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Trial hears Manitoba Mountie made disastrous tactical decision before shooting
THOMPSON, Man. - An expert in police use of force testified an RCMP officer in northern Manitoba made a disastrous tactical decision to step in front a vehicle before he shot the driver. Const. Abram ...
Jun 25, 2019
Cardi B pleads not guilty to new charges in strip club brawl
NEW YORK - Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B has been arraigned on new felony charges in connection with a fight last year at a New York City strip club. The rapper was dressed in a dark blue pantsuit wit...
Jun 25, 2019
Toronto FC looks to snap winless skid in coach Greg Vanney's 200th game
TORONTO - Greg Vanney has encountered better times in his five years as head coach of Toronto FC. After Toronto won the MLS Cup, Supporters' Shield and Canadian Championship in 2017, the team&nbs...
Jun 25, 2019
Mounties put more eyes in the sky with expanding drone fleet
OTTAWA - Newly disclosed records show the RCMP has assembled a fleet of more than 200 flying drones - eyes in the sky that officers use for everything from accident-scene investiga...
Jun 25, 2019
Mitsubishi Motors to relocate North America HQ to Tennessee
NASHVILLE - Mitsubishi Motors announced on Tuesday that it is relocating its North America headquarters from California to Tennessee, a move that will bring the Japanese automaker closer to its sister...
Jun 25, 2019
Cosby files appeal over testimony from other women accusers
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Comedian Bill Cosby has filed a lengthy appeal of the sex assault conviction that landed him in prison and says the judge allowed testimony from other women accusers that wasn't rele...
Jun 25, 2019
Fossil of Jurassic World's "sea monster" found south of Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - When crews with the Enchanted Mine were looking for ammonite on June 12th, they found something entirely different, the fossil of a Mosasaur.When they made the discovery, they immedia...
Jun 25, 2019 Mosasaur fossil found south of Lethbridge in June 2019 (Supplied by Royal Tyrrell Museum)
Plastics forks at Trudeau lunch a sign of hypocrisy: Conservatives
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a hypocrite over plastic cutlery that was available at a lunch meeting he held with youth activists in his Montreal riding....
Jun 25, 2019
Blues sign coach Craig Berube to 3-year contract extension
ST. LOUIS - The Blues signed coach Craig Berube to a three-year contract extension Tuesday after he led St. Louis to its first Stanley Cup championship in his first season in charge. The Blues were in...
Jun 25, 2019
Iraqi Kurds invite Canada to help train, equip peshmerga after being frozen out
OTTAWA - Canada is being invited to once again provide training to Iraq's Kurdish security forces, who worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Canadian soldiers in the war against the Islamic State group bef...
Jun 25, 2019