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Manslaughter trial of Michigan school shooter's mom ends after 7 days of emotional testimony
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - A groundbreaking trial of involuntary manslaughter against a Michigan school shooter's mother concluded Friday after seven days of emotional testimony and evidence about whether ...
Feb 02, 2024
Lawyer for father of murdered B.C. girl denies client brought gun to Ali verdict
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing the father of a murdered 13-year-old girl says the man did not bring a gun into a Vancouver courtroom eight weeks ago, on the day Ibrahim Ali was convicted of the kil...
Feb 02, 2024
Lawyer for father of murdered B.C. girl denies client brought gun to Ali verdict
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing the father of a murdered 13-year-old girl says the man did not bring a gun into a Vancouver courtroom eight weeks ago, on the day Ibrahim Ali was convicted of the kil...
Feb 02, 2024
Judge sets aside ruling that granted U.S. trans woman's refugee status in Canada
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has set aside a decision to grant refugee status to an American transgender woman, sending her application back for redetermination. In a decision released this week,...
Feb 02, 2024
Judge sets aside ruling that granted U.S. trans woman's refugee status in Canada
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has set aside a decision to grant refugee status to an American transgender woman, sending her application back for redetermination. In a decision released this week,...
Feb 02, 2024
US begins strikes on militias in Iraq, Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack, officials tell AP
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that k...
Feb 02, 2024
Canada's Auger-Aliassime advances to semifinals in Montpellier with win over Mayot
MONTPELLIER, France - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the semifinals of the Open Sud de France tennis tournament with a convincing 7-5, 6-1 win over French wild-card Harold Mayot on Friday....
Feb 02, 2024
Catherine Tait says CBC needs new financial model, not new mandate
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's public broadcaster says it's the financial model and governance of CBC/Radio-Canada that need reviewing - not its mandate. Catherine Tait made the comments today to a roo...
Feb 02, 2024
Canadian freestyle skier Amy Fraser wins World Cup gold in halfpipe
MAMMOTH, Calif. - Canadian freestyle skier Amy Fraser won her first career World Cup gold in the halfpipe competition at Mammoth Mountain on Friday. The 28-year-old Fraser, who was born in Halifax but...
Feb 02, 2024
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 02, 2024