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NHL won't consider punishment for 2018 WJC players until after legal proceedings
TORONTO - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league will not consider any punishment against five players from Canada's 2018 world junior team charged in connection with an alleged gang rape until...
Feb 2, 2024
Federal judge in DC postpones Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn 2020 election
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge in Washington formally postponed Donald Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal from the former president conti...
Feb 2, 2024
Politics trumped legal advice in decision not to revoke citizenship of Nazi in 1960s
OTTAWA - A report on Canada's handling of Nazi war criminals suggests politics played a key role in the 1967 decision to preserve the citizenship of a man convicted of war crimes in the Soviet Union. ...
Feb 2, 2024
Footballer-turned-actor Carl Weathers, who starred in 'Rocky' movies and 'The Mandalorian,' dies
NEW YORK (AP) - Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the "Rocky" movies, facing-off against Arnold Sc...
Feb 2, 2024
Extensive search underway for missing woman in Nanaimo's Millstone River area
NANAIMO - Numerous police and search and rescue resources are looking for a woman last seen early Thursday morning.Nanaimo RCMP Res. Cst. Gary O'Brien said 48-year-old Nancy Gagne was last seen on Thu...
Feb 2, 2024
Bernardeschi, Insigne score as Toronto FC opens pre-season play against Nashville SC
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Italian stars Federico Bernardeschi and Lorenzo Insigne both scored Friday as Toronto FC opened its pre-season schedule against Nashville SC. The matchup, at Palm Beach Gard...
Feb 2, 2024
B.C. coroner's inquest jury begins deliberations about deadly Winters Hotel fire
VANCOUVER - The jury in a coroner's inquest into the Winters Hotel fire in Vancouver two years ago has been stood down to deliberate its recommendations about the deadly blaze. For two weeks the inque...
Feb 2, 2024
B.C. coroner's inquest jury begins deliberations about deadly Winters Hotel fire
VANCOUVER - The jury in a coroner's inquest into the Winters Hotel fire in Vancouver two years ago has been stood down to deliberate its recommendations about the deadly blaze. For two weeks the inque...
Feb 2, 2024
Feds unveil web tool to track representation, pay disparity for women, minorities
Ottawa launched a new pay transparency website Friday to better illustrate how women, visible minorities, people with disabilities and Indigenous Peoples are represented and paid at federally regulate...
Feb 2, 2024
Court filing discloses personal relationship between Fani Willis and prosecutor hired in Trump case
ATLANTA (AP) - A court filing Friday disclosed that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is involved in a "personal relationship" with a special prosecutor she hired for the Georgia election in...
Feb 2, 2024