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Supreme Court to hear case of Hamilton-area man who killed would-be car thief
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Hamilton-area homeowner who gunned down a would-be car thief. The top court today granted the request to weigh in from Peter Khill. Khill, o...
Aug 06, 2020

Senate shifts rules for Meredith victim compensation process
OTTAWA - The Senate says harassment victims of disgraced former senator Don Meredith can now have lawyers when speaking to an independent evaluator hired to determine potential compensation for t...
Aug 06, 2020

Viola Davis, LeBron James among honorees at AAFCA TV Honours
LOS ANGELES - Viola Davis, Sterling K. Brown and LeBron James are among several honorees at the AAFCA TV Honors later this month. The African American Film Critics Association announced the recipients...
Aug 06, 2020

Canadian Natural beats expectations despite loss and halving of revenues
CALGARY - Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. beat analyst expectations despite swinging to a loss in its latest quarter on a halving of revenues.The Calgary-based energy producer says it lost $310 millio...
Aug 06, 2020

Weekly poems elevate New Hampshire city's virus newsletters
CONCORD, N.H. - Valerie Rochon is eager to read her email every Monday morning, even when it makes her cry. In addition to the endless Zoom meeting invitations, each week brings a new poem tucked into...
Aug 06, 2020

Provinces not moving fast enough to assess, mitigate flood risk: report
OTTAWA - A new report says provincial governments are not moving fast enough to protect homes and other buildings from the ravages of flooding. The report from the Intact Centre on Climate A...
Aug 06, 2020

Firefighter training on grain entrapment to include free public movie screening
Training on how to rescue someone trapped in grain is set for close to 30 firefighters in DeBolt this weekend.MD of Greenview Fire Chief Wayne Brown says a deputy fire chief who had been stationed in ...
Aug 06, 2020

City Hall says more money coming in than expected
City Hall has collected more tax revenue than it expected to have at this point.The deadline to pay city property taxes had already been extended from the end of June to the end of August because of t...
Aug 06, 2020

NHL and its labs say COVID-19 testing doesn't overlap with public's
EDMONTON - The NHL says the laboratories hired to conduct daily COVID-19 tests on players in Edmonton and Toronto keep their supply chains separate from the public's to ensure never the twai...
Aug 06, 2020

China sentences 3rd Canadian to death on drug charges
BEIJING - China has sentenced a third Canadian citizen to death on drug charges amid a steep decline in relations between the two countries. The Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate Court announced Xu Wei...
Aug 06, 2020