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Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's pending return raises thorny question for brass
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's stated desire to return to active duty after the breach-of-trust case against him was dropped this week is raising a thorny question for the military's top brass: W...
May 11, 2019
Alyssa Milano calls for sex strike, ignites social media
Actress Alyssa Milano ignited social media with a tweet calling for women to join her in a sex strike to protest strict abortion bans passed by Republican-controlled legislatures. The former star of "...
May 11, 2019
Trump to nominate Shanahan for top Pentagon post
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will nominate Patrick Shanahan to be his second secretary of defence, putting an end to months of speculation about the former Boeing executive'...
May 11, 2019
Fiddling and food: table set for Métis Kitchen Party
Fiddle music, dance, good food, and fun is how organizers describe the Mtis Kitchen Party, a community gathering set to start at 7 p.m. Saturday. Hosted by the Mtis Addictions Council of Saskatchewan ...
May 11, 2019 Prince Albert Exhibition Centre. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
$5 billion laundered through B.C. real estate in 2018, drove up home prices
VICTORIA - A report that estimates $5 billion was laundered through British Columbia's real estate market last year also lifts the lid on the extent of illegal cash moving across Canada. Som...
May 11, 2019
Supreme Court has 'full confidence' in Gascon following mysterious absence
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada won't discuss why Justice Clement Gascon briefly disappeared this week, but says it has "full confidence" the reason does not af...
May 11, 2019
Prosecutors say synagogue gunman boasted of hate for Jews
SAN DIEGO - A gunman who killed a woman and wounded three during services at a Southern California synagogue later told a 911 dispatcher he had done it because "the Jewish people are destroying the wh...
May 11, 2019
Turkish opposition journalist hospitalized following attack
ANKARA, Turkey - A journalist critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government and its nationalist allies has been hospitalized after being attacked outside his home. The Yenicag newspaper says...
May 11, 2019
Leafs D Dermott to have shoulder surgery, will be out at least six months
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs say defenceman Travis Dermott will undergo shoulder surgery on Friday and is expected to be out of action a minimum of six months. The prognosis means Dermott will mi...
May 11, 2019
Pediatric society calls for access to free contraceptives for everyone under 25
OTTAWA - The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending that everyone under 25 should get confidential access to free birth control. In a position statement released Thursday, the society says a...
May 11, 2019
