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Internet-based 911 calling on the horizon; aim is to enhance response
TORONTO - Emergency services will soon have to ensure they can pinpoint the location of people calling 911 for help on their cellphones. The technically complex shift mandated by Canada's telecommunic...
Dec 22, 2019
Conservatives postpone policy convention to focus on organizing leadership race
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they're postponing a policy convention that had been scheduled for mid-April to allow more time to organize an upcoming leadership race. The party announced the ...
Dec 22, 2019
Judge refuses injunction request from Montreal caleche drivers ahead of deadline
MONTREAL - A judge refused a last-minute effort by Montreal caleche drivers seeking to save their industry, ruling on Friday against an emergency injunction request to stop new city rul...
Dec 22, 2019
Canadian storylines heading into the world junior hockey championship
Canada opens its world junior hockey championship Thursday against the United States in the Czech Republic. The Canadian Press takes a look at some of the storylines for the Canadians heading into thi...
Dec 22, 2019
Wisconsin governor rejects 'Making a Murderer' pardon bid
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday he will not consider a pardon request from a man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager whose story was documented in the 2015 Netfli...
Dec 22, 2019
UK charges US diplomat's wife over teen's death in crash
LONDON - An American diplomat's wife who left the U.K. after being involved in a road accident that killed a British teenager has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, British prosecut...
Dec 22, 2019
Chief: City employee targeted co-worker in deadly shooting
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A deadly shooting at a city building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was an act of "workplace violence" by one city employee who targeted a co-worker he'd disliked for a long ti...
Dec 22, 2019
Experts call for ice climbers to wear avalanche safety gear in the mountains
BANFF, Alta. - Outdoor experts are hoping that an avalanche that killed three world-class climbers last spring will lead to improved safety in the sport. American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David La...
Dec 22, 2019
'Wexit' should heed pitfalls faced by other separatist movements: experts
CALGARY - Recent secessionist movements in the world offer few encouraging examples to western Canadians who are miffed at the federal government and think they'd be better off living in a s...
Dec 22, 2019
Q&A: Anthony Daniels talks long ride as C-3PO in 'Star Wars'
LOS ANGELES - Anthony Daniels went through a painful experience after not receiving the same amount of public recognition as other co-stars when the first "Star Wars" film was released in 1977. But in...
Dec 22, 2019