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Plenty on the line when Stampeders and Lions hook up in CFL action
There’ll be more at stake than top spot in the West Division when Calgary Stampeders and B.C. Lions meet Friday night at B.C Place Stadium. Calgary (5-1-1) has the CFL’s top record, just a...
Aug 17, 2016
Halifax cab driver facing sex assault charge now charged in second incident
Halifax police say a taxi driver facing a sexual assault charge has now been charged in connection with another assault involving a taxi passenger. Police arrested a 44-year-old man on July 9, shortly...
Aug 17, 2016
Raising benefits for military, RCMP families would add $6B liability: PBO
OTTAWA - A new analysis says an NDP proposal to boost pension benefits for families of deceased Canadian Forces and RCMP veterans could hurt Ottawa’s bottom line by more than $6 billion. The NDP...
Aug 17, 2016
Public Works lists 29 women who should have buildings named for them
OTTAWA - The federal government has a list of 29 prominent Canadian women it thinks deserve to have buildings named in their honour, but very little has been done with it. Status of Women prepared the...
Aug 17, 2016
Another mental exam ordered for Oklahoma beheading suspect
NORMAN, Okla. - A judge in Oklahoma refused Wednesday to accept a guilty plea from a man accused of beheading a co-worker at a food processing plant in 2014, instead ordering another mental evaluation...
Aug 17, 2016
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman brushes off concussion criticism from U.S. senator
TORONTO - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has brushed aside the latest swipes from U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal over the league’s stance on concussions. Bettman responded Wednesday to attacks e...
Aug 17, 2016
No verdict after five days of deliberations at Richard Henry Bain murder trial
MONTREAL - Jurors at Richard Henry Bain’s first-degree murder trial will deliberate for a sixth day after failing to come to a verdict Wednesday. Justice Guy Cournoyer accepted their request for...
Aug 17, 2016
Trudeau, other MPs, pay tribute to longtime MP Mauril Belanger
OTTAWA - Mauril Belanger loved Parliament so it seems fitting that it has become something of a shrine to the veteran Liberal MP who died Tuesday after a courageous battle with an incurable neurodegen...
Aug 17, 2016
Fed minutes: Conditions could 'soon warrant' a rate hike
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials believed last month that near-term risks to the U.S. economy had subsided and that an interest rate increase could soon be warranted. But they did not indicate w...
Aug 17, 2016
Five deputy ministers eliminated as Newfoundland government reorganizes itself
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government has reorganized itself in a major shakeup of government departments. Premier Dwight Ball announced four new departments, made up of pa...
Aug 17, 2016