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Border officials, RCMP to testify on impact of Trump's plans for border security
OTTAWA - Canadian officials in charge of border enforcement will testify at a parliamentary committee later today on the impact of president-elect Donald Trump's plans for border security and migratio...
Dec 12, 2024
Canadian flyweight Jamey-Lyn Horth wastes little time getting back in the UFC cage
Canadian flyweight Jamey-Lyn Horth waited 11 months for her last UFC fight. This time it's taken just six weeks to get back into the cage. The 34-year-old from Squamish, B.C., looks for her third win ...
Dec 12, 2024
Wander Franco's sex abuse trial has been postponed 5 months
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) - The trial against Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who has been charged with sexually abusing a minor, sexual and commercial exploitation against a minor...
Dec 12, 2024
Montreal billionaire Robert Miller facing new sex charges involving underage girl
MONTREAL - Montreal billionaire Robert Miller is facing criminal charges of sexual misconduct involving a new complainant who was under the age of 14 when the alleged offences began. The 81-year-old f...
Dec 12, 2024
Only new firearms from buyback program will go to Ukraine, Defence Department says
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's plan to send firearms from its buyback program to the battlefield in Ukraine will only include unused weapons, the Department of National Defence says. A department s...
Dec 12, 2024
Law firm warns $47.8B First Nations child welfare reforms could be lost with election
OTTAWA - A legal review commissioned by the Assembly of First Nations is warning a $47.8 billion deal to reform the First Nations child welfare system could be moot if there's a change in government i...
Dec 12, 2024
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 3...
Dec 12, 2024
American who says he crossed into Syria on foot is free after 7 months in detention
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - An American who says he crossed into Syria on foot is now free after seven months in detention. Travis Timmerman told the Al-Arabiya TV network in an interview on Thursday that ...
Dec 12, 2024
American who says he crossed into Syria on foot is freed after 7 months in detention
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - An American who says he crossed into Syria on foot has been released after seven months in detention. Travis Timmerman told the Al-Arabiya TV network in an interview on Thursday...
Dec 12, 2024
In The Rings: New hammer rule to be tested at next Grand Slam of Curling event
As far as curling experiments go, a new rule that will be used at the next Grand Slam competition looks like a doozy. Organizers plan to test a setup that will see a team lose hammer after a second co...
Dec 12, 2024