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Samsung folding phone is different - but also almost $2,000
SAN FRANCISCO - Samsung unveiled a highly anticipated smartphone with a foldable screen in an attempt to break the innovative funk that has beset the smartphones market. But it's far from clear that c...
Feb 20, 2019
Man charged in Amber Alert to spend two years in prison
A provincial court judge has sentenced Johnathan Gunville to 31 months in prison for stealing an SUV with a six-year-old girl inside in September 2018, triggering an Amber Alert.Gunville received 230 ...
Feb 20, 2019
Liberals promise $638M for urban Indigenous housing
OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to spend $638 million on housing for Indigenous people in cities and urban centres. The money is part of the Liberals' $40-billion housing plan, which is sp...
Feb 20, 2019
Manitoba 'pausing' relationship with former B.C. premier after allegations
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says it is "pausing" its relationship with Gordon Campbell following an allegation in a British newspaper that the former B.C. premier ...
Feb 20, 2019
Study moves Oak Bay, B.C., closer to contraceptive control for problem deer
OAK BAY, B.C. - A contraception program to reduce the population of habituated, urban deer is one step closer in the Victoria-area District of Oak Bay. Councillors have reviewed a report&nbs...
Feb 20, 2019
New fire hall needed in St. Louis
The community of St. Louis is in need of a new fire hall as the local department looks to meet a growing demand. Mayor Marc Caron said grant submissions already started for a new fire hall in the vill...
Feb 20, 2019
Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says he would shelve oil-by-rail deal
EDMONTON - Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says if he wins the spring election, his government will do everything it can to cancel a $3.7-billion deal to ship more oil by rail. Kenney ...
Feb 20, 2019
No acquittal possible for Montreal man accused in wife's death: judge
MONTREAL - Jurors hearing the case of a Montreal man accused in the killing of his ailing wife will have to weigh two possible verdicts. Quebec Superior Court Justice Helene Di Salvo told the eight-ma...
Feb 20, 2019
Amnesty documents Venezuelan rights violations since start of democracy protests
OTTAWA - Amnesty International is accusing Venezuelan police and forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro of hundreds of human-rights abuses following the start of pro-democracy protest...
Feb 20, 2019
Defence at mother's murder trial says girls' deaths remain a mystery
LAVAL, Que. - The lawyer for a Quebec mother accused of killing her two daughters said Monday that 10 years after the girls were found dead in their playroom, there is still no exp...
Feb 20, 2019
