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Cdn military program seeking help to find and take out waste in space
OTTAWA - The Canadian military is looking for help taking out the trash in space. Over the last two years, the military's Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security program has awarded nearly $5 m...
Jan 16, 2020

Supreme Court dismisses B.C.'s appeal in Trans Mountain pipeline case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada shut down British Columbia's move to regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta. B.C. was appealing to the...
Jan 16, 2020

Family of Indigenous woman critical of police investigation into her death
WINNIPEG - The family of a 22-year-old Indigenous woman found unclothed and injured in a train yard is criticizing how Winnipeg police investigated her death. Police say Jaeda Vanderwal died from blun...
Jan 16, 2020

French director gets sex misconduct charge on actress claim
PARIS - A French filmmaker has been charged over the alleged sexual assault of an actress when she was 15. Director Christophe Ruggia received the preliminary charge Thursday of assault of a minor by ...
Jan 16, 2020

Federal health minister says too early for broad drug decriminalization
VANCOUVER - Canada's health minister says talk about decriminalizing drugs to deal with the country's ongoing opioids crisis is premature until people have enough help to...
Jan 16, 2020

Canada looks to add to valuable FIFA ranking points in friendly against Iceland
Two wins, eight goals but just 2.26 ranking points. A pair of comfortable 4-1 victories over No. 162 Barbados has given Canada confidence but done little to move the needle when it come...
Jan 16, 2020

The hardscrabble story behind Canadian wrestling legend Rocky 'Soulman' Johnson
HALIFAX - Growing up in northern Nova Scotia in the 1950s, Wayde Bowles once spent 25 cents to watch wrestlers like "The Beast" compete at the Bailey Arena in Amherst. "It's hard to say exac...
Jan 16, 2020

Montreal Canadiens prospect Cam Hillis having bounce-back season with OHL Storm
Guelph Storm forward Cam Hillis needed a few games at the beginning of this year's Ontario Hockey League season to get back up to speed after all the time he spent off the ice rehabilitating...
Jan 16, 2020

Texas governor to reject new refugees, first under Trump
HOUSTON - Texas will no longer accept the resettlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration order, Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday. Abbott's announ...
Jan 16, 2020

Would-be Conservative leadership contenders grilled on their pasts
OTTAWA - Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's past became a problem during the 2019 federal election, and those vying to replace him will be grilled about theirs. A copy of the 2020 leade...
Jan 16, 2020