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Federal prisons taking aim at special (illicit) deliveries from the sky
OTTAWA - Prison wardens are usually preoccupied with keeping people inside their walls. Now six Canadian prisons are taking steps to shoo away some pesky, flying visitors. The Corr...
May 10, 2019
Refugee changes will hurt women asylum seekers, women's organizations say
OTTAWA - A group of Canadian women's organizations has called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to withdraw controversial changes to asylum laws in his government's omnibus budget bill because of ...
May 10, 2019
Nation posts strongest job gains since 1976, little change regionally
A welcome surprise came in Canada's latest job numbers, with the nation posting the strongest surge in employment since the government started tracking the data in 1976.The monthly labour force survey...
May 10, 2019 (file photo/The Canadian Press)
'There was justice:' Winnipeg man guilty of murdering Indigenous woman
WINNIPEG - The family of an Indigenous woman whose death prosecutors described as worse than any horror movie says there is finally justice now that her killer has been found guilty. "It's n...
May 10, 2019
For the birds: Halifax delays plan to cut 80,000 trees in beloved seaside park
HALIFAX - A plan to cut down 80,000 trees inside Halifax's most popular seaside park has been put on hold until the fall to protect the nests of many species of birds, including a ...
May 10, 2019
Impact face Cincinnati side led by former Montreal youth coach Damet
MONTREAL - The surging Impact look to build on their stellar away record when they face struggling FC Cincinnati on Saturday, but Montreal goalkeeper Evan Bush says his side needs to be wary of a moti...
May 10, 2019
Receiver Chris Matthews agrees to terms with Winnipeg Blue Bombers
WINNIPEG - Chris Matthews is done with the NFL. The veteran receiver agreed to terms with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday, returning to where he began his CFL tenure in 2012. After four seaso...
May 10, 2019
Caretaker of vacant Victoria hotel still missing, days after blaze
VICTORIA - Firefighters in Victoria continue to battle a stubborn blaze that tore through a vacant 109-year-old heritage building Monday and forced the closure of nearby city hall, businesses and majo...
May 10, 2019
Wool wrap for royal baby suggests tradition will win out
LONDON - Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor slept through his first press conference, but royal experts say the merino wool wrap in which he snuggled said a lot about how his parents, Prince Harry an...
May 10, 2019
Man accused of killing 4 people in Fredericton shooting spree returns to court
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick man accused of murdering four people, including two police officers, in a shooting spree last August was back in a Fredericton courtroom Friday. Matthew Raymond...
May 10, 2019
