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Canada's Bianca Andreescu withdraws from French Open due to shoulder injury
PARIS - Canadian Bianca Andreescu's return from a two-month injury absence was a short one. Andreescu withdrew from the French Open on Wednesday ahead of her second-round match aga...
May 29, 2019
Life sentence appeal by Halifax mall plotter rejected by Nova Scotia court
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's top court has rejected the appeal of the life sentence given to an American woman who plotted a Valentine's Day shooting spree at a Halifax mall in 2015. In a written...
May 29, 2019
Free puppies: Nova Scotia woman issues warning about cruel and unusual scam
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia woman has come forward to warn people about an unusually cruel scam that involves the promise of free, purebred puppies. Lara Ryan says she didn't realize what w...
May 29, 2019
Wilson-Raybould says she never had an 'end game' planned during SNC affair
OTTAWA - Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says there was never a specific "end game" for her during the SNC controversy that had anything to do with power. Some of Wilson-Ra...
May 29, 2019
High Level wildfire update May 29
Hot, dry conditions and gusty winds have led to what fire watchers call a red-flag warning in much of northern Alberta's forest.The Chuckegg Creek fire, currently the largest in the province, is still...
May 29, 2019 (Photo Credit: Facebook/Town of High Level)
'Snowden refugee' living in Montreal calls on Canada to accept others
MONTREAL - A refugee who helped shelter whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong is calling on immigration officials to allow other members of her daughter's family to join her in Cana...
May 29, 2019
Minnesota State Champion commits to Storm for 19/20 season
The Grande Prairie Storm have announced another significant commitment to their forward group for next season.Wednesday morning the Storm revealed that 2000-born forward Jackson Savoie will be in the ...
May 29, 2019 (photo credit to the Grande Prairie Storm)
Octavia Spencer like you've never seen her before in 'Ma'
LOS ANGELES - Octavia Spencer has been a household name for almost a decade. She's won an Oscar and been nominated two more times since. And yet she has never headlined a film on her own or been first...
May 29, 2019
As they turn 85, Dionne sisters caution about the perils of childhood celebrity
MONTREAL - Annette and Cecile Dionne admit they don't know much about the online world of pint-sized content creators dubbed "kidfluencers." But the sisters, who turn 85 on Tuesday, can tell you a thi...
May 29, 2019
Report: Qatar premier to travel to Saudi Arabia amid boycott
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Al-Jazeera is reporting that Qatar's prime minister will be heading to Saudi Arabia for two summits, marking the highest-level contact between the neighbouring nations si...
May 29, 2019