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Trudeau to include U.S. state abortion laws in talks with VP Pence
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he intends to raise the "backsliding" of women's rights in the United States with Vice-President Mike Pence this week. Pence is to be in Ottawa Thursday to ...
May 29, 2019
'Another step:' Federal Court judge releases ruling in Cree and Dene
EDMONTON - The Federal Court of Canada says it has issued a ruling in Cree and Dene - the first time it's done so in an Indigenous language. Justice Sebastien Grammond wrote about the import...
May 29, 2019
Edgar, Holloway look forward to finally meeting at UFC 240 in Edmonton
Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie (The Answer) Edgar is looking to do what featherweight title-holder Max (Blessed) Holloway failed to do last time out against Dustin (The Diamond) Poirier - bec...
May 29, 2019
City council decides against stand-alone grandstand; looking into multi-use facility
Meadow Lake city councillors have decided against building a stand-alone grandstand to replace the old grandstand as it would not be a good investment for the city.Instead council will be meeting with...
May 29, 2019 City council said it is not economically viable to build a new stand-alone grandstand at the stampede grounds. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Defence lawyer says anti-Semitic attack at Winnipeg cafe was not a hoax
WINNIPEG - A lawyer for one of three family members accused of staging an anti-Semitic attack at their Winnipeg cafe says the hate crime was no hoax. Martin Glazer says his client, Oxan...
May 29, 2019
B.C. court hears officer ambushed, shot from behind by accused
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - An Alberta man "ambushed" a police officer moments after he got out of his vehicle, shooting him from behind and then standing over his unmoving body and shooting him again, a ...
May 29, 2019
Family of Quebec man imprisoned in Oman seeks Ottawa's help to bring him home
MONTREAL - The family of a Quebec man imprisoned in Oman appealed Monday to the Canadian government to help repatriate him before he is extradited to the United Arab Emirates ...
May 29, 2019
Judge tosses evidence, acquits Saskatchewan lovers of plotting to kill spouses
PRINCE ALBERT, Alta. - A Saskatchewan judge has acquitted a man and a woman of conspiracy to murder their spouses after ruling a key audio recording is inadmissible as evidence. The judge en...
May 29, 2019
Former Mountie says 'humiliating' that sex assault probes against doctor dropped
HALIFAX - A former Mountie who filed a complaint against a physician who performed medical exams on recruits says it was humiliating to learn no charges would be laid against him a...
May 29, 2019
'Godzilla' brings Millie Bobby Brown to a new monster fight
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Millie Bobby Brown may use brute force against demon monsters in "Stranger Things," but the teenage actress relies more on intelligence to outsmart the 500-foot-tall behemoths...
May 29, 2019