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Trudeau warns internet regulation could be used to repress citizens, free speech
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says governments need to be wary of taking steps to regulate social media platforms that could be used by authoritarian regimes to further oppress...
May 31, 2019
Blues must balance emotion, discipline at home in Cup Final
ST. LOUIS - Tyler Bozak witnessed the first NHL playoff game in Toronto after a seven-year drought. David Perron experienced the first Stanley Cup Final game in Las Vegas. They ain't seen nothin' yet....
May 31, 2019
CFL purchases Alouettes from Wetenhalls, will look for new owner
MONTREAL - The Wetenhall era in Montreal is over. The CFL announced Friday that Bob Wetenhall has sold the Montreal Alouettes to the league. A joint statement from the Alouettes and the leag...
May 31, 2019
Girl believed to be tiniest newborn weighed as much as apple
SAN DIEGO - When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple. A San Diego hospital on Wednesday revealed the birth of the girl and said she is believed to be the world's tiniest sur...
May 31, 2019
Foxx releases Smollett files, offers recusal explanation
Chicago's top prosecutor has released more than 2,000 pages of documents in Jussie Smollett's case and explained she recused herself from an investigation into the "Empire" actor's claim he'd been the...
May 31, 2019
Benefit concert to raise money for highschool students a success
The sound of music was in Lions Park Thursday evening. Leroy Laliberte and the Dirt Road Maniacs played a benefit concert at the Pineridge Ford Amphitheatre to help raise money for Carpenter High Scho...
May 31, 2019 Leroy Laliberte and his band the Dirt Road Maniacs played a benefit concert Thursday evening in Lions Park. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW)
Police: Multiple people hurt in Virginia Beach shooting
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A shooter wounded "multiple" people at a municipal centre in Virginia Beach on Friday, according to police, who said they had taken a suspect into custody and believed the person...
May 31, 2019
Kenney says carbon taxes won't help stop forest fire threat
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says forest fires have always been around and carbon taxes won't do anything to change that. Kenney says a number of factors, including climate change,...
May 31, 2019
Veteran trainer Mark Casse hoping an event-free Belmont Stakes event
After an eventful opening two legs of the American Triple Crown, trainer Mark Casse wants nothing more than a drama-free Belmont Stakes. And for good reason. Casse's horse, War of Will,...
May 31, 2019
'Hold China accountable' for fentanyl, Andrew Scheer says
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the federal government needs to "hold China accountable" for the flow of illicit fentanyl that has fuelled Canada's opioid crisis. Speaking to municipal...
May 31, 2019