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'We burned a girl and threw her in the lake,' Laura Babcock's murder trial hears
TORONTO - An Ontario man accused of murdering a young Toronto woman whose body has never been found confessed to burning “a girl” and tossing her in a lake, a witness told court on Wednesd...
Oct 25, 2017
Saskatchewan to allow victims to sue if intimate images shared without consent
REGINA - People who have had intimate images shared without their permission will be able to sue for compensation in Saskatchewan. The provincial government said Wednesday that it plans to change its ...
Oct 25, 2017
Mother of Canadian man missing in Peru says Apple and Amazon co-operating with police
A Canadian woman who is searching for her missing son in Peru says Amazon and Apple have released information requested by Peruvian police trying to find the 22-year-old. Alisa Clamen, a Montreal resi...
Oct 25, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Oct. 25
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Oct. 25 --- PREPARE MORE WOMEN FOR SKILLED TRADES, REPORT SAYS Recruitment efforts to get more women working in manufacturing will fail unless girls get the educ...
Oct 25, 2017
Parents of murdered Montreal store clerk speak at sentencing hearing
MONTREAL - A young woman who was murdered as she worked in a busy Montreal grocery store was a luminous, loving and peaceful girl whose life was stolen, her parents said during sentencing arguments We...
Oct 25, 2017
Canada's Walk of Fame to add Donovan Bailey, Anna Paquin, Viola Desmond and more
TORONTO - Six influential Canadians from the circles of sports, entertainment and culture will be added to Canada’s Walk of Fame next month. Olympic gold medallist Donovan Bailey, Oscar-winning ...
Oct 25, 2017
Ottawa's Canada Science and Technology Museum reopening with new sensory exhibit
OTTAWA - The technology used in the field of medicine has grown by leaps and bounds over the past century, but when the Canada Science and Technology Museum reopens in Ottawa next month, a new exhibit...
Oct 25, 2017
Carleton University can reclaim $500k in pension paid to dead prof: court
Carleton University has won the right to reclaim roughly $500,000 in pension payments made to a former professor who was missing for years before his remains were found in the woods near his Quebec ho...
Oct 25, 2017
City holds public hearing to regulate short-term vacation rentals in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Many proponents of the home sharing platform Airbnb called on Vancouver to loosen terms of proposed regulations on the industry, but renters advocates and condominium boards say tight rule...
Oct 25, 2017
Former NHL agitator Sean Avery still making waves, this time as an author
TORONTO - Sean Avery is the first to admit he’s made mistakes. “I’ve put myself in some stupid situations. I always have,” the former NHL agitator said in an interview. “...
Oct 24, 2017