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Feds ask Supreme Court to weigh in on 15-day cap on prisoner isolation
TORONTO - A hard limit on how long inmates can be in solitary confinement could be dangerous, the federal government argues in asking the Supreme Court of Canada to set aside the 15-day cap Ontario...
Apr 10, 2019
Former Harper cabinet minister hanging up his federal political hat
OTTAWA - Rob Nicholson, the longest-serving Conservative member of Parliament, isn’t running for re-election in the fall. Nicholson, who was first elected in 1984 in Niagara Falls and held cabin...
Apr 10, 2019
Trudeau defends changes to asylum laws that have refugee workers alarmed
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending controversial changes to asylum laws included in an omnibus budget bill tabled this week, saying his government wants to ensure Canada’s refug...
Apr 10, 2019
Trudeau says mayor who compared Quebec bill to ethnic cleansing should apologize
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday became the latest politician to call out a suburban Montreal mayor who compared Quebec’s recently tabled secularism bill to ethnic cleansing. ...
Apr 10, 2019
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has book coming in the fall
NEW YORK - Nikki Haley, the former United Nations ambassador and South Carolina governor, has a book deal. St. Martin’s Press announced Wednesday that Haley’s book, currently untitled, wil...
Apr 10, 2019
Netflix launches comedy channel on SiriusXM
NEW YORK - Netflix is launching its first audio venture that will feature the video streaming service’s comedy programming on SiriusXM. The companies on Wednesday announced “Netflix Is A J...
Apr 10, 2019
London Eye to be red, white and blue when royal baby born
LONDON - Special plans are being made to welcome the first child of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. Officials said Wednesday that the landmark London Eye observation wheel on ...
Apr 10, 2019
Jarmusch's 'The Dead Don't Die' to open Cannes Film Festival
NEW YORK - Jim Jarmusch’s zombie film “The Dead Don’t Die” will open the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival. The French festival announced Tuesday that “The Dead Don’...
Apr 10, 2019
Huffman to plead guilty next month in admissions scam
BOSTON - Felicity Huffman will appear in Boston’s federal court next month to plead guilty in the college admissions bribery scam. The “Desperate Housewives” star’s plea hearin...
Apr 10, 2019
Florida board denies clemency for 'White Boy Rick'
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Florida clemency board has denied an early prison release for a man known as “White Boy Rick,” once one of the FBI’s youngest informants and the subject of a re...
Apr 10, 2019