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Honestly given work reference immune from defamation lawsuit, court rules
TORONTO - A woman who sued her former supervisor over a bad reference that cost her a new job lost her bid on Tuesday to overturn a decision throwing out her defamation claim. In its ruling, the Ontar...
Apr 10, 2018
Trial concludes for man accused of killing son for insurance
MANASSAS, Va. - Joaquin Rams is either a father unjustly accused in the tragic, unexplained death of his 1-year-old son, or he is the most cold-blooded of murderers who snuffed the life from his boy t...
Apr 06, 2017
New Brunswick government recommends winter tires but won't make them mandatory
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick is resisting renewed calls to make snow tires mandatory, as provinces across the country take different legislative approaches to the annual slip and slide of winter drivin...
Dec 13, 2016
Moe says Sask. hasn't asked for federal help during COVID fourth wave
Premier Scott Moe said Saskatchewan has heard from the federal government about potentially helping out as the fourth wave of COVID-19 grips the province.But Moe said Monday the provincial government ...
Sep 27, 2021
Supreme Court dismisses Indigenous appeal of Trans Mountain pipeline approval
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a new appeal from British Columbia First Nations over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The court on Thursday dismissed the appeal from the Squa...
Jul 02, 2020
Spanish league loses court battle, won't play match in US
MADRID - The Spanish league lost another battle against the Spanish soccer federation on Friday and won't be allowed to take a regular-season match to the United States, at least not for now. The game...
Nov 15, 2019
As Quebec rolls out COVID-19 ad campaign, experts wonder if it will reach target audience
MONTREAL - Quebec has begun rolling out a COVID-19 advertising campaign aimed at putting a human face on the deadly virus and reaching those who discount its severity. The ads - the first of which was...
Sep 23, 2020
Top Nunavut justice says judges can't be too lenient with sentences during pandemic
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Offenders in Nunavut should not necessarily get shorter jail time because of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Nunavut's top judge. Chief Justice Neil Sharkey says while the pandemic shou...
Sep 24, 2020
Shoplifting growing issue in the Battlefords: RCMP, local business owners
Nearly $80,000. That is the value of product that grew legs and walked out of Brett Payne's store in 2017. The local business owner says shoplifting is a growing issue in the Battlefords, added securi...
Feb 07, 2019
Lebanon: Suicide attacks near Syria border kill 1 girl
BEIRUT - Explosions, including five suicide bombings, shook a Lebanese border town early on Friday, killing a Syrian girl and wounding seven Lebanese soldiers as the army raided several refugee settle...
Jun 30, 2017