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Full parole for Toronto cop who shot teen Sammy Yatim on empty streetcar
TORONTO - A police officer who fatally shot a distraught teenager on an empty Toronto streetcar in 2013 has won full parole. The only restriction on James Forcillo is that he have no contact...
Jan 21, 2020
Canada women's soccer team reduces roster to 20 ahead of CONCACAf Olympic qualifier
Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller has trimmed his roster to 20 ahead of next week's CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, with Jenna Hellstrom and 15-year-old Olivia Smith droppin...
Jan 21, 2020
Impeachment arguments as seen by Democrats, Trump team
WASHINGTON - Legal filings to the Senate have laid out the arguments that will be made in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, where he faces two distinct allegations of abuse of power and obst...
Jan 21, 2020
Armed Forces and neighbours pitch in to help snow bound Newfoundlanders dig out
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Armed Forces personnel were deployed Sunday to help Newfoundland and Labrador dig out from the monster blizzard that paralyzed eastern regions of the province with record breaking a...
Jan 21, 2020
Public asked to avoid 900 block of Second Street S.E. until further notice
MEDICINE HAT - Two calls of note for city police this morning.An erratic driver caused an accident around 7 near Trans Canada Way and Dunmore Road.And police are still dealing with what they've termed...
Jan 21, 2020
Canada to ratify new NAFTA next week following U.S. Senate approval: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will move next week to formally approve North America's new, long-delayed free trade pact. Trudeau says the government will introduce a way...
Jan 21, 2020
Paris couture climbs Mount Olympus, plumbs marine depths
PARIS - Female empowerment, controversies about race, and designs that plunged to the depths of the seas then climbed Mount Olympus were among themes to grace Paris Couture Week on its drama-filled fi...
Jan 21, 2020
Trump impeachment trial to begin with rules fight, long days
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is set to unfold at the Capitol, a contentious proceeding over whether to remove him from office for pressuring Ukraine to investigate his Democ...
Jan 21, 2020
As virus spreads, anxiety rises in China and overseas
WUHAN, China - Face masks sold out and temperature checks at airports and train stations became the new norm as China strove Tuesday to control the outbreak of a new virus that has reached four other ...
Jan 21, 2020
Trump lauds US economy in Davos, says little on climate woes
DAVOS, Switzerland - President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that he's led a "spectacular" turnaround of the U.S. economy and urged the world to invest in America, but had little to say about climate c...
Jan 21, 2020