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Prosecution rests in Wisconsin parade suspect's trial
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Prosecutors rested their case Thursday in the trial of a Wisconsin man accused of killing six people and injuring scores of others when he allegedly drove his SUV through a Christ...
Oct 20, 2022
Nanaimo Mountie cleared after injury to 'intoxicated, belligerent' man
NANAIMO - The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. found no wrongdoing on behalf of a Nanaimo RCMP officer after a man was injured while in custody.Police arrested a man, identified in the report...
Oct 20, 2022
Supreme Court to examine law that limits reporting of criminal proceedings
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will look at whether a law banning publication of certain proceedings in criminal matters applies before the selection of a jury. A consortium of major media outle...
Oct 20, 2022
Worker who quietly lowered town's fluoride for years resigns
A town employee who quietly lowered the fluoride in a Vermont community's drinking water for years has resigned - and is asserting that the levels had actually been low for much longer than believed. ...
Oct 20, 2022
One man in custody as police investigate double homicide in Saanich, B.C.
SAANICH, B.C. - Two people have been found dead in Saanich, B.C., and police in the Vancouver Island municipality say the homicides appear to be connected. One man is in custody. Police say the public...
Oct 20, 2022
Canadian Premier League announces five finalists for player of the year
TORONTO - The Canadian Premier League player of the year will be one of Forge FC's Alexander Achinioti-Jonsson, Pacific FC's Manny Aparicio, Atletico Ottawa's Ollie Bassett and Ballou Tabla and Valour...
Oct 20, 2022
Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to five years behind bars
TORONTO - Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard was sentenced to five years behind bars on Thursday in the sexual assault of an Ottawa woman, an offence the presiding judge called a "particularly degrading ...
Oct 20, 2022
Proposed dental benefit for children would cost $703M: Parliamentary budget officer
OTTAWA - Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux says Ottawa's proposed dental benefit for children under the age of 12 would cost $703 million over the next three fiscal years. Giroux released the c...
Oct 20, 2022
Montreal police say family conflict sparked killings of man, woman in their 60s
Montreal police say a 29-year-old man has been arrested after the bodies of two people in their 60s were found inside a home in the suburb of le-Bizard. Police say the killings of a 65-year-old woman ...
Oct 20, 2022
Fall set to finally reach B.C., as rain, skiff of snow forecast to replace heat
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says unseasonable heat in British Columbia is ending and rain or snow will arrive in some areas as early as Friday. The weather office says nine temperature records were...
Oct 20, 2022