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Man charged with murder of Beardy's & Okemasis' woman.
RCMP say a man has been charged with the second degree murder of Jessica Cameron from the Beardy's & Okemasis' Cree Nation.Jamie Smallchild, 25, will make his first court appearance at the Saskato...
Jul 07, 2019 RCMP announced Sunday that a man had been charged with murder. This follows the release of a statement by the band Saturday asking for public cooperation in the investigation.
'Spider-Man' soars with $185.1M over six-day holiday weekend
NEW YORK - It pays to have one of the biggest lead-ins ever. "Spider-Man: Far From Home," the first Marvel movie after "Avengers: Endgame," swung past any franchise fatigue to dominate the July Fourth...
Jul 07, 2019
Canadian men one win away from securing Olympic rugby sevens qualification
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Canada blanked Bermuda 53-0 in semifinal play Sunday at the RF Group RAN (Rugby Americas North) Sevens to move within one win of Olympic qualification. The Canadian ...
Jul 07, 2019
Canada falls 110-92 to Serbia, finishes eighth at FIBA U19 World Cup
HERAKLION, Greece - Filip Petrusev scored a game-high 25 points and added nine rebounds as Serbia downed Canada 110-92 on Sunday in the seventh-place game at the FIBA under-19 World Cup. Marko Pecarsk...
Jul 07, 2019
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - There was no winning ticket for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the ne...
Jul 07, 2019
US wins 4th World Cup title, 2nd in a row, beats Dutch 2-0
LYON, France - The United States won its record fourth Women's World Cup title and second in a row, beating the Netherlands 2-0 Sunday night when Megan Rapinoe converted a penalty kick in the second h...
Jul 07, 2019 USA wins women's soccer World Cup
Five things to know about Canadian immigration detention centres
TORONTO - The treatment of migrants has recently been thrust into the spotlight as accounts emerge of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in American border detention facilities. Here's a...
Jul 07, 2019
Flood victims in Grand Forks, B.C., in limbo more than one year after disaster
More than one year after rescuers swam from home to home in a low-income neighbourhood devastated by flooding in Grand Forks, B.C., some residents say they were rattled to learn the property buyo...
Jul 07, 2019
Federal government quietly ends asylum seeker triage pilot program
OTTAWA - The Liberals have quietly ended a much-touted "triage" program that aimed to redirect asylum seekers away from crowded shelters in Montreal and Toronto. The federal govern...
Jul 07, 2019
Scheer calls for more inspections on Chinese imports, possible tariffs
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step up inspections on all products from China and to consider slapping tariffs on imports from the...
Jul 07, 2019