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Court of Appeal to hear from Crown, defence on Alexandre Bissonnette's sentence
Quebec's highest court is hearing arguments today on the length of the sentence handed down to convicted Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette. Bissonnette, 30, won't be present a...
Jan 27, 2020
Calgary sport school that grooms Olympic champions threatened with shutdown
CALGARY - The National Sport School in Calgary that produces Olympic and Paralympic champions faces possible closure after a quarter century. The Calgary Olympic Development Association - no...
Jan 27, 2020
Billie Eilish, a voice of the youth, tops the Grammy Awards
NEW YORK - Singer Billie Eilish, who gave voice to young people struggling with depression on a do-it-yourself album she made at home with her older brother, is atop the music world. The 18-year-old m...
Jan 27, 2020
Hatch, Match, and Dispatch - Fr. Richard Leonard's presentation on the sacraments
The Office of Evangelization and Catechesis is pleased to welcome back to the Diocese of Prince Albert, bestselling author Richard Leonard, SJ, who has written an accessible, engaging, and educational...
Jan 27, 2020
Wolf safely captured after wandering through Victoria near B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - A wolf spotted roaming a busy Victoria neighbourhood not far from the British Columbia legislature has been safely captured. The wolf was first spotted on Saturday in the James Bay are...
Jan 27, 2020
Democrats demand Bolton testify at Trump's impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - The stakes over witness testimony at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial are rising now that a draft of a book from former national security adviser John Bolton appears to undercut...
Jan 27, 2020
Vincent Lapointe cleared to return to competition by anti-doping panel
MONTREAL - An anti-doping panel has cleared top Canadian canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe to return to training and competition ahead of her sport's Olympic debut this summer The panel convened by t...
Jan 27, 2020
Billboard pleas: Alberta man hopes sign will find him a kidney donor
CARBON, Alta. - The large billboard overlooking the town of Drumheller in east-central Alberta is hard to miss. Next to a photo of a smiling man in a blue shirt, his arms crossed, the sign reads:...
Jan 27, 2020
Inquiry into deaths of former soldier and his N.S. family set to begin — again
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A high-profile inquiry is set to begin today in rural Nova Scotia, not far from where Lionel Desmond, an Afghan war veteran with PTSD, fatally shot his mother, ...
Jan 27, 2020
Pregnant Canadian woman stuck in Wuhan, China, coronavirus epicentre
A teacher who is living with his pregnant wife and child in a city that is at the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak is hoping to get his family out safely. Tom Williams is a British expat who ...
Jan 27, 2020