Donald Trump's falsehoods Wednesday in the one and only debate with D...
Oct 8, 2020
Large Chinese mitten crab crawls into German woman's home
BERLIN - Police in southern Germany say a woman got a shock while airing out her home when a 25-centimetre (10-inch) Chinese mitten crab scurried in from the terrace through the open door. Freiburg po...
Oct 8, 2020
Analyzing Trump's illness is humbling for media's med teams
NEW YORK - Here's an assignment to humble even the most confident doctor: Assess a patient's condition before millions of people without being able to examine him or see a complete medical chart. That...
Oct 8, 2020
Uncertainty in Madrid as court nixes partial virus lockdown
MADRID - A court in Madrid on Thursday struck down a national government order that imposed a partial lockdown in the Spanish capital and its suburbs, siding with regional officials who had resisted s...
Oct 8, 2020