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Quebec chief justice criticized for declaring herself 'feminist' at Bill 21 hearing
MONTREAL - Quebec's chief justice declared herself a feminist in court last week and then suggested opposition to the province's secularism law resulted from "visual allergies" to seeing wom...
Dec 04, 2019
California Rep. Hunter to plead guilty to corruption charge
SAN DIEGO - California Rep. Duncan Hunter said he plans to plead guilty to misusing campaign funds and is prepared to go to jail, a stunning turn of events for the six-term Republican who had steadfas...
Dec 04, 2019
Hurricanes trade Rylan Thiessen for 2020 draft pick
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes are gearing up for the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft.They traded 18-year-old Thiessen to the Brandon Wheat Kings in exchange for a sixth-round pick next year.The def...
Dec 04, 2019 Rylan Thiessen. (Supplied by Lethbridge Hurricanes)
Wilkinson says carbon price hikes won't be decided until 2022
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says there will be no decision made about hiking the carbon price beyond $50 a tonne for at least another two years. The Ecofiscal Commission study rel...
Dec 04, 2019
Washington’s Chris Petersen resigns, Jimmy Lake to take over
SEATTLE - Chris Petersen has always worked according to his own schedule. During eight seasons as the head coach at Boise State he brought the Broncos into the elite of college football, never in a ru...
Dec 04, 2019
Police, family and friends continue search for missing man
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 26-year-old Alberta man remains missing and the search for him continues.According to Calgary Police, Marshal Iwaasa was last seen by his family in Lethbridge on November 17. Police...
Dec 04, 2019 Marshal Iwaasa was last seen by his family on November 17 (Photos supplied by Alexis Iwaasa)
Action plan on missing, murdered Indigenous women coming by June: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the federal government will release by June 2020 its plan to respond to the final report of the inquiry into missing an...
Dec 04, 2019
Scheer warns Liberals his Tories are watching as Parliament prepares to return
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says there will be no more free rides in the House of Commons for the Liberal government. Scheer says his Opposition intends to fight hard now that the days ...
Dec 04, 2019
Ontario not on track to achieving emissions reductions targets: auditor
TORONTO - Ontario is unlikely to meet its 2030 emissions target under its current climate change plan - and Premier Doug Ford's government knows it, the province's auditor gen...
Dec 04, 2019
Student in custody after shooting at Milwaukee-area school
MILWAUKEE - A police officer shot an armed male student in a classroom at a suburban Milwaukee high school Monday morning after the teenager pointed a gun at officers, a police chief said. Officers pe...
Dec 04, 2019