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UN formally asks Canada to extend Mali mission to prevent medevac gap
OTTAWA - The United Nations is formally asking Canada to extend its mission in Mali in what appears to be a last-ditch effort to prevent a gap in providing life-saving medical evacuations for wou...
Mar 22, 2019
Factors judge considered in sentencing of truck driver in Humboldt Broncos crash
The truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for 29 counts of dangerous driving causing death or bodily harm. Court heard the in...
Mar 22, 2019
Toronto FC, defender Gregory van der Wiel officially split up
Toronto FC has officially parted ways with Dutch international defender Gregory van der Wiel. The MLS club announced the decision was by mutual consent. Van der Wiel was dismissed from training camp i...
Mar 22, 2019
Border agency watchdog will 'fill gap' for disgruntled travellers, Goodale says
OTTAWA - Travellers, immigration detainees and others who feel mistreated by Canada's border agency will be able to complain to an independent body under a new measure included in the federa...
Mar 22, 2019
NHL called in Cree helps revive, sustain Indigenous language: hockey analyst
An NHL game called in Plains Cree is a step toward keeping Indigenous languages alive, says a hockey analyst. Former NHL centre John Chabot will join play-by-play announcer Clarence Iron, mu...
Mar 22, 2019
NHL called in Cree helps revive, sustain Indigenous language: hockey analyst
An NHL game called in Plains Cree is a step toward keeping Indigenous languages alive, says a hockey analyst. Former NHL centre John Chabot will join play-by-play announcer Clarence Iron, mu...
Mar 22, 2019
B.C. judge orders RCMP to give Meng data on devices seized during arrest
VANCOUVER - A judge has ordered the RCMP to provide copies of the content on seven electronic devices to an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies after they were seiz...
Mar 22, 2019
Families, victims of Broncos crash react to trucker's sentence
Judge Inez Cardinal told court in Melfort she approached Jaskirat Singh Sidhu's sentence knowing "nothing can turn back the clock."In handing down an eight-year prison term to the 30-year-old man, she...
Mar 22, 2019 The family of Adam Herold, one of the victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, attend the sentencing for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu in Melfort. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Quebec Court of Appeal upholds Richard Henry Bain's sentence in election shooting
MONTREAL - The sentence given 2012 Quebec election night shooter Richard Henry Bain will remain unchanged, Quebec's Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday. Bain was convicted of attacking a Parti Quebec...
Mar 22, 2019
Michigan deal bars LGBT discrimination in state adoptions
LANSING, Mich. - Faith-based adoption agencies that are paid by the state of Michigan will no longer be able to turn away LGBT couples or individuals because of religious objections under a legal sett...
Mar 22, 2019