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NewsAlert: McGill to drop Redmen name
MONTREAL - McGill University has announced that effective today, its sports teams will no longer be called the Redmen. Principal Suzanne Fortier says the Redmen name is not one the university would ch...
Apr 12, 2019
Supreme Court upholds residential school compensation for former student
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a former residential-school student is entitled to compensation for abuse, in a decision that helps clarify the scope of appeals in such cases. The decis...
Apr 12, 2019
Bianca Andreescu won't play for Canada in Fed Cup due to injured shoulder
TORONTO - Bianca Andreescu is eyeing a return to the WTA Tour in May after a shoulder injury forced the rising Canadian tennis star to bow out of her fourth-round match at the Miami Open last month. A...
Apr 12, 2019
Europe hurt by US trade threats, central bank says
FRANKFURT - The head of the European Central Bank warned that global friction over trade - such as U.S. threats to impose more tariffs - is holding back the economy and underlined the bank's readiness...
Apr 12, 2019
Institute unveils 'Team Canada of cancer research' in city where Fox began run
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It is being touted as the "Team Canada of cancer research." The Terry Fox Research Institute has launched a new national network to bring together leading cancer hospitals and ...
Apr 12, 2019
Melfort Chamber building sold to City of Melfort
The Chamber of Commerce building in Melfort has a new owner.After attempts the sell the building that sits on the corner of Shadd Drive and Spruce Haven Road, the Melfort Chamber decided to sell it to...
Apr 12, 2019 (file photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Court hears religious doctrine emphasized obedience to men in child bride case
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A British Columbia court heard evidence from three former members of a polygamous religious group in the trial of a man charged with removing a 15-year-old girl from Canada to marry ...
Apr 12, 2019
Advisers: Baltimore's mayor still recovering from pneumonia
BALTIMORE - Close advisers to Baltimore's embattled mayor said Tuesday that she's staying out of public view because of a serious case of pneumonia, not the mounting scandal involving her sale of her ...
Apr 12, 2019
Science fact: Astronomers reveal first image of a black hole
WASHINGTON - Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting a fiery ring of gravity-twisted light swirling around the edge of the abyss. The picture, assembled f...
Apr 12, 2019
Judge orders detention of former Peruvian president
LIMA, Peru - A Peruvian judge on Wednesday ordered the 10-day detention of former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski as part of a money laundering probe into his consulting work for the company at the he...
Apr 12, 2019