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US sanctions Maduro's son as it raises pressure on Venezuela
BOGOTA - The Trump administration on Friday announced sanctions on the son of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a move to increase pressure on family members of top officials backing the socialis...
Jun 28, 2019

Member of Northen Lights signs on with Okanagan College
Ahead of a busy weekend at home for the Northen Lights Baseball Academy the baseball club announced that one of their players has found a home for next year.Via their Facebook page, the Academy announ...
Jun 28, 2019 (photo credit to the Northern Lights Baseball Academy)

SNC-Lavalin opts for corruption trial before judge alone
MONTREAL - Lawyers representing SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. have opted for trial by judge alone in a corruption case that has loomed over the Montreal-based engineering giant. The company was ordered to st...
Jun 28, 2019

Major crimes investigating after woman found dead in Berwyn home
RCMP Major Crimes North is investigating after a 31-year-old woman was found dead inside a residence in Berwyn. Emergency crews responded to the home Wednesday morning and found the deceased female. A...
Jun 28, 2019

Pride on display on 50th anniversary of Stonewall uprising
New York City is marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, days of unrest in Manhattan's Greenwich Village that began with a police raid on a gay bar and catalyzed a sustained LGTBQ libe...
Jun 28, 2019

Early Queen's Plate favourite Avie's Flatter draws outside post position
TORONTO - Jockey Javier Castellano will have to take Avie's Flatter the long way home to secure trainer Josie Carroll a third Queen's Plate title. The early 5/2 favourite was left with the N...
Jun 28, 2019

Always ticking: Canada's population clock shows demographic changes in real time
A Quebecer moves to the Northwest Territories, a family in Newfoundland and Labrador welcomes a new arrival, another in British Columbia mourns a loss, an immigrant settles somewhere in Onta...
Jun 28, 2019

Canadian trash from Philippines set to arrive in Vancouver Saturday
OTTAWA - Containers of Canadian trash that festered in the Philippines for years are set to arrive home just in time to celebrate the country's 152nd birthday. The Anna Maersk is scheduled t...
Jun 28, 2019

Quebec mother to serve at least 10 years in killing of young daughters
LAVAL, Que. - A Quebec mother convicted in the killings of her two young daughters was clearly suffering from mental illness even if she was found criminally responsible for her act, a Quebec Sup...
Jun 28, 2019

Americans head to Canada to buy cheap insulin; some worry about supply here
TORONTO - The soaring cost of insulin in the United States prompted a group of American diabetics to head to Canada on Friday to buy the non-prescription drug at a fraction of the price. The group of ...
Jun 28, 2019