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No defence called in trial of man accused of killing B.C. police officer
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The lawyer for a man accused of murdering a police officer in Abbotsford, B.C., will not call a defence in the trial. Martin Peters, who represents Oscar Arfmann, told the...
Jul 24, 2019
Toddler rescued from trench in Saskatchewan after searchers hear his giggles
ANEROID, Sask. - An Edmonton woman says her toddler is tired, a little scratched up and sunburned but otherwise fine after he spent overnight in a muddy trench in southwestern Saskatchewan. Keele...
Jul 24, 2019
Swedish investigation ends of man in fight with A$AP Rocky
STOCKHOLM - Swedish prosecutors have dropped their investigation of a man they say was involved in a fight with American rapper A$AP Rocky. Magnus Stromberg represents the alleged victim and said Mond...
Jul 24, 2019
Evicted tenant challenges 'draconian' pot law as unconstitutional
TORONTO - A man evicted from his home and whose possessions were seized has launched a legal challenge to new Ontario legislation that aims to weed out illegal cannabis sales. In an unproven applicati...
Jul 24, 2019
Bombers' O'Shea, Ticats' Steinauer have a long and successful past together
They've been teammates and coached together. On Friday night, Mike O'Shea and Orlondo Steinauer square off for the first time as rival CFL head coaches. The league's top two teams will meet ...
Jul 24, 2019
ALERT makes second major drug bust in a week in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT - The ALERT unit has made another drug bust.42 thousand dollars in cash and drugs were seized including methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl.Police are concerned with the 67 grams of fen...
Jul 24, 2019 ALERT unit photo
Food fight: Liberals, Tories trade shots as pre-campaign battles intensify
OTTAWA - Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre took aim at the Liberals Monday morning for bringing back former prime ministerial aide Gerald Butts to work on their election campaign. An h...
Jul 24, 2019
Le Batard absent from radio show after assailing Trump, ESPN
NEW YORK - ESPN's Dan Le Batard was away from his radio show Monday after attracting attention for criticizing President Donald Trump's racist tweets and his network's policy of avoiding politics unle...
Jul 24, 2019
Trudeau names outgoing NDP MP Murray Rankin to lead new security-review agency
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making an outgoing New Democrat MP the chair of a new national-security review agency. Murray Rankin has been the member of Parliament for Victoria since 2012...
Jul 24, 2019
Canadian government faces call to revoke funding for giant telescope in Hawaii
OTTAWA - The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says Canada should bail out of a plan to build a large new telescope in Hawaii on land claimed as sacred by Indigenous Hawaiians. In an open letter to Prime Mi...
Jul 24, 2019