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Judge refuses injunction request from Montreal caleche drivers ahead of deadline
MONTREAL - A judge refused a last-minute effort by Montreal caleche drivers seeking to save their industry, ruling on Friday against an emergency injunction request to stop new city rul...
Dec 22, 2019

Canadian storylines heading into the world junior hockey championship
Canada opens its world junior hockey championship Thursday against the United States in the Czech Republic. The Canadian Press takes a look at some of the storylines for the Canadians heading into thi...
Dec 22, 2019

Wisconsin governor rejects 'Making a Murderer' pardon bid
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday he will not consider a pardon request from a man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager whose story was documented in the 2015 Netfli...
Dec 22, 2019

UK charges US diplomat's wife over teen's death in crash
LONDON - An American diplomat's wife who left the U.K. after being involved in a road accident that killed a British teenager has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, British prosecut...
Dec 22, 2019

Chief: City employee targeted co-worker in deadly shooting
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A deadly shooting at a city building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was an act of "workplace violence" by one city employee who targeted a co-worker he'd disliked for a long ti...
Dec 22, 2019

Experts call for ice climbers to wear avalanche safety gear in the mountains
BANFF, Alta. - Outdoor experts are hoping that an avalanche that killed three world-class climbers last spring will lead to improved safety in the sport. American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David La...
Dec 22, 2019

'Wexit' should heed pitfalls faced by other separatist movements: experts
CALGARY - Recent secessionist movements in the world offer few encouraging examples to western Canadians who are miffed at the federal government and think they'd be better off living in a s...
Dec 22, 2019

Q&A: Anthony Daniels talks long ride as C-3PO in 'Star Wars'
LOS ANGELES - Anthony Daniels went through a painful experience after not receiving the same amount of public recognition as other co-stars when the first "Star Wars" film was released in 1977. But in...
Dec 22, 2019

Q&A: Sam Mendes on making '1917' in one long take
NEW YORK - After the juggling act of two Bond films, with their cadre of characters and armoury of gadgets, Sam Mendes had something cleaner in mind for his next film. Two main characters. No backstor...
Dec 22, 2019

Palace: Prince Philip in hospital as 'precautionary measure'
LONDON - Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, was admitted to a London hospital Friday "as a precautionary measure," Buckingham Palace said. The palace said the 98-year-old Philip was adm...
Dec 22, 2019