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Celebrities, athletes, others accused of lying to the public
CHICAGO - Actor Jussie Smollett is accused of staging a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in Chicago in January in a celebrity scandal that has captured attention online and in the media. Smollett is...
Feb 24, 2019
Defence lawyer raises new questions about timing of Richard Oland's killing
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A tense cross-examination of the final prosecution witness at the Dennis Oland murder trial has raised new questions about the time Richard Oland was killed. John Ainsworth, the own...
Feb 24, 2019
Liberal turmoil a 'gift' to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in B.C. byelection: expert
BURNABY, B.C. - The stakes are high for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in a Metro Vancouver byelection race, but an expert says recent Liberal turmoil has been a "gift" to his campaign. The 40-yea...
Feb 24, 2019
Impact of political scandal, religious symbols debate felt in Outremont byelection
MONTREAL - Julia Sanchez, the NDP's candidate in Monday's Outremont byelection, says people in the riding talk to her about climate change, wealth inequality - and sometimes what the leader of he...
Feb 24, 2019
Heavy rain, floods, even a tornado as storms smack the South
COLUMBUS, Miss. - A tornado smashed into a commercial district in the small Mississippi city of Columbus, shattering businesses as severe storms raked the South on a weekend of drenching rains and a r...
Feb 24, 2019
Wintour honours Lagerfeld; Bottega Veneta shows new direction
MILAN - Anna Wintour paid tribute Friday to Karl Lagerfeld's generosity and sense of humour as she presented a new fashion exhibition. Elsewhere in Milan, Versace unveiled its first womenswear collect...
Feb 24, 2019
'Can be justified:' Regulator gives conditional OK to Trans Mountain expansion
CALGARY - Battle lines over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion were already being redrawn Friday after the National Energy Board gave its conditional endorsement to the project. The ...
Feb 24, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 22
Four stories in the news for Friday, Feb. 22 --- REPORT WON'T SETTLE TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE BATTLE An environmental group says it expects the National Energy Board to again approv...
Feb 24, 2019
Oakland teachers joined by parents, students on picket lines
OAKLAND, Calif. - Teachers in Oakland, California, walked picket lines for a second day Friday as negotiations resumed and union leaders vowed to keep pressing demands for higher pay, smaller class si...
Feb 24, 2019
Islanders blank Canucks 4-0, Lehner posts fourth shutout of the season
VANCOUVER - Goalie Robin Lehner stymied a hungry Vancouver Canucks offence on Saturday, leading the New York Islanders to a 4-0 victory. Lehner stopped all 36 of Vancouver's shots to earn his fou...
Feb 24, 2019
