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Prisons are failing to comply with solitary confinement reforms: senators
OTTAWA - Prisons are badly failing to comply with solitary confinement laws and regularly violating prisoners' rights, a new report by a group of Canadian senators alleges. The Liberal government sign...
Jun 15, 2022
Stanley Cup Final pits Lightning vs. high-scoring Avalanche
DENVER (AP) - To win the Stanley Cup each of the past two years, the Tampa Bay Lightning had to go through the stingy New York Islanders, defending Dallas Stars and Montreal Canadiens backstopped by g...
Jun 15, 2022
Trudeau to travel to Rwanda, Germany and Madrid for world leader summits next week
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's office says the prime minister will embark on a round-the-world tour next week to meet with global leaders for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, G7 and NATO summi...
Jun 15, 2022
World No. 30 Corey Conners leads Canadians into U.S. Open
Challenging rough, large crowds, and constant media attention made the RBC Canadian Open a perfect test run for this week's U.S. Open. Especially for Canadian golfers playing in their national champio...
Jun 15, 2022
MPs rush over 100 amendments of streaming bill in a day, prompting secrecy claim
OTTAWA - MPs have rushed through over 100 amendments to the online streaming bill to meet a deadline imposed by the government, prompting accusations of secrecy and legislative bungling. There were he...
Jun 15, 2022
Confederate flag-toting man, son convicted in Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday convicted a Confederate flag-toting man and his son of charges that they stormed the U.S. Capitol together to obstruct Congress from certifying President...
Jun 15, 2022
Stolen items recovered and returned to Grande Prairie Minor Baseball
Some groundskeeping items for the baseball diamonds at Evergreen Park that were stolen recently have been found by a group of disc golf players.The Grande Prairie Minor Baseball Associations storage S...
Jun 15, 2022
Michigan cop charged with murder in Lyoya's death is fired
DETROIT (AP) - A Michigan police officer charged with murder after shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head has been fired, officials said Wednesday. Christopher Schurr, a Grand Rapids officer f...
Jun 15, 2022
John Hinkley Jr. freed from court oversight after decades
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was freed from court oversight Wednesday, officially concluding decades of supervision by legal and mental ...
Jun 15, 2022
Some highlight quotes from the B.C. money-laundering inquiry
VANCOUVER - The final report from the money laundering inquiry looking into cash from organized crime being filtered through British Columbia casinos and the real estate industry says the provincial g...
Jun 15, 2022