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Alberta Appeal Court upholds sentence for Ontario trucker in Edmonton hotel killing
EDMONTON - Alberta's top court has dismissed a Crown appeal of the sentence handed to an Ontario truck driver convicted in the 2011 death of a woman found in an Edmonton hotel bathtub. Cindy Gladue, a...
Nov 01, 2024
Vancouver confirms CRAB Park temporary sheltering area will close next week
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says the remaining seven residents of an encampment at a Downtown Eastside park have a week to pack up their belongings and leave, or they must remove their tents eac...
Nov 01, 2024
US officials say video falsely depicting voter fraud in Georgia linked to 'Russian influence actors'
WASHINGTON (AP) - A video that purports to show election fraud in Georgia by a man who claims to be from Haiti is fake and the work of "Russian influence actors," U.S. intelligence officials said Frid...
Nov 01, 2024
Makar named NHL's first star for October; Michkov grabs rookie honours
NEW YORK - Cale Makar has been named the NHL's first star for October. The Colorado Avalanche defenceman registered four goals and 15 assists last month to become just the second blueliner - and first...
Nov 01, 2024
Supreme Court sued over its refusal to translate decisions before 1970 into French
MONTREAL - A Quebec civil rights group is suing the office of the registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada because of the high court's refusal to translate its historic decisions into French. Droits c...
Nov 01, 2024
Thieves speed off with bronze statue of Formula One racing legend Gilles Villeneuve
MONTREAL - A museum dedicated to revered Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve is racing to find its stolen bronze statue of the Quebec speedster before it gets melted down for cash. Alain Bellehumeur,...
Nov 01, 2024
Thieves speed off with bronze statue of Formula One racing legend Gilles Villeneuve
MONTREAL - A museum dedicated to revered Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve is racing to find its stolen bronze statue of the Quebec speedster before it gets melted down for cash. Alain Bellehumeur,...
Nov 01, 2024
Forge FC's Bobby Smyrniotis earns sixth nomination for CPL coach of the year
Another year, another Canadian Premier League coach of the year nomination for Forge FC's Bobby Smyrniotis. But while Smyrniotis's team has won the CPL championship four of the league's previous five ...
Nov 01, 2024
Nanaimo-based Brazilian jiu jitsu academy win team competition at Canada Open
VANCOUVER - Nanaimo based Island Top Team had a massive medal haul, winning the ADCC Canada Open grappling event.The Canada Open was held at the Richmond Oval with over 80 teams from around North Amer...
Nov 01, 2024
Limit on preliminary inquiries doesn't apply to some ongoing cases: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a change to the law that limited the right of an accused person to a preliminary inquiry does not apply to some ongoing cases. The top court's ruling today he...
Nov 01, 2024