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Legal aid won't take on Quebec man seeking to withdraw guilty plea for killing unborn child
MONTREAL - A Quebec man seeking to withdraw his guilty pleas in the killing of his unborn child and the stabbing of his ex-wife won't be represented by legal aid in the case. Sofiane Ghazi suddenly pl...
Oct 26, 2019
N.B. Appeal Court orders new murder trial for woman convicted in stabbing death
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a young woman convicted in the brutal slaying of a Moncton teen who was stabbed about 200 times, concluding that a judge's err...
Oct 26, 2019
Chicago Cubs hire David Ross to replace Maddon as manager
CHICAGO - The Chicago Cubs thought they needed a new voice in the dugout. They are banking on good ol' "Grandpa Rossy" to give them a spark. The Cubs hired David Ross to replace Joe Maddon as their ma...
Oct 26, 2019
Police called after Catherine McKenna's office vandalized with vulgar slur
OTTAWA - Newly re-elected Liberal MP Catherine McKenna says she has notified police after someone spray-painted a vulgar slur on the front of her Ottawa Centre campaign office. Staff arriving at the o...
Oct 26, 2019
At different ends of salary scale, Pozuelo and Laryea make mark with Toronto FC
NEW YORK - With a salary of US$3.8 million in 2019, Spanish playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo is looking like a bargain for Toronto FC. But Toronto-born fullback Richie Laryea, at the MLS-minimum $56,2...
Oct 26, 2019
Canadian star Andreescu ready to face idol Halep in WTA Finals debut
Bianca Andreescu has grown accustomed to competing against players she grew up idolizing after facing - and beating - so many of them during her breakout season on the WT...
Oct 26, 2019
The Latest: Few documents found on truck victims, no IDs
LONDON - The Latest on the deaths of 39 people in a truck in England (all times local): 3:15 p.m. UK police in Essex say all of the 39 victims found dead in a truck container in southeastern England a...
Oct 26, 2019
Former N.S. police chief found guilty of sexually exploiting teen
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - A former police chief in Nova Scotia who was described in court as a "father figure" to a 17-year-old girl with mental health issues was convicted Thursday of sexually exploiting t...
Oct 26, 2019
Alberta UCP government tables budget with cuts to civil servants, universities
EDMONTON - Alberta is blazing a new trail for its red-ink economy with a budget that preserves health and education funding but takes a big stick to cities, civil servants and universities. ...
Oct 26, 2019
Liberals: TMX pipeline could fund $500 million a year in clean energy projects
OTTAWA - The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that...
Oct 26, 2019