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Lesson using anti-Trump song gets Utah teacher disciplined
SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah junior high teacher is on leave after she instructed her students to read the lyrics of an Eminem song that slams President Donald Trump. Park City School District spokeswoman ...
Jun 05, 2018
Islanders fire GM Snow, coach Weight, Lamoriello is new GM
Lou Lamoriello moved quickly to shake up the New York Islanders by firing coach Doug Weight and general manager Garth Snow and naming himself the team’s new GM just two weeks after taking over a...
Jun 05, 2018
Golden Knights learned a hard lesson in Game 4 of Stanley Cup final
WASHINGTON - Coming from a city where hot and cold streaks can spell fortune or disaster, the Vegas Golden Knights learned a hard lesson in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final - sometimes hockey...
Jun 05, 2018
Candidate's plan to bid for Liberal party leadership 'a healthy thing:' Wynne
TORONTO - Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne says it’s “a healthy thing” that one of her candidates is planning a bid for her job as party leader if elected. Wynne admitted over the...
Jun 05, 2018
B.C. woman says feces from plane fell through car's sunroof and into her eyes
KELOWNA, B.C. - An afternoon drive turned into a “devastating” experience for a woman and her son when she says human feces fell from the sky and into her eyes through the o...
Jun 05, 2018
Fines kick in for Montreal merchants who give thin plastic bags
MONTREAL - Fines have kicked in for Montreal merchants who give customers thin plastic bags. The ban was implemented on Jan. 1 but retailers were given a five-month grace period. T...
Jun 05, 2018
Heritage society denounces Chateau Laurier redesign as "heritage vandalism"
OTTAWA - A preservation society is blasting the redesign of an addition to Ottawa’s stately Chateau Laurier hotel as “heritage vandalism,” but the lead archi...
Jun 05, 2018
Feds close to deal with Quebec shipyard Davie for coast guard icebreakers
OTTAWA - The federal government is close to a deal with Davie Shipbuilding that would see the Quebec shipyard provide several used icebreakers to bolster the Canadian Coast Guard’s own aging fle...
Jun 05, 2018
With wind in her sails, 'Steeltown Scrapper' eyeing Ontario premier's office
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Sitting behind a small table at the back of her campaign bus as it rumbles down the highway, Andrea Horwath ponders the winding road that has led her to the very doors of t...
Jun 05, 2018
Tory Leader Doug Ford combats criticism to fight for election win
TORONTO - The Ontario election would be Doug Ford’s to lose. At least that’s what polls and pundits suggested when the newly minted Progressive Conservative leader kicked of...
Jun 05, 2018