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Nord heading down south to hit the water at Orlando School
Orcas standout Brandon Nord will swim in a warmer climate soon. The 17-year-old recently committed to Rollins College in Orlando, Florida on a four-year scholarship to the division two school, where h...
Feb 21, 2019 Nord will be in a different climate, hitting the pool next year. (submitted photo/John Mcleod) : Brady Lang
Canadian shares story of abuse with church officials ahead of Vatican summit
One by one, a dozen survivors shared their shattering tales of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic clergy with high-ranking church officials gathered to listen to the stories they'd declined to hear...
Feb 21, 2019
Jurors deliberate in case of Montreal man charged with killing ailing wife
MONTREAL - Jurors have completed a first full day of deliberations at the murder trial of Michel Cadotte without reaching a verdict. Cadotte, 57, stands trial on a charge of second-degree mu...
Feb 21, 2019
Toronto Eaton Centre shooter found guilty of two counts of manslaughter
TORONTO - A man who said his post-traumatic stress disorder prompted him to open fire inside Toronto's Eaton Centre more than six years ago was found guilty Tuesday of ma...
Feb 21, 2019
A look back at the glittering MMA career of Canadian Georges St-Pierre
From dethroning UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes to packing the Rogers Centre, Canadian Georges St-Pierre has been long front and centre in the mixed martial arts world. A look at five of his mos...
Feb 21, 2019
2 women accuse R. Kelly of sexual misconduct in 1990s
NEW YORK - Two women say singer R. Kelly picked them out of a crowd at a Baltimore after-party in the mid-1990s when they were underage and had sex with one of the teens although she was under the inf...
Feb 21, 2019
Wiltjer, Ejim & Co., have logged millions of kilometres to play for Canada
With a few hours to kill during a recent layover in Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, Kyle Wiltjer was wondering aloud. The former Gonzaga forward was about to bend his six-foot-10 frame o...
Feb 21, 2019
B.C. budget includes child fund, climate plan, Indigenous revenue sharing
VICTORIA - The B.C. government maintained its focus on providing programs to help families cope financially in its latest budget Tuesday, following efforts a year ago to crack down on proper...
Feb 21, 2019
Shambhala Buddhist leader drops teaching in wake of report on sexual misconduct
HALIFAX - The Halifax-based spiritual leader of the Shambhala International Buddhist organization is stepping back from teaching and administrative duties several weeks after a report found alleg...
Feb 21, 2019
Retraumatized: Inuit leaders say sex charges stay for priest hurts victims
OTTAWA - Canada's decision to stay charges against a priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children and believed to be in France is traumatizing victims all over again, Arctic leaders say. "It...
Feb 21, 2019