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Eurovision Song Contest decides this year's final lineup
TEL AVIV, Israel - The Eurovision Song Contest has decided the final 10 contestants who will battle to be crowned Europe's best pop act, following the event's second semifinal Thursday. The countries ...
May 16, 2019
Montreal mayor says secularism bill targets minorities and violates freedoms
Quebec's secularism bill is causing tension in society and Montrealers feel powerless to do anything about it, Mayor Valerie Plante told committee members studying the controversial legislation Tuesda...
May 16, 2019
'It's worrying': Quebec premier on allegations anti-corruption unit fabricated evidence
MONTREAL - Fresh allegations involving Quebec's anti-corruption unit, once held up as the police force that would rekindle citizens' trust in their institutions, are roiling the province's political c...
May 16, 2019
Texas officer shoots and kills woman after stun-gun struggle
BAYTOWN, Texas - A police officer shot and killed a woman at a Houston-area apartment complex after she hit him with his Taser during a struggle, shocking him, police said. In a video recorded by a wi...
May 16, 2019
Tori Stafford kidnapper wants court to declare her prison transfer unlawful
EDMONTON - A woman serving a life sentence for the murder of eight-year-old Tori Stafford says her move from a healing lodge back to a prison was unfair. Lawyers for Terri-Lynn McClintic filed an appl...
May 16, 2019
Raptors need more from secondary players like Green, Ibaka versus Bucks
MILWAUKEE - Danny Green arrived to speak with reporters on Thursday sporting a nasty black bruise on one knee. The morning after a narrow loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Confe...
May 16, 2019
Clement Gascon, high court justice who went missing, had panic attack
OTTAWA - Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon says he suffered a panic attack last week before he briefly went missing Wednesday night. Gascon, who has already announced plans to r...
May 16, 2019
Accused in death of Winnipeg woman found in barrel controlled 5 women: Crown
WINNIPEG - A Crown prosecutor says a man on trial for first-degree murder maintained control over multiple women he lived with through surveillance, drugs and abuse. Perez Cleveland, 46, has pleaded n...
May 16, 2019
Just for Laughs founder asks appeal court to toss class action lawsuit
MONTREAL - Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon's lawyer asked Quebec's highest court Thursday to throw out a $10-million class action lawsuit claiming that the comedy impresario abused at ...
May 16, 2019
Wednesday's Scoreboard
Wednesday's GamesNSRBLLloyd Twins 7, Unity Midgets 3 World Hockey ChampionshipUnited States 6 Britain 3Germany 3 Slovakia 2Switzerland 4 Norway 1Russia 10 Italy 0NHL PlayoffsWestern Conference FinalSa...
May 16, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)