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Deaf-blind Ontario woman suing governments over student loan debt inequality
TORONTO - A disabled woman is in an Ontario court this week seeking changes to Canada's student loan program that she argues would level the playing field for people with disabilities. Jasmin Simpson,...
Jan 16, 2020

U.S. Senate approves new version of North American free trade agreement
WASHINGTON - Senators on Capitol Hill have finally approved the latest version of North America's free trade pact. The implementation bill for the long-awaited U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement passed on a...
Jan 16, 2020

JDA Kings defeat Vipers, Huskies continue dominance of NWJHL
Sundown Oilfield Sexsmith Vipers @ County of Grande Prairie JDA Kings The County of Grande Prairie JDA Kings picked up a 9-2 victory over the Sundown Oilfield Sexsmith Vipers Wednesday night. The King...
Jan 16, 2020 Photo Credit: EverythingGP

Quebec provincial police open homicide probe into killing of Mascouche mother
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police are investigating the killing of a woman in her 30s inside a home in Mascouche. Officers were called to a residence today on des Anglais Road in the subur...
Jan 16, 2020

Stephen Harper says farewell to party post, but says will stay connected
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper has left his role with the chief fundraising arm of the federal Conservative party, but says he still intends to play a role with the party itself. Harper...
Jan 16, 2020

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime rolls into semifinals at Adelaide International
ADELAIDE, Australia - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is off to the semifinals of the Adelaide International. The No. 2 seed from Montreal needed just 55 minutes to beat Australian wild card Alex Bolt ...
Jan 16, 2020

Canada's Leylah Annie Fernandez advances in Australian Open qualifiers
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Eugenie Bouchard is one win away from getting back into the main draw at the Australian Open. Bouchard, of Westmount, Que., downed Maddison Inglis of Aus...
Jan 16, 2020

Canada rugby sevens women head Down Under looking to reach some milestones
Captain Ghislaine Landry and strike runner Bianca Farella can hit milestones later this month when Canada travels to New Zealand and Australia for the fourth and fifth stops on the HSBC World Rugby Se...
Jan 16, 2020

Sen. Mike Duffy begins appeal of ruling blocking him from suing Senate
TORONTO - Sen. Mike Duffy has begun his appeal of a ruling that bars him from suing the Senate. He says his suspension by the Upper Chamber was politically motivated and possibly unlawful. As a result...
Jan 16, 2020

RCMP creating DNA profiles to help identify Canadians killed in Iran plane crash
Canada's national police force is taking part in the massive effort to identify dozens of Canadians killed in last week's plane crash in Iran. While no RCMP officers are currently on th...
Jan 16, 2020