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Ex-coach Levy inspires Alouettes, but last home game vs. Ti-cats meaningless
MONTREAL - A visit from 92-year-old coaching legend Marv Levy may have been uplifting but it came far too late to save the Montreal Alouettes season. Levy, who led the Alouettes to a pair of Grey Cups...
Oct 20, 2017
Man convicted of murder in stabbing death of Montreal store clerk in April 2016
MONTREAL - A man who brutally stabbed a young woman to death in a busy grocery store in Montreal in 2016 was convicted on Friday of first-degree murder. A jury found Randy Tshilumba guilty of premedit...
Oct 20, 2017
Spacewalking astronaut copes with frayed tether, bad jetpack
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A spacewalking astronaut successfully replaced a blurry camera outside the International Space Station on Friday, but had to contend with a balky jetpack and a frayed safety tet...
Oct 20, 2017
January trial scheduled in shooting death of ex-NFL player
GRETNA, La. - Trial for the suspect in last year’s shooting death of former NFL player Joe McKnight has been scheduled for Jan. 16. Fifty-five-year-old Ronald Gasser faces a second-degree murder...
Oct 20, 2017
Ex-prosecutor to sue Cosby accuser, alleging personal injury
PHILADELPHIA - A former district attorney who declined to press sexual-assault charges against Bill Cosby in 2005 has filed the beginnings of a lawsuit against Cosby’s accuser in Philadelphia. A...
Oct 20, 2017
Canucks defenceman Gudbranson suspended one game for hit on Vatrano
NEW YORK - Vancouver Canucks defenceman Erik Gudbranson has been suspended for one game without pay for his hit on Boston Bruins forward Frank Vatrano. Gudbranson hit Vatrano from behind at 6:13 of th...
Oct 20, 2017
No parole for 17 years for man who killed Surrey, B.C., teenager
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A British Columbia man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 17 years after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. Raymond Caissie was se...
Oct 20, 2017
Dalhousie student leader faces backlash for criticizing 'white fragility'
HALIFAX - A Dalhousie University student leader says she’s facing a backlash for criticizing “white fragility” and standing with Indigenous Peoples on Canada 150 celebrations. Masuma...
Oct 20, 2017
US probe alleges corruption by top Honolulu law enforcers
HONOLULU - A curious allegation of mailbox theft unraveled into a tale of corruption that reached the highest levels of Honolulu law enforcement, culminating in a U.S. investigation that found the for...
Oct 20, 2017
WHO chief selects Zimbabwe's Mugabe as 'goodwill ambassador'
GENEVA - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has long faced United States sanctions over his government’s human rights abuses. But the World Health Organization’s new chief is making the long...
Oct 20, 2017