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Group linked to robocalls and text messages registers as third party
OTTAWA - A third-party organization linked to a series of robocall and text campaigns in Canada is now officially registered as a third party for the upcoming federal election. Canada Strong and ...
Jul 25, 2019
Quebec police believe to have found bodies of missing Quebec businessman and son
MONTREAL - Police say they believe they have found the bodies of a Quebec businessman and his teenage son who went missing two weeks ago in the upper Laurentians. In a tweet today,...
Jul 25, 2019
Province to return to energy-only electricity market
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government says they plan to return to an energy-only market for electricity following a review.Energy Minister Sonya Savage announced late Wednesday that the province wo...
Jul 25, 2019 A power line in Medicine Hat
Ex-Flynn business partner convicted of illegal lobbying
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A jury on Tuesday convicted a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn on charges he illegally acted as a Turkish agent when he and Flynn undertook...
Jul 25, 2019
Cosby accuser Janice Dickinson says deal brings some justice
LOS ANGELES - Model Janice Dickinson calls settling a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby a "victory" that brings a "measure of justice" but says nothing can erase her assault by the now-imprisoned ...
Jul 25, 2019
Ticats host unbeaten Blue Bombers in battle of CFL division leaders
HAMILTON - Their teams lead their respective divisions and have just one loss between them. But that's still not nearly enough to instigate early Grey Cup talk from either Mik...
Jul 25, 2019
Ex-wife of slain former NBA player pleads guilty
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The ex-wife of slain former NBA player Lorenzen Wright pleaded guilty Thursday to facilitation of first-degree murder in his shooting death nine years ago, a surprise development in o...
Jul 25, 2019
Lametti swats back at Ontario attorney general over legal aid spending
OTTAWA - The Ontario government's rejection of shared responsibility for legal aid is an "excuse for spending cuts" that will leave many of the province's most vulnerable at greate...
Jul 25, 2019
Canadian navy not asked to join British coalition to protect Strait of Hormuz
OTTAWA - Canada has no plans to contribute a ship to Britain's nascent navy coalition to defend international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. A spokesman for Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says Cana...
Jul 25, 2019
Artists' work reduced to ash after fire destroys shared Winnipeg studio
WINNIPEG - Shawna Dempsey did not believe it when she received a text saying a warehouse used by more than two dozen artists as a studio space had gone up in flames. Dempsey asked if it was ...
Jul 25, 2019