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Cameron stays alive in Scotties playoff hunt with close win over Smith
CALGARY - Manitoba's Kate Cameron scored one in the 10th end for a crucial 5-4 win over Nova Scotia's Heather Smith in Thursday's opening draw at the Canadian women's curling championship. Cameron imp...
Feb 22, 2024
Indigenous leaders say B.C. opposition members derailed changes to Land Act
Indigenous leaders say political opposition in British Columbia derailed a plan that would have cleared the way for shared decision-making between the province and First Nations over the use of public...
Feb 22, 2024
Claws come out for federal minister who shared picture of lobster lunch in Asia
FREDERICTON - A photo of federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay eating lobster in Malaysia during an official trip has some people seeing red. Shared Sunday on the minister's profile on the X ...
Feb 22, 2024
New Hampshire man convicted of killing daughter, 5, whose body has not been found
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire man was convicted of second-degree murder by a jury Thursday in the death of his 5-year-old daughter, who police believe was killed nearly two years before she ...
Feb 22, 2024
Quebec triple stabbing suspect not fit to stand trial for now, ordered into treatment
MONTREAL - A court-ordered psychiatric evaluation has concluded the man charged with killing two women and seriously injuring a third in a stabbing attack west of Montreal is not currently fit to stan...
Feb 22, 2024
GST, HST on carbon price could raise billions over next seven years: budget watchdog
OTTAWA - The federal government's carbon price could generate more than $5 billion from the federal sales tax over the next seven years, but none of that is directly earmarked for climate programs. Th...
Feb 22, 2024
Texas school legally punished Black student over hairstyle, judge says
ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) - A Black high school student's monthslong punishment by his Texas school district for refusing to change his hairstyle does not violate a new state law that prohibits race-based h...
Feb 22, 2024
'Seagrass' allowed filmmaker to explore Japanese Canadian stories, family fractures
VANCOUVER - As Meredith Hama-Brown's debut feature film "Seagrass" made waves during its festival run last fall, the Vancouver writer-director says she heard from many Japanese Canadians who thanked h...
Feb 22, 2024
Father of man who killed Quebec officer says mentally ill son fell through the cracks
MONTREAL - The father of a Quebec man who killed a provincial police officer last year says he had hoped his son would have been arrested and hospitalized before he could hurt someone. Serge Brouillar...
Feb 22, 2024
Supreme Court of Canada to review Good Samaritan drug overdose case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will review the case of a man who was arrested for drug and firearm offences after police encountered him at the scene of an overdose. The top court's examination ...
Feb 22, 2024