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Montreal researchers create audible hockey puck for visually impaired players
MONTREAL - A team of Montreal university researchers has developed an audible hockey puck they say could revolutionize the sport for blind players. For years, visually impaired hockey players have&nbs...
May 18, 2019
B.C. legislature clerk retires; report says benefits wrongly claimed
VICTORIA - A spending scandal that shook British Columbia's legislature came to a partial conclusion Thursday with the abrupt retirement of the clerk and the suspended sergeant-at-arms asking for...
May 18, 2019
Indigenous teen's treatment while disclosing abuse indicative of 'pattern'
OTTAWA - B.C.'s former child representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says the "heinous" treatment of an Indigenous teenager during a 2012 interrogation by an RCMP officer reflects a pattern ...
May 18, 2019
Lyon beats Barcelona 4-1 to win Women's Champions League
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Lyon beat Barcelona 4-1 in the final to win its fourth consecutive Women's Champions League on Saturday. Ada Hegerberg scored three times in the first half to star for the French s...
May 18, 2019
Abortion rights demonstration held on Cannes red carpet
CANNES, France - Ahead of Saturday's premiere of an Argentine documentary on abortion, dozens of women demonstrated for abortion rights on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Women, ...
May 18, 2019
'Dignity and wisdom': Chief justice praises Gascon after final high-court case
OTTAWA - Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon received a standing ovation Thursday after hearing his final case on the high court. Gascon graciously thanked his family and colleagues, saying it is an ...
May 18, 2019
NS premier told China party official Canadians need to feel 'safe' during visits
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier says he told a senior Communist Party official during trade talks that Canadians need to feel "safe" and protected by the rule of law as he boosts tourism tie...
May 18, 2019
Quebec credits new gun registry for huge jump in number of voluntary surrenders
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is crediting its new gun registry law for a major spike in the number of long guns voluntarily handed over to police for destruction. Between April 1, 2...
May 18, 2019
Matthew McConaughey receives original high school diploma
LONGVIEW, Texas - Actor Matthew McConaughey has finally received his high school diploma, more than 30 years after graduating. McConaughey was given his original diploma Friday night when he returned ...
May 18, 2019
Facebook busts Israel-based campaign to disrupt elections
JERUSALEM - Facebook said Thursday it banned an Israeli company that ran an influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries and has cancelled dozens of accounts engaged in spread...
May 18, 2019