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Boy isolated 400 days: Manitoba urged to end long solitary confinement for youth
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's children's advocate is urging the province to stop lengthy solitary confinement of youth in custody after a review that found one boy was isolated for 400 str...
Feb 21, 2019
Romanow looks back to ’95 Grey Cup ahead of ’20 announcement
Thursday night, football fans across the country will be looking ahead to 2020, but the Saskatchewan Roughriders may not have had such a strong bid for the Grey Cup, if it weren't for its success in 1...
Feb 21, 2019 Volunteers and fans converged on the City of Regina for Grey Cup 2013. (file photo/CJME News Staff) : Glynn Brothen
New Zealand fly half Sam Malcolm leads the Toronto Arrows in MLR play
The Toronto Arrows have packed their Major League Rugby lineup with Canadian talent in their inaugural season. But the Arrows look to 23-year-old New Zealander Sam Malcolm to quarterback their attack ...
Feb 21, 2019
AP source: Machado, Padres agrees to $300M, 10-year deal
SAN DIEGO - With their city's long-suffering fans desperate for a winner, the rebuilding San Diego Padres delivered their splashiest free agent signing ever by agreeing with All-Star infielder Manny M...
Feb 21, 2019
White House ends California talks on mileage standards
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration broke off vehicle mileage standards talks with California on Thursday, moving the two closer to a possible court battle that threatens to unsettle the auto indust...
Feb 21, 2019
Defence suggests manslaughter conviction in case of man who killed ailing wife
MONTREAL - The murder trial of a Montreal man for the death of his Alzheimer's-stricken wife neared its end Tuesday as lawyers made their final arguments ahead of jury deliberations. Michel Cadot...
Feb 21, 2019
UPDATE: Woman charged in homicide investigation
UPDATE: A 36-year-old woman has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 50-year-old man this week. The woman is scheduled to make her first court appearance on the cha...
Feb 21, 2019 A P.A. police cruiser remains outside a home where a homicide investigation remains underway. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff) : Glynn Brothen
Governor signs measure to hike Illinois minimum wage to $15
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a measure Tuesday gradually hiking the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, an early victory for the Democrat on the eve of his first a...
Feb 21, 2019
Omaha on trial in shooting death of 'Cops' crew member
OMAHA, Neb. - The City of Omaha is on trial in the fatal shooting by police of a television crew member who worked on the law enforcement show "Cops." The Omaha World-Herald reports that 38-year-old s...
Feb 21, 2019
French police kill suspect after knife attack in Marseille
MARSEILLE, France - A knife-wielding man on a wanted list was shot dead by police Tuesday shortly after he injured four people, one seriously, on a major street in the French city of Marseille, the lo...
Feb 21, 2019
