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Video of 'seal bomb' tossed into B.C. waters draws negative online reaction
VANCOUVER - A commercial fisherman who tossed a small explosive into water teeming with sea lions off the coast of British Columbia says he wasn’t trying to hurt the creatures. The video prompte...
Mar 08, 2019
Extra time needed for Grande Prairie murder trial
A Grande Prairie murder trial will have to go longer than expected. Ten days had been set aside for the trial of Nicholas Richard Harris. The Edmonton man is accused in the shooting death of John Will...
Mar 08, 2019
Tobacco firm JTI-Macdonald obtains creditor protection after Quebec court ruling
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - JTI-Macdonald Corp. says it’s been granted creditor protection following a Quebec Court of Appeal decision upholding a landmark judgment ordering it and two other companies t...
Mar 08, 2019
Germany's Hermann, Latvia's Dukurs win skeleton world titles in Whistler
WHISTLER, B.C. - Tina Hermann led a German podium sweep in women’s skeleton action while Latvia’s Martins Dukurs won the men’s event Friday at the bobsled and skeleton world champion...
Mar 08, 2019
Transit routes back to normal schedule
The City says that some transit routes will return to normal starting on Saturday. Transit route 3 (including St. Joe's and John Paul II), route 6 and route 7 along Knowledge Way West are set to get b...
Mar 08, 2019
Ex-baseball star sentenced to 3 years on drug charges
SAN DIEGO - Former All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to federal drug charges involving 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of cocaine that he admitted h...
Mar 08, 2019
Lawyer for double murderer urges judge against 'custodial death sentence'
CALGARY - The lawyer for a Calgary man convicted of killing a Calgary mother and her young daughter says 50 years in prison before any chance of parole would be tantamount to a death sentence. A jury ...
Mar 08, 2019
Amazon lobbies to exempt employees from labour protections
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Many of Amazon’s Seattle-area employees would be exempt from new labour protections in a bill passed by the state Senate after lobbyists for the tech giant pushed to change a ke...
Mar 08, 2019
Feds probe alleged prison cellphone use by 'Pharma Bro'
NEW YORK - Federal authorities said Friday they are investigating claims that Martin Shkreli has been running his pharmaceutical company from behind bars using a contraband smartphone. The U.S. Bureau...
Mar 08, 2019
Alfa Romeo recalls vehicles; cruise control can go haywire
DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler is warning owners of more than 60,000 Alfa Romeo cars and SUVs worldwide not to use the adaptive cruise control because it might not stop working even when a driver taps the br...
Mar 08, 2019