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Bissonnette judge's 'unusual' sentencing decision likely to be appealed: experts
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge's "unusual" decision to modify the Criminal Code as he sentenced six-time murderer Alexandre Bissonnette to a life sentence with no possibility of parole for 40 yea...
Feb 10, 2019
Halifax council studies quiet fireworks displays to avoid alarming veterans
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia city councillor is pushing for quiet fireworks in Halifax out of concern the noise is alarming veterans and people on the autism spectrum. However some in the pyrotechnics indu...
Feb 26, 2020
Survey finds most Canadian Olympic athletes against medal podium protests
TORONTO - After a wave of demonstrations against racial injustice around the world, the International Olympic Committee is in talks with athlete groups about potentially easing protest bans at the Oly...
Sep 21, 2020
Canadian men down Kenya, move on in consolation play at Los Angeles Sevens
CARSON, Calif. - Josiah Morra scored at the final whistle to give Canada a 12-5 win over Kenya in consolation play Sunday at the Los Angeles Sevens. The Canadian men, who stand 14th in the overall HSB...
Feb 26, 2023
Shanahan on firing Babcock, promoting Keefe: 'Something that needed to be done'
TORONTO - Brendan Shanahan had seen enough. And since he helped bring Mike Babcock to Toronto in the spring of 2015, the president of the Maple Leafs felt it was only right he be there when the axe fe...
Nov 22, 2019
Co-founder of Tim Hortons and philanthropist Ron Joyce dies at age 88
Ron Joyce, who rose from a childhood marked by the Great Depression to co-found the Tim Hortons doughnut chain, has died at the age of 88. Joyce died Thursday in his Burlington, Ont., home with his fa...
Feb 03, 2019
Legendary but ailing Inuit singer pleads for help to keep heat, lights on
RANKIN INLET, Nunavut - An ailing and aging Inuit singer-songwriter whose name is an Arctic household word has turned to the public in a plea to keep the heat and lights on in his home. “I didn&...
Jan 04, 2018
MLB players vote to end lockout, salvaging 162-game season
NEW YORK (AP) - Players have voted to accept Major League Baseball's latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season that will begin Apr...
Mar 10, 2022
Young professionals cut ahead of older Italians for vaccine
ROME - Octogenarians in Tuscany watched in disbelief and indignation as lawyers, magistrates, professors and other younger professionals got vaccinated against COVID-19 before them, despite government...
Apr 03, 2021
Town shows support for Battlefords Humane Society
The Town of Battleford is giving the Battlefords Humane Society a much-needed boost. Council approved funding of $6,000 for 2023, for the non-profit organization at their meeting Monday, a 26.32 per c...
Oct 18, 2022