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B.C.'s child watchdog asks Attorney General to intervene in Metis toddler case
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s representative for children and youth is urging the province’s attorney general to intervene in the case of a Metis toddler being adopted to non-aboriginal p...
Sep 22, 2016

Design, improperly tightened bolts named as factors in Nipigon Bridge failure
A combination of design and installation deficiencies of several key components caused a bridge in northwestern Ontario to fail over the winter, severing a critical Trans-Canada Highway link, reports ...
Sep 22, 2016
Advocacy group calls for body cameras after police-dog mauls bystander
VANCOUVER - A legal advocacy group in British Columbia is calling for dog handlers with the Vancouver Police Department to wear body cameras after a bystander was accidentally mauled earlier this week...
Sep 22, 2016

Medical examiner: Mia Farrow's son Thaddeus killed himself
ROXBURY, Conn. - Connecticut authorities have ruled the death of Mia Farrow’s 27-year-old son, Thaddeus Wilk Farrow, a suicide, saying he shot himself in the torso. State police said Thaddeus Fa...
Sep 22, 2016
Unifor says Fiat-Chrysler next in auto talks, pending ratification of GM deal
TORONTO - Unifor says the next company in its contract negotiations with the Detroit Three automakers will be Fiat-Chrysler Automobile, pending ratification of its tentative deal with General Motors. ...
Sep 22, 2016
Police seize Montreal reporter's computer to find source for story against judge
MONTREAL - A Montreal journalist whose computer was seized by police after reporting on the alleged abusive behaviour of a judge did nothing wrong and broke no laws, said his managing editor on Thursd...
Sep 22, 2016

Author and politician Wab Kinew defends speaking fees, travel; eyes Parliament
WINNIPEG - Author and broadcaster Wab Kinew says he is scaling back his nationwide speaking schedule now that he is a member of the Manitoba legislature, but still plans to tour occasionally and is to...
Sep 22, 2016

Slight enrolment decrease at Palliser Regional Schools
LETHBRIDGE — Palliser Regional Schools is seeing increases in some rural areas, even though overall enrolment is down a little. Official numbers won’t be in until Sept. 30. But as of this ...
Sep 22, 2016

Sabres' Kane blames legal woes on being targeted as athlete
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Saying his recent off-ice legal problems “come with the territory” of being a professional athlete, Sabres forward Evander Kane acknowledged Thursday that he needs to be mo...
Sep 22, 2016
Tippett, Hague to lead latest crop of draft-eligible Steelheads
TORONTO - Owen Tippett and Nic Hague watched last season as five of their teammates found homes in the NHL. Now eligible to be picked themselves, the Mississauga Steelheads duo hope their Ontario Hock...
Sep 22, 2016