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Tories decry judicial appointment amid renewed scrutiny of MacKay's record
OTTAWA - Conservatives are accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of stacking Canada's courts with Liberal partisans, pointing to a recently appointed judge who has donated almost $26,000 to...
Feb 07, 2020

Yankees lefty James Paxton has back surgery, out 3-4 months
All during the off-season, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman worried about James Paxton's back pain and kept suggesting: "Let's just get the surgery out of the way. We're losing time." Pa...
Feb 07, 2020

Colten Boushie documentary to screen at Dekker Centre Sunday
The award-winning documentary Nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up, which takes a deeper look at the death of Colten Boushie and Canada's judicial system, will have a free screening Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. ...
Feb 07, 2020 The Boushie family and legal counsel at a Parliamentary press conference. (supplied photo/George Hupka)

Ottawa spent at least $8 million on First Nations child welfare case: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Ottawa has spent more than $8 million in legal fees in the ongoing human rights case over First Nations child welfare. Cindy Blackstock, executive director of th...
Feb 07, 2020

Investigators: No sign of engine failure for Bryant copter
LOS ANGELES - Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any sign of engine failure, the National Transportation Safety Board said Fri...
Feb 07, 2020

NHL Notebook: With Ovechkin set to hit 700 goals, Gretzky record looks in reach
Alex Ovechkin was having a quiet night. Through two periods of action Tuesday, he'd registered a solitary shot attempt that sailed wide, two hits and one giveaway. That was it. Then, as he's...
Feb 07, 2020

FCL executive addresses fuel shortages, Unifor proposal
Gas pumps are running dry at numerous Co-op locations across Western Canada and the company's chief executive officer says Unifor's blockade of key facilities are to blame for constricting its ability...
Feb 07, 2020 The Co-op refinery in Regina. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)

Canadian special forces treading carefully in Iraq amid 'sensitive' relations
OTTAWA - Canadian special-forces soldiers are treading carefully in Iraq following an Iranian missile attack against their main base last month and what their commander describes as a sensitive a...
Feb 07, 2020

Former Maple Leaf and Canada's Sports Hall of Famer Brian Glennie dies at 73
TORONTO - Former NHL defenceman Brian Glennie, who spent most of his 10-year career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died. He was 73. Glennie, who was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame ...
Feb 07, 2020

Winfrey says King not doing well after social media backlash
NEW YORK - Oprah Winfrey says her friend Gayle King is facing death threats following a social media backlash caused by an interview with retired WNBA star Lisa Leslie that concerned the late Kobe Bry...
Feb 07, 2020