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Cellphone location records shown to jury in human smuggling trial
FERGUS FALLS - The jury at a human smuggling trial has seen phone records the prosecution says show the two men accused were carrying out plans to sneak people across the Canada-U.S. border between Ma...
Nov 21, 2024
Quebec fiscal update: $2.1B in new spending, end of tax credit for some older workers
QUBEC - Quebec's finance minister has tabled an economic update with $2.1 billion in new spending over five years amid what Eric Girard describes as a stronger-than-expected recovery from last year's ...
Nov 21, 2024
Consul general reiterates he had no influence on $9M Manhattan condo purchase
OTTAWA - Canada's consul general in New York doubled-down Thursday on his past claim that he exerted no influence on the decision of Global Affairs Canada to buy a $9 million condo in Manhattan. Tom C...
Nov 21, 2024
Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own death has told investigators how he did it, police say
GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and three children has been communicating daily with police from somewhere in Eastern Europe...
Nov 21, 2024
Gaetz withdraws as Trump's pick for attorney general
WASHINGTON (AP) - Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general following continued scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation that cast doubt on ...
Nov 21, 2024
Blue Bombers re-sign veteran kicker Sergio Castillo for 2025 season
WINNIPEG - Veteran kicker Sergio Castillo will be back with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers next season after signing a one-year deal with the CFL club Thursday. Castillo connected on 79.7 per cent of his f...
Nov 21, 2024
Montreal Alouettes sign kicker Jose Maltos to two-year contract
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes have signed global kicker Jose Maltos to a two-year contract through the 2026 CFL season, the team announced Thursday. The 33-year-old from Monterrey, Mexico impresse...
Nov 21, 2024
Canadian basketball player Chad Posthumus dead at 33 after brain aneurysm
WINNIPEG - Canadian basketball player Chad Posthumus, a founding member of the Canadian Elite Basketball League, died Wednesday. He was 33. The CEBL's Winnipeg Sea Bears said Thursday that Posthumus, ...
Nov 21, 2024
Gaetz withdraws as Trump's pick for attorney general
WASHINGTON (AP) - Matt Gaetz has withdrawn as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general following scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation. The Florida Republican made the ...
Nov 21, 2024
Climate protesters arrested outside Pierre Poilievre's official residence in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Ottawa police say two people were arrested this morning after an "unlawful" demonstration outside Stornoway, the official residence the Opposition leader. Greenpeace Canada says its activists...
Nov 21, 2024