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UN: 5,287 killings in Venezuela security operations in 2018
GENEVA - Venezuela's government registered nearly 5,300 killings during security operations last year linked to cases of "resistance to authority," the U.N. human rights chief reported Thursday, denou...
Jul 04, 2019
De Adder replacement says he's been caught up in social media backlash
An editorial cartoonist says his character has been maligned and career prospects damaged after he was caught up in the online backlash resulting from a New Brunswick newspaper group cutting ties with...
Jul 04, 2019
Anglos, francophones join forces on minority language rights after 'a bad year'
MONTREAL - Quebec anglophones have banded together with francophones in New Brunswick and Ontario to protect and promote the rights of official minority language communities that they say are suddenly...
Jul 04, 2019
Hunger strike ends after agreement reached on Ottawa Indigenous Peoples' space
OTTAWA - An Algonquin grand chief's hunger strike is over after an agreement with the federal government on a project to create a major Indigenous centre in Ottawa. Steps away from Parliament Hill, Ve...
Jul 04, 2019
Former N.S. Mountie sentenced to decade in prison for theft, cocaine trafficking
HALIFAX - A former Nova Scotia Mountie has been sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison for stealing 10 kilograms of cocaine from an exhibit locker and arranging sales t...
Jul 04, 2019
Blues coach Craig Berube brings Stanley Cup home to hamlet of Calahoo, Alberta
CALAHOO, Alta. - The tiny Alberta hamlet of Calahoo, population 85, ballooned to more than 2,000 Tuesday when their favourite son, St. Louis Blues head coach Craig Berube, brought the Stanle...
Jul 04, 2019
Ottawa Senators sign defenceman Christian Wolanin to two-year contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Christian Wolanin to a two-year contract. The first year of the contract is a two-way deal with an annual value of US$800,000 in the NHL and $100,00...
Jul 04, 2019
Oilers sign first-round pick Philip Broberg to entry-level contract
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed defenceman Philip Broberg to an entry-level contract. Broberg was the Oilers' first-round selection, eighth overall, in the 2019 NHL draft. The 18-year-old n...
Jul 04, 2019
Canada's Kelsey Serwa retires from ski cross racing an Olympic champion
Kelsey Serwa is ready for her life's next chapter after a decorated career in ski cross racing. The 29-year-old Olympic champion from Kelowna, B.C., announced her retirement Thursday when she finally ...
Jul 04, 2019
Helped in Nunavut's creation: 20-year northern politician Ludy Pudluk dies
RESOLUTE, Nunavut - A 20-year northern politician who was instrumental in the movement that led to the creation of Nunavut has died. Ludy Pudluk, who was 76, died in hospital in Iqaluit on Monday...
Jul 04, 2019