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Crown completes evidence in ex-Quebec media star Eric Salvail's sex assault case
MONTREAL - The Crown has finished presenting evidence in the sex assault trial of former Quebec media star Eric Salvail. Salvail's lawyer, Michel Massicotte, said today the defence will pres...
Feb 19, 2020
Via Rail lays off 1,000 employees temporarily as blockades drag on
TORONTO - Via Rail says it is temporarily laying off 1,000 employees due to blockades that continue to halt service on CN tracks in Eastern Canada. The Crown corporation has suspended passenger trains...
Feb 19, 2020
Canadian moguls team member Brayden Kuroda dies at 19
Canadian freestyle moguls team member Brayden Kuroda has died. Freestyle Canada made the announcement in a news release on Tuesday, saying Kuroda's death happened "suddenly" on Monday n...
Feb 19, 2020
Perfect Game: McCarville throws 100 per cent in 4-3 win over Walker at Scotties
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville threw a perfect game in a 4-3 victory over Alberta's Laura Walker on Wednesday morning at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts....
Feb 19, 2020
Blockade supporting Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs on rail line in Edmonton
EDMONTON - A blockade has been set up on a Canadian National Railway line on the western edge of Edmonton in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline in Br...
Feb 19, 2020
Kanesatake chief retracts rail blockade comments after community uproar
KANESATAKE, Que. - An Indigenous leader in Quebec is retracting comments about ongoing rail blockades that didn't go over well with members of his own community. Kanesatake Grand Chief Serge Otsi ...
Feb 19, 2020
First lady Melania Trump honoured by Christian college
PALM BEACH, Fla. - First lady Melania Trump touted her "Be Best" program and the Trump administration's battle against the opioid crisis as she accept an award Wednesday from a Florida Christian colle...
Feb 19, 2020
Hasidic education official tells trial Talmudic education rigorous
MONTREAL - The head of a Jewish home-schooling association took umbrage in court Monday with the accusation his ultra-Orthodox community fails to properly educate its boys, claiming Talmudic stud...
Feb 19, 2020
Fort Macleod and Vulcan-area projects among 12 receiving funding to combat housing issues
EDMONTON, AB - 12 projects in 11 different Albertan communities are receiving funding to tackle homelessness and housing instability.The Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN) has announced more tha...
Feb 19, 2020 ARDN logo (Photo: Alberta Rural Development Network on Facebook)
Lethbridge man pleads guilty to child porn, sexual assault, child luring
LETHBRIDGE, AB - An anticipated trial for Gary Lippa, 38, took an unexpected turn in Lethbridge Court of Queen's Bench.He took to the stand on Wednesday, February 19.Originally, this was supposed to b...
Feb 19, 2020 Gary Lippa. (Gary Lippa on Facebook)