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Scheer demands PM let Wilson-Raybould talk about SNC-Lavalin discussions
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is writing to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ask that he waive solicitor-client privilege so former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould can publicly talk...
Feb 10, 2019
Fire at Brazilian soccer academy kills 10, injures 3
RIO DE JANEIRO - Fire tore through the sleeping quarters of an academy for one of Brazil's most popular professional soccer clubs Friday, killing 10 people and injuring three, most likely teenage play...
Feb 10, 2019
Ukraine has 44 presidential candidates in all-time record
KIEV, Ukraine - Election officials in Ukraine said Friday that 44 candidates have registered to compete in the March presidential election - a record for the nation. The latest polls show that comedia...
Feb 10, 2019
Canada's Andreescu to play singles and doubles against Dutch side in Fed Cup
Canadian captain Heidi El Tabakh will go with the hot hand at this weekend's Fed Cup World Group II first-round tie in the Netherlands. She has selected rising star Bianca Andreescu to play two single...
Feb 10, 2019
Quebec City mosque killer Bissonnette sentenced to life, no parole for 40 years
QUEBEC - Alexandre Bissonnette was driven by "racism and hatred" when he stormed into a Quebec City mosque and gunned down six worshippers in 2017, a judge said Friday as he sentenced him to 40&n...
Feb 10, 2019
Sunday's Scoreboard
WHLPrince Albert 6, Lethbridge 5Saskatoon 4, Swift Current 1Moose Jaw 2, Red Deer 1Kelowna 4, Kamloops 1Seattle 4, Medicine Hat 3 (OT)Spokane 5, Kootenay 2Victoria 7, Tri-City 4Everett 5, Portland 0SJ...
Feb 10, 2019
Ex-judge who advised Forces on sex assaults says reforms slow
OTTAWA - The Canadian military has been slow to change its highly sexualized culture, says former Supreme Court judge Marie Deschamps, who wrote a major report on the problem four years ago. Testifyin...
Feb 10, 2019
'Strategic messaging': Russian fighters in Arctic spark debate on Canada's place
Recent Russian moves in the Arctic have renewed debate over that country's intentions and Canada's own status at the top of the world. The newspaper Izvestia reported late last month that Russia's mil...
Feb 10, 2019
Saskatchewan, Ottawa carbon tax case 'monumental' for Constitution: expert
REGINA - Legal experts, government officials and industry leaders will all watch this week as Saskatchewan and Ottawa head to court over the constitutionality of a federally imposed car...
Feb 10, 2019
Manitoba premier down south while his social media marvels at Winnipeg snow
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister appeared to marvel on social media in recent days at Winnipeg's wintry weather, but in reality he was at his vacation home in tropical Costa Rica, his ...
Feb 10, 2019
