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Police commissioner confirmed for Baltimore's troubled force
BALTIMORE - The Baltimore City Council voted unanimously Monday to confirm Michael Harrison as the city’s new police commissioner, formally putting him in command of a deeply troubled police for...
Mar 11, 2019
Canadian international teenager Liam Millar scores winner for Kilmarnock
PAISLEY, Scotland - Canadian international Liam Millar’s late goal gave Kilmarnock a 1-0 win over St. Mirren in Scottish Premiership play Monday. The 19-year-old from Brampton, Ont., on loan fro...
Mar 11, 2019
A look at the Canadian victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash
Details are emerging about the 18 Canadian victims of an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash in Addis Ababa that left 157 people dead. Here is what we know so far: Ashka Dixit, Anushka Dixit, Prerit Dixit,...
Mar 11, 2019
Boil water advisory ended in Village of Rycroft
The boil water advisory in Rycroft has been lifted, as lab tests have confirmed the water is safe for human consumption. A water line break back on February 27 led to a local state of emergency as the...
Mar 11, 2019
Creditor protection given to cigarette maker suspends order to pay billions to victims
MONTREAL - The Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health said Monday that smokers who won a recent court victory are being denied justice after an Ontario judge granted cigarette maker JTI-Macdonald Corp. ...
Mar 11, 2019
Crown, attorney general to appeal mosque gunman Alexandre Bissonnette's sentence
MONTREAL - Quebec’s Crown prosecutors’ office and the provincial attorney general will appeal the sentence handed down to the gunman who killed six worshippers in a Quebec City mosque in J...
Mar 11, 2019
NDP leader Singh hopes new deputy will help party 'reconnect' with Quebec
MONTREAL - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was barely a minute into his speech Monday announcing a deputy leader from Quebec when he invoked the memory of Jack Layton, who famously led the party to its 2011 ...
Mar 11, 2019
Boeing jet under scrutiny after Ethiopia crash
HEJERE, Ethiopia - Airlines in Ethiopia, China, Indonesia and elsewhere grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliner Monday after the second devastating crash of one of the planes in five months. But Boeing...
Mar 11, 2019
OECD concerned about allegations Trudeau interfered in SNC-Lavalin case
OTTAWA - The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development is monitoring the allegations the Liberal government tried to influence a criminal prosecution against SNC-Lavalin to determine whet...
Mar 11, 2019
Drive to ratify new North American trade deal gets lift from U.S. TV exposure
OTTAWA - The push for the speedy passage of the new NAFTA is getting a boost from a big advertising campaign in the United States. An alliance of U.S. companies, trade associations and lobbyists launc...
Mar 11, 2019