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Asset freeze sought in proposed suit alleging Quebec billionaire paid minors for sex
MONTREAL - A lawyer representing dozens of women who say a Montreal billionaire paid them for sex while they were minors wants to freeze millions of dollars of the businessman's assets. Jeff Orenstein...
Nov 17, 2023
Alberta tourism spending returns to pre-pandemic levels
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta's tourism spending levels have returned to pre-pandemic levels, two years ahead of schedule.The Bootstrap Plan was created in 2021 by Travel Alberta. It focuses on three main ...
Nov 17, 2023
Zamboni leaking carbon monoxide likely to have caused hockey players' illness: mayor
WAKAW, Sask. - A Saskatchewan town has temporarily closed its hockey arena after carbon monoxide likely from a Zamboni left players sick. The rink in Wakaw, northeast of Saskatoon, was hosting an unde...
Nov 17, 2023
Senegal's highest court ruling blocks detained opposition leader Sonko from running for president
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Senegal's highest court on Friday effectively barred detained opposition leader Ousmane Sonko from running for president early next year by overturning a decision that reinstated...
Nov 17, 2023
Province announces funding to support Alberta trails
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The provincial government has announced funding to boost activity on non-motorized trails on public lands.Alberta is home to 4,219 kilometres of provincially-designated trails where r...
Nov 17, 2023
Former RCMP official's rationale for disclosing secrets can't be believed: Crown
OTTAWA - A Crown prosecutor says a former RCMP official's excuse for leaking secret information is flawed and should not be believed. In closing arguments today, federal lawyer Judy Kliewer told a jur...
Nov 17, 2023
Lawsuit accuses Concordia, student union of failing to address antisemitism on campus
MONTREAL - A proposed class-action lawsuit accuses Concordia University in Montreal and its student union of failing to meaningfully address antisemitism on campus. The lawsuit application seeks $15 m...
Nov 17, 2023
'Very grateful for things:' Woman who escaped Gaza appreciative of life in Canada
MISSISSAUGA - Rana Nassrawi has been appreciating the little things lately. After getting trapped in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war and narrowly dodging airstrikes with her two young sons, the 43-year...
Nov 17, 2023
Hockey Canada chair Hugh L. Fraser not seeking re-election to board
The chair of Hockey Canada's board says he will not be seeking re-election. Hugh L. Fraser made the decision not to seek re-election in the summer, driven by a desire to pursue other projects related ...
Nov 17, 2023
Man with knife robs Shaunavon business
Update at 11 a.m. MSTRCMP at Shaunavon says a suspect has been taken into custodySHAUNAVON, SK. - Mounties in southwestern Saskatchewan are looking for a man suspected of robbing a Shaunavon business ...
Nov 17, 2023