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Alberta property owner who shot suspected thief facing lawsuit
CALGARY - A southern Alberta man who shot at suspected thieves on his rural property is being sued by one of the people.A statement of claim says Ryan Watson entered Edouard Maurice's property near Ok...
Sep 24, 2019
Quebec Human Rights commission says majority of hate attacks go unreported
MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission says the vast majority of xenophobic and Islamophobic hatred in the province goes unreported to competent authorities. The organization has released th...
Sep 24, 2019
James Franklin reclaims Argos' starting quarterback job
TORONTO - James Franklin is set to return as the Toronto Argonauts' starting quarterback. Argos head coach Corey Chamblin says Franklin will start on Saturday when Toronto (2-10) hosts the Saskatchewa...
Sep 24, 2019
Volkswagen bosses charged in Germany over emissions scandal
BERLIN - German prosecutors dealt a blow to Volkswagen's efforts to put the 2015 emissions-cheating case behind it, charging the automaker's chief executive, chairman and former CEO with stock manipul...
Sep 24, 2019
Singh promises cross-Canada clean-energy corridor, electric transit
WINNIPEG - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh made promises Tuesday to build an east-west clean-energy corridor and to convert all public transit systems in Canada to electric vehicles, without be...
Sep 24, 2019
Thomas Cook repatriation ramps up as bosses slammed over pay
LONDON - Britain's biggest repatriation effort since World War II ramped up on Tuesday as questions swirled over the pay Thomas Cook executives received in the run-up to the tour operator's collapse, ...
Sep 24, 2019
NewsAlert: Kevin O'Leary's wife charged in fatal boat crash
SEGUIN TOWNSHIP, Ont. - Police have laid charges in a fatal boat crash involving celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary. Ontario Provincial Police say Linda O'Leary, 56, of Toronto, has been charged...
Sep 24, 2019
B.C. blocks Alberta's "turn off the taps" legislation with court injunction
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Province of BC was successful in its application to the federal courts to stop Alberta from halting oil shipments to the Pacific Province.This is in regards to the inter-border co...
Sep 24, 2019 Trans Mountain Pipeline. (Supplied by Canadian Press)
Ousted Liberal candidate Hassan Guillet to run as Independent in Montreal riding
MONTREAL - An ousted Liberal candidate in a Montreal riding has confirmed he will now run as an Independent. Hassan Guillet made it official today after Elections Canada's website ...
Sep 24, 2019
Local art and media contest focuses on reconciliation
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Reconciliation Week took place earlier this month, but a trio of local organizations want to keep the discussion going.United Way of Lethbridge, the Lethbridge Indigenous Sharing Netw...
Sep 24, 2019 The deadline to submit entries is November 1, 2019 (Photo courtesy United Way of Lethbridge)