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Judge comes down hard on Nanaimo rabbit beater
NANAIMO - A judge took the unusual step of surpassing the Crown's recommended jail sentence for a man who tortured a rabbit in Nanaimo's downtown.Kevin Paul Gartner, 47, was handed nearly 10-months ja...
Nov 28, 2019 Kevin Paul Gartner, 47, violently beat up a rabbit outside the Vancouver Military Museum on May 2, 2018. The 12-minute attack was captured on a pair of surveillance videos. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Saskatchewan chief disappointed at lack of long-term help to stop suicides
REGINA - The chief of a northern Saskatchewan First Nation says he is disappointed at the lack of long-term help from the provincial and federal governments to deal with what he says&nb...
Nov 28, 2019 (Submitted photo/The Canadian Press)
Vancouver bans plastic bags, straws, foam containers and other single-use items
Vancouver is bringing in bans on the use of plastic bags, disposable cups, plastic straws and other single-use items. Mayor Kennedy Stewart says bylaws passed by city council balance pu...
Nov 28, 2019
Comedian Mike Ward loses appeal over penalty for joke about disabled boy
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has largely upheld a human right's tribunal's ruling requiring a comedian to pay damages to a disabled singer he mocked. In a split decision, two of the three ...
Nov 28, 2019
Embiid latest in long list of NBA stars to be shut down by Raptors
TORONTO - A humorous meme of Joel Embiid made the rounds of social media Monday night after Philadelphia's seven-foot centre went scoreless for the first time in his NBA career. It was ...
Nov 28, 2019
Vancouver bans plastic bags, straws, foam containers and other single-use items
Vancouver is bringing in bans on the use of plastic bags, disposable cups, plastic straws and other single-use items. Mayor Kennedy Stewart says bylaws passed by city council balance pu...
Nov 28, 2019
Maple Leafs coach Keefe says backup goalie will start opener of back-to-back
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe says backup goaltender Michael Hutchinson will start the first of back-to-back games when Toronto visits the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. No. 1 goalie...
Nov 28, 2019
Five things to know about the CN Rail strike
OTTAWA - The week-long strike of about 3,200 workers at the Canadian National Railway Co. is set to end after the Teamsters Canada union reached a tentative agreement with the company. The w...
Nov 28, 2019
Mother of Robert Dziekanski has died during visit to Poland: friend
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The mother of Robert Dziekanski, whose death after a confrontation with RCMP officers in 2007 led to a public inquiry, has died in Poland. A friend confirmed the death of Zo...
Nov 28, 2019
Mother of Robert Dziekanski has died during visit to Poland: friend
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The mother of Robert Dziekanski, whose death after a confrontation with RCMP officers in 2007 led to a public inquiry, has died in Poland. A friend confirmed the death of Zo...
Nov 28, 2019