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Fate of truck driver in Humboldt bus crash will test sentencing system: experts
A legal expert says the punishment for the truck driver responsible for the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash will put Canada's sentencing provisions to the test. Jennifer Quaid, a law profe...
Feb 01, 2019

Court orders conditional release of ex-Ivory Coast leader
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - International Criminal Court judges ordered the conditional release Friday of Ivory Coast's ex-president and a former youth minister, more than two weeks after they were acqui...
Feb 01, 2019

Feds drop appeal of ruling that freed charities to engage in political activity
OTTAWA - The federal government has dropped an appeal of a court ruling that freed charitable organizations to engage in unlimited political activity as long as it's not directly supporting a party. L...
Feb 01, 2019

Canada echoes NATO, pins blame on Russia for U.S. pullout from nuclear treaty
WASHINGTON - The federal Liberal government is blaming Russia for U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of a landmark Cold War-era treaty on nuclear weapons. Trump is accusing t...
Feb 01, 2019

Foxconn factory jobs touted by Trump will not come to pass
MADISON, Wis. - Electronics giant Foxconn reversed course and announced Wednesday that the huge Wisconsin plant that was supposed to bring a bounty of blue-collar factory jobs back to the Midwest - an...
Feb 01, 2019

Canadian men kick off Rugby World Cup preparations with game in Uruguay
Canada kicks off its 2019 Rugby World Cup preparations in Montevideo on Saturday against a Uruguay team it knows all too well. The 17th-ranked Uruguayans consigned the Canadian men to a repe...
Feb 01, 2019

Exiled in Montreal, family fears former Venezuelan officer being tortured
MONTREAL - Oswaldo Garcia Padilla says he has experienced firsthand the brutality of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's regime Last February, masked men broke into the family home outside Caracas, ...
Feb 01, 2019

Defensive lineman Kwaku Boateng signs extension with Edmonton Eskimos
Canadian defensive lineman Kwaku Boateng signed a contract extension through the 2020 season with the Edmonton Eskimos on Friday. Boateng was scheduled to become a free agent Feb. 12. The six-foo...
Feb 01, 2019

RCMP divers recover human remains, personal items from wreckage of downed plane
Human remains and a number of personal items have been found in a downed plane that crashed into a northern Saskatchewan lake 60 years ago. RCMP divers also recovered boots, a camera, pendant, knife a...
Feb 01, 2019

Ensure you arrive alive during winter storm: SGI
As the snow hits the ground these next two days, it's important that you stay safe and arrive alive. With 10 to 20 centimetres of snow expected to hit the area, it's imperative drivers follow the rule...
Feb 01, 2019