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Liberals give BlackBerry $40M to support self-driving car development
OTTAWA - BlackBerry is getting $40 million in federal funding to help it develop technologies for self-driving cars. The company is putting $300 million of its own money into the initia...
Feb 15, 2019
Trudeau faces critics inside and outside party as Wilson-Raybould scandal swirls
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a backlash within and outside his own party after Jody Wilson-Raybould's sudden resignation from his cabinet. The veterans-affairs minister quit this w...
Feb 15, 2019
Free-agent receiver Duron Carter signs one-year deal with B.C. Lions
Duron Carter is a B.C. Lion. The colourful receiver signed a one-year deal with B.C. on Wednesday, the second day of CFL free agency. "Players of Duron's remarkable ability are what make our league sp...
Feb 15, 2019
US says ex-intel official defected to Iran, revealed secrets
WASHINGTON - A former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran despite warnings from the FBI has been charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government, ...
Feb 15, 2019
Former gymnastics coach Dave Brubaker found not guilty of sex assault
SARNIA, Ont. - A former high-ranking gymnastics coach was acquitted of sexual assault and sexual exploitation Wednesday after a judge found the testimony of the complainant sincere but said ...
Feb 15, 2019
Canadian rinks look to defend world junior curling titles at home
LIVERPOOL, N.S. - The Scotties Tournament of Hearts isn't the only big curling event in Nova Scotia for the next week. The Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, N.S., will be hosting the world junio...
Feb 15, 2019
Regina is already a King, but what about president?
NEW YORK - So, Regina King walked into a 99-cent store. And what'd she get? A prophecy on her life. No joke. King was shopping around - "sometimes people will say, 'You at the 99-cent store?' I like a...
Feb 15, 2019
Kinette Club Family Dance
The Melfort Kinette Club is hosting a Family Dance featuring Maxwell Muisic on February 21 from 5 - 8:00 p.m. at the CJVR Performing Arts Centre.Admission is $5 per person or $20 per family.Everyone I...
Feb 15, 2019
100 days after Paradise burned, the stories of the victims
On that frantic morning, TK Huff was calm. The 71-year-old amputee sat in his wheelchair, pointing a garden hose at what quickly became the deadliest wildfire in California history. Nobody knew at the...
Feb 15, 2019
New federal advisory says Canadians should avoid all travel to Haiti
MONTREAL - The federal government has issued a new advisory for Haiti, saying Canadians should avoid all travel to the Caribbean country. Global Affairs says it upgraded its advisory for Hai...
Feb 15, 2019