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Black activist Viola Desmond to be
first Canadian woman on face of currency
GATINEAU, Que. - It had been some time since Viola Desmond last visited the cinema. The hairdresser and entrepreneur opted to sit close to the front of the theatre; her poor eyesight made it difficult...
Dec 08, 2016
Alabama inmate coughs, heaves 13 minutes into execution
ATMORE, Ala. - A man who killed an Alabama convenience store clerk more than two decades ago was put to death Thursday night, an execution that required two consciousness tests as the inmate heaved an...
Dec 08, 2016
You're Hired? Inside the interviews as Trump picks Cabinet
WASHINGTON - When Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, arrived to a recent meeting with Donald Trump, the president-elect greeted him with a blunt question. “Did you th...
Dec 08, 2016
Trump meets with Ohio State victims, taking on sombre duty
DES MOINES, Iowa - In the midst of his Cabinet deliberations, President-elect Donald Trump flew to Ohio Thursday to meet with victims and families after the latest U.S. outbreak of violence, a sombre ...
Dec 08, 2016
Firefighter: Warehouse missing from fire-inspection records
SAN FRANCISCO - The illegally occupied Oakland warehouse where dozens of partygoers perished in a blaze does not appear in a database fire inspectors use to schedule inspections and may never have bee...
Dec 08, 2016
How life off the grid in Cape Breton lured families from British Columbia
WHYCOCOMAGH, N.S. - This is how Brett Walkins recalls the three years he spent living in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley: Nights of teeth-grinding and swearing in his sleep. He would leave for ...
Dec 08, 2016
Christmas tree farmer returns wedding band lost 15 years ago
WHITE TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A Christmas tree farmer has found and returned a wedding ring a New Jersey man lost roughly 15 years ago. David Penner says his wedding band slipped off his finger during a visi...
Dec 08, 2016
Attorney: Dylann Roof's mom had heart attack during trial
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Dylann Roof’s mother suffered a heart attack not long after prosecutors described how her son planned a cold and calculated killing of nine black church members in a racially ...
Dec 08, 2016
Hells Angel testifies he strung along police informant over cocaine shipment
SASKATOON - A member of the Hells Angels says he never intended to ship cocaine from Ontario to Saskatoon but strung along a police informant because the man was his sole source of drugs for his back ...
Dec 07, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games NHL Minnesota 3 Toronto 2 Washington 4 Boston 3 Anaheim 6 Carolina 5 (SO) Ottawa 4 San Jose 2 — AHL Binghamton 3 Albany 2 Grand Rapids 6 Chicago 5 (OT) Springfield 4 Hart...
Dec 07, 2016