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Quebec Court of Appeal upholds Richard Henry Bain's sentence in election shooting
MONTREAL - The sentence given 2012 Quebec election night shooter Richard Henry Bain will remain unchanged, Quebec's Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday. Bain was convicted of attacking a Parti Quebec...
Mar 22, 2019
Michigan deal bars LGBT discrimination in state adoptions
LANSING, Mich. - Faith-based adoption agencies that are paid by the state of Michigan will no longer be able to turn away LGBT couples or individuals because of religious objections under a legal sett...
Mar 22, 2019
Trial of alleged Fredericton shooter set for 8 weeks this autumn
FREDERICTON - A Fredericton man accused of fatally shooting four people, including two police officers, in a killing spree last August will stand trial this fall. Eight weeks have been set aside ...
Mar 22, 2019
Celina Caesar-Chavannes quits Liberal caucus, sits as independent MP
OTTAWA - Celina Caesar-Chavannes has informed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that she's leaving the federal Liberal caucus and will sit as an Independent MP. The Whitby, Ont., MP has been a v...
Mar 22, 2019
Finance minister tells Halifax business audience not to link budget to election
HALIFAX - Finance Minister Bill Morneau told a Halifax business audience today that they shouldn't think of this week's federal budget as an election document. In remarks to the Halifax Chamber of Com...
Mar 22, 2019
Italy: Bus driver abducts 51 children, sets vehicle on fire
MILAN - A bus driver in northern Italy abducted 51 children and their school chaperones Wednesday, threatening the hostages' lives for 40 minutes and setting the bus on fire at a Carabinieri blockade....
Mar 22, 2019
AER grants license to divert water from local Bird Sanctuary
Saskatoon Lake is currently being used as more than just a Migratory Birds Sanctuary.The Alberta Energy Regulator has granted Kelt Exploration Ltd. a license to temporarily divert water from the lake,...
Mar 22, 2019
B.C. to start measles 'catch-up' campaign, offering shots at schools, clinics
VICTORIA - British Columbia is starting a measles immunization catch-up drive next month in a bid to vaccinate 95 per cent of the province's youth amid an outbreak of 19 confirmed measles cases. Healt...
Mar 22, 2019
A list of those killed and injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash
The driver of a transport truck who caused the deadly collision last April involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu ...
Mar 22, 2019
Republicans ask to stay order blocking lame-duck laws
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Republicans asked an appeals court Friday to immediately halt a judge's order that blocked GOP-backed laws limiting the powers of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney Gene...
Mar 22, 2019