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Evicted tenant challenges 'draconian' pot law's constitutionality
TORONTO - A man evicted from his home and whose possessions were seized has launched a legal challenge to new Ontario legislation that aims to weed out illegal cannabis sales. In an unproven applicati...
Jul 26, 2019
Man accused of killing four people in Fredericton makes another court appearance
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick man accused of murdering four people, including two police officers, in a shooting spree last August was back in a Fredericton courtroom Friday. Matthew Raymond is charge...
Jul 26, 2019
MTV announces first run of films in new documentary division
NEW YORK - Films about living in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol and a St. Louis-area activist turned politician will be the first released by MTV's new documentary division. MTV announced earlier this...
Jul 26, 2019
Trudeau names outgoing NDP MP Murray Rankin to lead new security-review agency
OTTAWA - An outgoing New Democrat MP will chair Canada's new national-security review agency, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday. Murray Rankin has been the member of Parliament for Vic...
Jul 26, 2019
Canadian government faces call to revoke funding for giant telescope in Hawaii
OTTAWA - Canada should remove its financial support from a plan to build a massive new telescope in Hawaii on land considered sacred by Indigenous Hawaiians, the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs said Wedne...
Jul 26, 2019
Canadian government faces call to revoke funding for giant telescope in Hawaii
OTTAWA - Canada should remove its financial support from a plan to build a massive new telescope in Hawaii on land considered sacred by Indigenous Hawaiians, the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs said Wedne...
Jul 26, 2019
Canada set to begin world junior preparations at annual summer showcase
Shawn Bullock walks into Hockey Canada's office every day with a lot on his plate. Looking at the game through different lenses in an attempt to stay ahead of the curve is one of those ...
Jul 26, 2019
MLA Nadine Wilson charged with common assault
Long-serving Saskatchewan Rivers MLA Nadine Wilson has been charged with common assault in relation to an alleged incident involving family members in Saskatoon earlier this year.The office of Premier...
Jul 26, 2019 MLA Nadine Wilson has been charged with common assault and has resigned her position as provincial secretary. She will make an appearance in court in September. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Deaths as bomber detonates in Mogadishu mayor's office
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A suicide bomber walked into the office of Mogadishu's mayor and detonated explosives strapped to his waist, killing six people and badly wounding the mayor minutes after a visit ...
Jul 26, 2019
Meek Mill's conviction thrown out, granted new trial
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Wednesday overturned rapper Meek Mill's conviction in a drug and gun case that has kept the rapper on probation for a decade and made him a celebrity crusader for crimi...
Jul 26, 2019