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Man fit to stand trial in girl's death at B.C. high school: judge
VANCOUVER - A man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl in a British Columbia high school has been declared mentally fit to stand trial after a change in medication his lawyer described as a “mi...
Jan 24, 2019
Alberta RCMP corporal faces two assault charges after confrontation during arrest
NISKU, Alta. - An RCMP corporal faces assault charges related to the arrest of a 26-year old man south of Edmonton. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team investigated the circumstances surroundin...
Jan 24, 2019
Pilot who died in Alberta ultralight crash had just bought the plane: TSB
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A pilot who died last summer in the fiery crash of an ultralight plane near Grande Prairie, Alta., had just taken off in the newly purchased aircraft before it hit the ground l...
Jan 24, 2019
AP source: MLB seeks to increase DL, option time
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball has proposed going back to a 15-day disabled list and increasing the time optioned players usually must spend in the minor leagues, a person familiar with the negotiat...
Jan 24, 2019
Ottawa 67's forward Tye Felhaber scoring goals at a pace not seen in years
TORONTO - Ottawa 67’s forward Tye Felhaber is producing goals at a rate not seen in the Ontario Hockey League in well over a decade. The 20-year-old started the season strong and has yet to cool...
Jan 24, 2019
Official: Asylum seekers to wait in Mexico starting Friday
SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration on Friday will start forcing some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. courts, an official said, launching what could become one of...
Jan 24, 2019
Canadians Bianca Andreescu, Eugenie Bouchard set to clash at Challenger
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Canada’s top two women’s tennis players will square off for the first time on Friday at the Oracle Challenger. Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount, Que., will face Bianca...
Jan 24, 2019
Football great Joe Montana looking to score with marijuana
SAN FRANCISCO - Hall-of-Fame quarterback Joe Montana, looking to hit pay dirt in the legal marijuana industry, is part of a $75 million investment in a pot operator, it was announced Thursday. San Jos...
Jan 24, 2019
Ice disk freezes out an attempt to hack peace sign into it
WESTBROOK, Maine - A giant disk of river ice has proved too much for a New Jersey attention-seeker who tried to carve a peace sign on it. Christopher Angelo, of Lavallette, New Jersey, went onto the i...
Jan 24, 2019
SACPA session takes aim at Canada establishing a national Pharmacare Program
LETHBRIDGE - Canada, out of all the developed countries that currently have universal single-payer health-care systems, is the only one that does not include coverage for prescription drugs. In the fe...
Jan 24, 2019