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Trade tribunal tosses U.S. firm's complaint about warship-design competition
OTTAWA - A federal trade tribunal is tossing out a challenge to the federal government's handling of a high-stakes competition to design the navy's new $60-billion fleet of warships. The Canadian Inte...
Feb 01, 2019
Judges cannot be overly swayed by victim impact statements: legal experts
Legal experts say a sentencing judge must use caution and not be overwhelmed by victim impact statements. A Saskatchewan judge heard more than 70 victim impact statements this week...
Feb 01, 2019
Mould causing housing crisis for First Nations across Canada: NDP
OTTAWA - A housing crisis in a northern Ontario First Nation is the tip of a deep, systemic problem in communities across the country that requires the response of a task forc...
Feb 01, 2019
St. F.X. women's basketball coach suspended after player injured during practice
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - The coach of the St. Francis Xavier University women's basketball team remains suspended as the school's athletics department investigates an alleged disciplinary incident that...
Feb 01, 2019
Man arrested following high-speed pursuit through northern Saskatchewan
RCMP members from several area detachments worked together Wednesday night to arrest a man who led police on a high-speed pursuit through northern Saskatchewan. RCMP officers from Waskesiu, La Ronge, ...
Feb 01, 2019
Rapper 6ix9ine admits gang membership and pleads guilty
NEW YORK - Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (teh-KAH'-shee sihks-NEYN') has pleaded guilty to federal charges, admitting his participation in a violent gang and pledging to co-operate with prosecutors ...
Feb 01, 2019
Foxconn again shifts Wisconsin plan after Trump intervenes
MADISON, Wis. - Foxconn Technology Group said Friday that after its chairman spoke directly with President Donald Trump the Taiwanese company will proceed with plans to construct a plant in Wisconsin ...
Feb 01, 2019
Canada wants Lima Group meeting to keep pressure on Maduro to step down
OTTAWA - Canada and its Lima Group allies will use their Monday meeting in Ottawa to find new ways - including financial - to support the Venezuelan opposition and ease the refugee crisis in neig...
Feb 01, 2019
Vancouver Canucks looking for road wins to claw out clear playoff position
VANCOUVER - Heading into the back half of the hockey season, the Vancouver Canucks know each game will carry a little extra weight. Vancouver (23-22-6) sat just outside of a Western Con...
Feb 01, 2019
Images show evidence of what could be one of Canada's oldest graveyards
ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, N.S. - Researchers using ground-penetrating radar have found what they believe is one of the oldest European graveyards in Canada. Archeologist Sara Beanlands says ther...
Feb 01, 2019