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NewsAlert: Sportsnet apologizes for Don Cherry's anti-immigrant comments

TORONTO - Sportsnet has apologized for TV commentator Don Cherry's remarks on Saturday night's Coach's Corner segment. The network says Cherry's remarks are discriminatory and offensive and do&nb...

Nov 10, 2019

Ontario's memorial to veterans of Afghanistan war ready for next Remembrance Day

TORONTO - A memorial to honour veterans of the war in Afghanistan that is being built on the grounds of the Ontario legislature will include a stone from an Inukshuk that stood at Kandahar Airfield as...

Nov 10, 2019

Jury enters third day of deliberations in Halifax jail cell death case

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia jury has entered a third day of deliberations in the case of two special constables charged in the death of an impaired 41-year-old man who suffocated in a ...

Nov 10, 2019

O'Leary legal challenge of leadership finance rules set for April

OTTAWA - Celebrity businessman and former Conservative leadership contender Kevin O'Leary has an April court date to challenge the constitutionality of campaign finance law. O'Leary filed a ...

Nov 10, 2019

Supreme Court says drug trafficker need not pay additional fine by 6-3 margin

OTTAWA - A convicted drug trafficker should not have to pay a fine as part of his punishment to offset the fact he used money he obtained from his crimes to pay his legal fees, the Supreme Court of Ca...

Nov 10, 2019

Harvest a struggle in Alberta, Saskatchewan, but a miracle in Manitoba

Winter's icy fingers have touched most of the Prairies since late September, causing havoc and frustration for many farmers trying to get crops off their fields. Dave Reid, who farms near Cremona...

Nov 10, 2019

Remembering the sacrifices of Canada's military families

OTTAWA - Not only did Reine Samson Dawe's husband serve his entire career in the Canadian Armed Forces, but her four sons all followed in his footsteps. And while she is quick to point to the many way...

Nov 10, 2019

As brazen organized crime shootings hit Montreal, police mum on extent of problem

MONTREAL - A panicking woman spins in circles and screams for her children. Well-dressed party-goers in the posh hotel lobby are frantic. A uniformed officer is on his knees, trying to pump life back ...

Nov 10, 2019

B.C. rental crisis goes far beyond impact of short-term rentals, say experts

VICTORIA - British Columbia's rental housing crisis goes far beyond factoring the impact of short-term rentals, say housing experts who say more building is needed to help families find affordabl...

Nov 10, 2019

Online backlash against Don Cherry for comments on immigrants and Remembrance Day

TORONTO - Hockey commentator Don Cherry is in the limelight yet again, this time for complaining that he rarely sees people he believes to be new immigrants wearing poppies ahead of Remembrance Day. T...

Nov 09, 2019