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MP urges RCMP to investigate allegations of forced, coerced sterilizations
OTTAWA - The RCMP should immediately launch an investigation into all allegations of forced and coerced sterilizations in Canada, says NDP health critic Don Davies. Davies sent a letter to R...
Feb 23, 2019

Outpouring of support after children's deaths: 'Everyone is pulling together'
HALIFAX - There is a growing outpouring of support as Canadians look for ways to express their grief and help after the Halifax house fire that killed seven children and left their father in crit...
Feb 23, 2019

Saturday's Scoreboard
WHL Prince Albert 4, Kootenay 0 Brandon 6, Saskatoon 2 Regina 5, Calgary 4 (OT) Moose Jaw 4, Swift Current 2 Edmonton 2, Red Deer 1 Lethbridge 6, Medicine Hat 3 Prince George 2, Kamloops 1 (SO) Kelown...
Feb 23, 2019 Saturday's Scoreboard : Teena Monteleone

North Stars fly past Red Wings in Weyburn
The Battlefords North Stars defeated the Weyburn Red Wings 5-1 Friday at Crescent Point Place in Weyburn. With the victory, the North Stars move just two points back of Humboldt for second in the Glob...
Feb 23, 2019 The Battlefords North Stars saw five different goal scorers contribute in Friday night's 5-1 win over the Weyburn Red Wings at Crescent Point Place. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW) : Martin Martinson

B.C. skip Wark an unexpected qualifier for championship round at Scotties
SYDNEY, N.S. - Sarah Wark's curling team from British Columbia isn't used to cross-country travel, arena ice, top-flight competition or the national spotlight. You wouldn't know it by Wark's debu...
Feb 23, 2019

Some disabled veterans to get less cash under Liberal plan: budget watchdog
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government faced fresh fire over its treatment of disabled veterans on Thursday after a new analysis by Parliament's budgetary watchdog found an incoming system of benefits will s...
Feb 23, 2019

NewsAlert: Montreal man found guilty of manslaughter in death of ailing wife
MONTREAL - A jury has found a Montreal man guilty of manslaughter in the killing of his ailing wife. Michel Cadotte was on trial for second-degree murder in the suffocation death of Jocelyne Lizo...
Feb 23, 2019

Syracuse coach Boeheim strikes, kills pedestrian on highway
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Longtime Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a man standing along an interstate late Wednesday night as he tried to avoid hitting the man's disabled vehicle, polic...
Feb 23, 2019

Ex-'Idol' contestant to live with parents before drug trial
NORFOLK, Va. - A former "American Idol" and "Fear Factor" contestant who was arrested last year in Virginia with nearly 2 pounds (0.9 kilograms) of fentanyl will be allowed to live with her parents in...
Feb 23, 2019

Syracuse coach Boeheim strikes, kills pedestrian on highway
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Longtime Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a man along an interstate late Wednesday night as he tried to avoid hitting the man's disabled vehicle, police say. Sy...
Feb 23, 2019