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Calgary plans to ban conversion therapy by withholding business licences
CALGARY - A motion to ban conversion therapy is to go before a Calgary council committee with a vote expected sometime next month.Conversion therapy aims to change an individual's sexual orientation t...
Jan 17, 2020
No. 1 draft prospect Alexis Lafreniere headlines CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
HAMILTON - Alexis Lafreniere has raised some eyebrows. Heading into the world junior hockey championship, there was no doubting the projected No. 1 pick at the 2020 NHL draft had a clinical ...
Jan 17, 2020
Hillary Clinton to 2020 Democratic voters: pick a winner
PASADENA, Calif. - Hillary Rodham Clinton has advice for Democratic voters faced with an unsettled field of presidential contenders: pick a winner. "This is an election that will have such profound im...
Jan 17, 2020
Pacino, De Niro among Producers Guild Awards presenters
LOS ANGELES - Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Melissa McCarthy are among the presenters for Saturday's Producers Guild of America Awards. The guild announced Friday that other presenters include Jane Fo...
Jan 17, 2020
Resident hummingbirds suffer in British Columbia's frigid weather
BURNABY, B.C. - Harsh winter weather on British Columbia's south coast has frozen out the area's resident hummingbirds. The Wildlife Rescue Association says it has responded to more than 75 ...
Jan 17, 2020
Burgess aiming for record third national junior women's curling title
Karlee Burgess already boasts national and world titles on her impressive junior curling resume. A championship at the 2020 Canadian playdowns can give her yet another achievement: a re...
Jan 17, 2020
Who's who on Trump's legal team for impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's legal team for his Senate impeachment trial will include a pair of well-known attorneys who have vigorously defended Trump on television and played roles in some ...
Jan 17, 2020
Saskatoon man guilty of setting up fake fundraiser after Humboldt Broncos crash
SASKATOON - A Saskatoon man has been convicted of setting up a fake GoFundMe account for the Humboldt Broncos after the junior hockey team's bus crashed. A provincial court judge found Andrij Ole...
Jan 17, 2020
U.S. sanction law not enough to prove Canadian fraud: Meng's lawyers
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for a Huawei executive wanted on fraud charges in the United States are accusing Crown attorneys of relying on American sanction law to make its case for extradition from Cana...
Jan 17, 2020
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister plans to discuss carbon tax with prime minister
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is hoping to discuss carbon taxes and climate change with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when the federal cabinet holds a retreat in Winnipeg next week. Pall...
Jan 17, 2020