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Liberals promise action on biases in justice system, policing
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is promising legislation and money to address systemic inequities in all phases of the criminal justice system. The commitments come amid mounting concerns about unfair...
Sep 24, 2020

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says throne speech spectacularly missed the mark
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the federal government's throne speech spectacularly missed the mark for the province.Kenney says there was nothing in the Trudeau government's plan for the ailing en...
Sep 24, 2020

Gender reveal for 'robust' new calf of endangered west coast orca species
FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. - Whale watchers in Washington state say they've determined the sex of the new addition to a critically endangered pod of killer whales. A social media post by the Center for Whal...
Sep 24, 2020

Trump niece files suit saying family cheated her of millions
NEW YORK - Donald Trump's niece followed up her bestselling , tell-all book with a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the president and two of his siblings cheated her out of millions of dollars over seve...
Sep 24, 2020

CFL teams reveal 10 players who are on their exclusive negotiation lists
TORONTO - The Calgary Stampeders are taking a flyer on linebacker Marcus Smith II. Smith, a former first-round pick of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, is one of 10 players on Calgary's negotiation...
Sep 24, 2020

Patriots owner Kraft cleared of massage parlour sex charge
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Florida prosecutors dropped a misdemeanour charge against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Thursday after courts blocked their use of video that allegedly shows him p...
Sep 24, 2020

Eyewitnesses to mass shooting take stand in Fredericton murder trial
FREDERICTON - Norma Foster told a Fredericton courtroom Thursday that on the morning of Aug. 10, 2018, she woke up to gun shots. The witness told jurors she called 911 and looked out he...
Sep 24, 2020

At UN, China, Russia and US clash over pandemic responses
TANZANIA, Tanzania - China, the United States and Russia butted heads at the United Nations on Thursday over responsibility for the pandemic that has interrupted the world, trading allegations about w...
Sep 24, 2020

Supreme Court agrees to hear case involving fine for massive maple syrup heist
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case involving the fine imposed on one of the ringleaders of a massive maple syrup heist. Richard Vallieres was found guilty of fraud, traffic...
Sep 24, 2020

RCMP seeking suspect in Waterton bear spray incident
WATERTON, AB - Pincher Creek RCMP are searching for a man who used bear spray on another man while hiking in Waterton Lakes National Park.On September 20th, a man hiking on the Bertha Lake Trail was s...
Sep 24, 2020