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Constitutional scholar says Charter argument not valid in fight against masks, other COVID restrictions
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB - An expert on Canadian constitutional law says the argument that public health regulations imposed by the provincial government infringe on personal rights and freedoms are invalid...
Nov 29, 2020
Testing new release strategy, 'The Croods' opens to $14.2M
NEW YORK - Testing a novel release strategy, Universal Pictures' animated sequel "The Croods: A New Age" had one of the best opening weekends of the pandemic, grossing $14.2 million over the five-day ...
Nov 29, 2020
'I've been spared a lot,' van attack survivor says as she watches trial alone
TORONTO - Every day virtual court sits, Catherine Riddell wakes up, shakes off the aches, grabs her walker and hops in a cab down to the real courthouse where she steels herself for a long day peering...
Nov 29, 2020
Suspected extremists kill at least 40 farmers in Nigeria
MAIDGURI, Nigeria - Suspected members of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram killed at least 40 rice farmers and fishermen while they were harvesting crops in Nigeria's northern Borno State, officia...
Nov 29, 2020
Investigators search doctor's office, probing Maradona death
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine police searched the home and office of Diego Maradona's personal doctor on Sunday as part of investigations into the death of the 60-year-old soccer star, which cau...
Nov 29, 2020
Spread of COVID-19 in Brampton linked to systemic factors, experts say
When Kelly Lopes learned back in the spring that the Ontario government was ordering her teenaged children to stay home from school for their own safety but expected them and their parents to continue...
Nov 29, 2020
Nunavut judges disagree on how to sentence offenders during pandemic
IQALUIT - Three Nunavut judges, including the territory's chief justice, are at odds over whether harsher prison conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic should be considered in sentencing. One of t...
Nov 29, 2020
Few federal inmates moved from solitary after external reviews, new data show
TORONTO - Independent reviews of the hundreds of inmates placed in segregation over the past year found only a handful were inappropriate, new government data indicate. According to the previously unp...
Nov 29, 2020
Spread of COVID-19 in Brampton linked to systemic factors, experts say
When Kelly Lopes learned back in the spring that the Ontario government was ordering her teenaged children to stay home from school for their own safety but expected them and their parents to continue...
Nov 29, 2020
Jill Biden, Joe's chief protector, stepping up as first lady
WASHINGTON - She's fended off protesters who made a run at her husband. She's moved him farther from reporters during the coronavirus pandemic. She's supported his presidential ambitions again and aga...
Nov 29, 2020