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Vodka company CEO scratching his head over Newfoundland iceberg water heist
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The remarkable theft of about 30,000 litres of iceberg water from a vodka company warehouse in Newfoundland has bewildered the firm's owners. Iceberg Vodka CEO David Meyers said he ...
Feb 14, 2019
Quebec Education Minister acts on promise to give kids more recess
QUEBEC - The Coalition Avenir Quebec government is following through on an election promise guaranteed to win the hearts of the province's schoolchildren: more recess. Education Minister Jean-Fra...
Feb 14, 2019
Prominent art dealer sentenced to prison for tax fraud
NEW YORK - A prominent New York City art dealer once accused by Alec Baldwin of fraud was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Thursday for evading over $3 million in federal taxes, a crime that left he...
Feb 14, 2019
Avenatti says he has new video evidence against R. Kelly
CHICAGO - Attorney Michael Avenatti says he has new video evidence of singer R. Kelly having sex with an underage girl. Avenatti said Thursday he has turned over the video to Chicago prosecutors. Tand...
Feb 14, 2019
B.C. proposes stronger security for witnesses testifying at criminal trials
VICTORIA - British Columbia is proposing changes to its witness protection program in order to strengthen security for people who could provide police with information on serious crimes. Public S...
Feb 14, 2019
Reconciliation outlasts Wilson-Raybould: Indigenous senators
OTTAWA - A group of Indigenous senators says Jody Wilson-Raybould's quitting cabinet doesn't mean the end of reconciliation efforts between the Canadian government and Indigenous Peoples. They also sa...
Feb 14, 2019
'More than words': $16 million announced for wellness, healing and recovery centre
The wide-reaching impact the construction of a wellness, healing and recovery centre in the tri-communities will have in northern Saskatchewan was apparent at a special announcement today.Surrounded b...
Feb 14, 2019
Quebec declines talks with feds, provinces, territories on coerced sterilization
OTTAWA - Quebec won't be part of a working group the federal government wants to examine claims that Indigenous women have been sterilized against their will. A spokesperson for Quebec's hea...
Feb 14, 2019
Spielberg, Gaga, sign get-well card for Ruth Bader Ginsburg
LOS ANGELES - Steven Spielberg, Lady Gaga, Spike Lee and Glenn Close have a message for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Get well soon. They and three dozen Hollywood A-listers, from Bradley...
Feb 14, 2019
Norad chief urges speedy defensive upgrades amid spectre of new Cold War
OTTAWA - The shadow of a new Cold War hung heavy Tuesday as the commander of North America's early-warning system urged Canada and the U.S. to get on with upgrading the continent's aging defences in t...
Feb 14, 2019