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Jury deliberating for second day at Quebec City Halloween 2020 murder trial
QUEBEC - Jurors are deliberating for a second day at the murder trial for the man accused of stalking the streets of Old Quebec City on Halloween 2020 and using a sword to kill two people and injure f...
May 17, 2022
Putin's ex-wife not immune from Canadian sanctions, as well as his alleged girlfriend
OTTAWA - A spokesman for the foreign affairs minister says Canada has not ruled out imposing sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's ex-wife Lyudmila Ocheretnaya. The Russian president's ex-wi...
May 17, 2022
Canada's new safe sport office to begin Phase 1 of operations on June 20
Canada's office for reporting abuse and harassment in sport will begin operations on June 20. Sport Canada and the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) announced the opening date of the f...
May 17, 2022
Regular travel and public health measures can't coexist: Canadian Airport Council
OTTAWA - The Canadian Airports Council is asking the federal government to do away with COVID-19 protocols at customs to clear up the chaos that international travellers experience when they arrive in...
May 17, 2022
Mitch Marner victim of carjacking in Toronto, Maple Leafs say
TORONTO - Maple Leafs winger Mitch Marner was the victim of a carjacking in Toronto, the hockey team said Tuesday as city police investigated. Marner was not hurt in the carjacking that took place in ...
May 17, 2022
N.B. police officer who fatally shot woman during wellness check testifies at inquest
FREDERICTON - The police officer who fatally shot a 26-year-old Indigenous woman during a wellness check in Edmundston, N.B., two years ago says he doesn't know why things escalated so quickly. Const....
May 17, 2022
Mitch Marner victim of carjacking in Toronto, Maple Leafs say
The Toronto Maple Leafs say Mitch Marner was the victim of a carjacking in Toronto on Monday evening. The team says the hockey player was unharmed in the incident, which occurred in the city's west en...
May 17, 2022
US hate crime investigation opened in Dallas salon shooting
DALLAS (AP) - The FBI has opened a federal hate crime investigation into last week's shooting at a hair salon in Dallas' Koreatown area that injured three people. The Dallas FBI field office is workin...
May 17, 2022
Alberta premier urges U.S. senators to convince Michigan to stop Line 5 shutdown
WASHINGTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is urging the U.S. government to convince Michigan to abandon its legal campaign against the Line 5 pipeline. He's also floating the idea of a new bilateral p...
May 17, 2022
Confusion over RCMP leadership roles marked early investigation of N.S. mass shooting
HALIFAX - When a man disguised as a Mountie started killing people in northern Nova Scotia two years ago, there was considerable confusion over who was in charge of the RCMP operation, newly released ...
May 17, 2022