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Man charged in slaying of store clerk in Montreal was rebuffed by victim: Crown
MONTREAL - Less than a week after being rebuffed by a girl he’d asked out, the man on trial in her slaying returned to a Montreal big box store and fatally stabbed her 14 times in April 2016, th...
Sep 08, 2017
Probe ordered into Nova Scotia judge who acquitted taxi driver of sexual assault
HALIFAX - In a rare move, Nova Scotia’s chief justice has ordered an investigation into complaints against a judge who acquitted a taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting an intoxicated femal...
Sep 08, 2017
PM to meet first ministers, Indigenous leaders Oct. 3
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will convene a first ministers conference, including a meeting with national Indigenous leaders, on Oct. 3. The Prime Minister’s Office says the ec...
Sep 08, 2017
Ontario unveils plan to sell marijuana in LCBO stores when pot is legalized
TORONTO - Ontario is the first province out of the gate with a detailed plan to sell and distribute recreational marijuana when Ottawa legalizes it next summer. The Liberal government announced Friday...
Sep 08, 2017
Former president Barack Obama to speak in Toronto at end of September
OTTAWA - Former United States President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak in Toronto at the end of September. Canada 2020, an Ottawa-based think tank that is hosting the event, says Obama will speak ...
Sep 08, 2017
Trudeau blasts Boeing to U.S. governor over cross-border aerospace dispute
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken up the federal government’s showdown against Boeing Co. with the governor of Missouri, where the U.S. aerospace giant builds its Super Hornet fig...
Sep 08, 2017
Exercise rider dies after training accident at Woodbine Racetrack
TORONTO - Darren Fortune, a longtime rider at Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack, was remembered Friday as a thoughtful, hard-working individual who had a passion for working with horses. Fortune died...
Sep 08, 2017
Andrew Scheer set to rally troops in Winnipeg, plot strategy for fall
OTTAWA - A selfie with a camel. Snapshots of cherub-cheeked children looking on in awe at some summertime marvel. Photo captions paying tribute to the support of his spouse. Prime Minister Justin Trud...
Sep 08, 2017
Saskatchewan teen put in Hungary hotel with strangers after cancelled flight
SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan woman wants Air Canada to pay better attention to its young passengers after a cancelled flight home landed her 14-year-old in a foreign hotel with strangers. Csilla Vajda s...
Sep 08, 2017
Supreme Court restores extradition orders in B.C. 'honour killing' case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the path for extradition of two B.C. residents to India to face murder charges in the so-called honour killing of a young woman. In a 9-0 judgment Frid...
Sep 08, 2017