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Online immigrant-sponsor application discriminatory, immigration lawyers say
OTTAWA - A new first-come-first-served online application for immigrants seeking to sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada is being condemned as "profoundly ...
Jan 29, 2019
Pat Sheahan follows in son's footsteps, joins Dinos football program
Thirty years as a head football coach taught Pat Sheahan the importance of preparation, but he couldn't have predicted the bizarre twist his U Sports career would take th...
Jan 29, 2019
Five-year-old polar bear showing signs of illness dies at Winnipeg zoo
WINNIPEG - A polar bear has died at the zoo in Winnipeg. Assiniboine Park Zoo says the five-year-old bruin named Blizzard died Monday. The bear had been showing signs of illness over the last two...
Jan 29, 2019
Murder trial hears of lover's panicked attempts to reach Richard Oland
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The woman Richard Oland was having an extramarital affair with has described the anger and then the panic she felt as she tried in vain to reach her multimillionaire lover in the ho...
Jan 29, 2019
Infamy, zeal for carnage inspired Vegas shooter
LAS VEGAS - A high-stakes gambler who rained down a hail of gunfire, killing 58 people from his high-rise casino suite in Las Vegas wanted infamy and mass destruction, the FBI told the Associated Pres...
Jan 29, 2019
Defence chief scheduled to testify in Vice-Admiral Mark Norman pre-trial today
OTTAWA - Canada's top military officer, Gen. Jonathan Vance, is slated to take the witness stand today as a pre-trial hearing resumes for his former second-in-command, suspended Vice-Admiral Mark Norm...
Jan 29, 2019
Baseball Sask. eliminates age group term Midget
Baseball Saskatchewan made the decision to eliminate the term Midget from their grouping terminology during their January board meeting Monday night.According to @BaseballSask President Shaun Fraser, ...
Jan 29, 2019
Timeline in the case of Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur
TORONTO - A timeline of key events in the case of Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur based on information released by police: September 2010 _ Skandaraj Navaratnam, 40, disappears f...
Jan 29, 2019
City council looking at changing remuneration policy
City lawmakers examined council remuneration Monday night, but decided to table a proposal until they receive more information.Council is considering basing their pay on an MLA's salary in the new pro...
Jan 29, 2019
Canada downs Panama 5-1 in Pan Am Games baseball qualifying opener
IBIUNA, Brazil - Wes Darvil homered to tie the game and Daniel Pinero scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch as Canada opened the Pan American Games baseball qualifying tournament with a 5-1 win...
Jan 29, 2019