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Calgary-based Vegas Golden Knights season ticket holder left out in the cold
One of the hottest attractions on Sin City’s strip, the Vegas Golden Knights say they don’t condone situations where season ticket holders “purchase a membership with the intent of p...
Jan 10, 2019
Canadian Tajon Buchanan prized in MLS SuperDraft, could be the first name called
TORONTO - Tajon Buchanan, who had to pay to take part in a Syracuse University ID camp in 2016 to make his case to join the Orange, could take centre stage Friday in an MLS SuperDraft long on Canadian...
Jan 10, 2019
Lawyer urges judge to release man convicted of killing wife in B.C.
VANCOUVER - A prisoner who has proclaimed his innocence in the 1994 murder of his common-law wife in British Columbia should be released on bail while the federal government reviews his case as a pote...
Jan 10, 2019
Cases of residential school abuse uncompensated because of signature rule
TORONTO - Legitimate cases of residential school abuse are going uncompensated under a class-action settlement because the victims died without signing an application form, a situation one lawyer call...
Jan 10, 2019
Online petition and protest against actions of LPS officer gather steam
LETHBRIDGE – Just days after an online petition was initiated, calling for a Lethbridge Police officer to be fired over his actions Jan. 5, more than 33,000 people (at the time this article was ...
Jan 10, 2019
Cohen, ex-Trump lawyer, to testify publicly before Congress
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will testify publicly before a House committee next month in a hearing that could serve as the opening salvo of a promised Dem...
Jan 10, 2019
Canadian pole vaulter Newman back competing for the first time since May
TORONTO - Alysha Newman might have been wearing a megawatt smile when she soared to pole vault gold at the Commonwealth Games last March. But the 24-year-old was competing through pain so bad, sheR...
Jan 10, 2019
Health Canada launches campaign to educate teens on the health risks of vaping
Health Canada is ramping up efforts to warn young Canadians about the potential risks associated with vaping, the agency said Thursday. Spokeswoman Maryse Durette said the government body has launched...
Jan 10, 2019
Thalidomide survivor calls on government to boost annual payment
OTTAWA - A Health Canada revamp of a compensation program doesn’t boost annual payments to a level that could make the difference between independence and institutionalization, thalidomide survi...
Jan 10, 2019
Nine coworkers at Guelph, Ont., car parts plant split $60-million lotto jackpot
GUELPH, Ont. - A group of coworkers at an Ontario automotive parts plant are the winners of a $60-million lottery jackpot. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. says the nine colleagues worked the same...
Jan 10, 2019