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Scheer vows criminal crackdown on human trafficking in election pledge
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising funding for police, survivor services and public awareness to fight human trafficking as he continues laying planks in his campaign platform. Th...
May 24, 2019
Ambassador or distraction: Raptors superfan Drake walks a thin line
TORONTO - With his team pulling away in the fourth quarter of a pivotal playoff contest, Nick Nurse was standing by the broadcasters' table and applauding the previously struggling Rapt...
May 24, 2019
Saskatchewan's highest court denies university's appeal in swimming accident
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by the University of Regina to overturn a jury's verdict that found the school liable after a teen was paralyzed diving into the unive...
May 24, 2019
Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney sees silver lining in a weekend off for Pozuelo
TORONTO - It may be looking for a silver lining, but Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney says Alejandro Pozuelo missing Sunday's visit by the San Jose Earthquakes may not be such a bad thing. The Spanish pla...
May 24, 2019
Small blast in French city of Lyon wounds 7; cause unclear
LYON, France - A small explosion Friday on a commercial street in the French city of Lyon injured seven people, local officials said. The cause of the blast that occurred in or outside a branch of the...
May 24, 2019
Once a whistleblower, Bernier's new candidate now promotes conspiracy theories
MONTREAL - Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada is defending one of its candidates who has promoted conspiracy theorists online and suggested the fight against climate change is akin to the Islam...
May 24, 2019
Feds offer $15.8B in new ships to Vancouver, Halifax while opening door to Davie
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have ripped open Canada's multibillion-dollar plan to build new ships for the navy and coast guard, prompting cheers and frustration from shipyards in different parts of ...
May 24, 2019
Young child escapes crash with minor injuries
A close call late Thursday afternoon prompted Parkland Ambulance to remind drivers and pedestrians to be extra careful.Around 5 p.m. a six-year-old boy riding a bicycle was struck by a vehicle at the ...
May 24, 2019 (submitted photo/Duane Krip)
Jury: Vermont man guilty of murder in wrong-way crash
BURLINGTON, Vt. - A Vermont jury on Wednesday found a wrong-way driver who claimed he was on a secret mission guilty of murder in the deaths of five teenagers killed on an interstate highway. The jury...
May 24, 2019
Blackface photo investigation in Virginia hits a dead end
NORFOLK, Va. - The mystery of whether Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam was in the racist yearbook photo that nearly destroyed his career remains unsolved. A monthslong investigation ordered up by Eastern V...
May 24, 2019
