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Former Montreal mayor can keep $268K severance despite fraud conviction: judge
MONTREAL - A court has ruled that disgraced former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum can keep the $268,000 he received from the city after resigning from office, despite a conv...
Jan 20, 2020
Province announces "outcomes-based" funding model for post-secondary education
CALGARY, AB - The way that Alberta's colleges, universities, and other post-secondary institutions are funded is about to change.Minister of Advanced Education Demetrios Nicolaides declared Monday tha...
Jan 20, 2020 Minister of Advanced Education Demetrios Nicolaides. (Supplied by Government of Alberta)
Week of extreme cold not as busy as originally thought for Lethbridge Shelter
LETHBRIDGE, AB - One might think that last week was an extra busy time for the Lethbridge Shelter and Resource Centre, but that wasn't really the case.Manager Collette Ryostock told Lethbridge News No...
Jan 20, 2020 The Lethbridge Shelter and Resource Centre (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)
Prince wrongful death case dismissed; estate case continues
MINNEAPOLIS - A wrongful death lawsuit filed by Prince's family members has been quietly dismissed in recent months, suggesting family members have reached settlements with defendants including the Mi...
Jan 20, 2020
Film probes radical black-Latino-poor white 1960s alliance
Civil rights activists were still mourning the 1968 assassinations of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy. Richard Nixon was president, the Vietnam War hadn't ended, and urban racial tensi...
Jan 20, 2020
Rejected residential school claim 'appalling,' highlights pattern, says NDP MP
OTTAWA - A woman who alleges she was raped at age 15 while being transported to a residential school has had her settlement claim rejected a fourth time - a case New Democrat MP Charlie Angu...
Jan 20, 2020
Humphries of US atop World Cup women's bobsled standings
IGLS, Austria - Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. extended her lead atop the women's bobsled World Cup standings Saturday, teaming with Sylvia Hoffman to pick up a bronze medal at this weekend's stop at h...
Jan 20, 2020
Crowd of thousands clogs downtown Richmond to defend right to bear arms
RICHMOND, Va. - Tens of thousands of protesters, many decked out in tactical gear and toting assault-style rifles, are amassing in the streets of Virginia's capital city in a show ...
Jan 20, 2020
Poll suggests some don't think Canada should send troops to stop genocide
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests there are some in this country who believe Canada shouldn't intervene militarily if there was a genocide taking place somewhere in the world. The poll commissioned by...
Jan 20, 2020
Special Canada-China parliamentary committee to hold first meeting in Ottawa
OTTAWA - A new special parliamentary committee created to examine Canada's fraught relationship with China will hold its first meeting in Ottawa. The committee's creation was the result of a...
Jan 20, 2020