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'Another step:' Federal Court judge releases ruling in Cree and Dene
EDMONTON - The Federal Court of Canada says it has issued a ruling in Cree and Dene - the first time it's done so in an Indigenous language. Justice Sebastien Grammond wrote about the import...
May 29, 2019
Edgar, Holloway look forward to finally meeting at UFC 240 in Edmonton
Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie (The Answer) Edgar is looking to do what featherweight title-holder Max (Blessed) Holloway failed to do last time out against Dustin (The Diamond) Poirier - bec...
May 29, 2019
Defence lawyer says anti-Semitic attack at Winnipeg cafe was not a hoax
WINNIPEG - A lawyer for one of three family members accused of staging an anti-Semitic attack at their Winnipeg cafe says the hate crime was no hoax. Martin Glazer says his client, Oxan...
May 29, 2019
Nanaimo Jiu Jitsu club dominates at weekend tournament
NORTH VANCOUVER - Nearly 50 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu clubs participated in the inaugural Pacific Northwest Open over the weekend in the lower mainland.Nanaimo's Island Top Team was one of the top clubs in ...
May 29, 2019 Rob Biernacki
Huge medal count for Nanaimo athletes at Elwood Wylie Meet
NANAIMO- Nearly 400 athletes from across British Columbia took part in the Elwood Wylie Track and Field Meet, held at Nanaimo's Rotary Bowl May 25-26. Topping the U18 category in the hammer was Nanaim...
May 29, 2019 Phillip Vannini
B.C. court hears officer ambushed, shot from behind by accused
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - An Alberta man "ambushed" a police officer moments after he got out of his vehicle, shooting him from behind and then standing over his unmoving body and shooting him again, a ...
May 29, 2019
Family of Quebec man imprisoned in Oman seeks Ottawa's help to bring him home
MONTREAL - The family of a Quebec man imprisoned in Oman appealed Monday to the Canadian government to help repatriate him before he is extradited to the United Arab Emirates ...
May 29, 2019
Judge tosses evidence, acquits Saskatchewan lovers of plotting to kill spouses
PRINCE ALBERT, Alta. - A Saskatchewan judge has acquitted a man and a woman of conspiracy to murder their spouses after ruling a key audio recording is inadmissible as evidence. The judge en...
May 29, 2019
Former Mountie says 'humiliating' that sex assault probes against doctor dropped
HALIFAX - A former Mountie who filed a complaint against a physician who performed medical exams on recruits says it was humiliating to learn no charges would be laid against him a...
May 29, 2019
'Godzilla' brings Millie Bobby Brown to a new monster fight
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Millie Bobby Brown may use brute force against demon monsters in "Stranger Things," but the teenage actress relies more on intelligence to outsmart the 500-foot-tall behemoths...
May 29, 2019