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Quebec environmental activists adopt civil disobedience to get climate action
MONTREAL - Environmental activists in Quebec are turning towards civil disobedience as a way of pressuring politicians to do more to fight climate change. They are part of a global movement of activis...
Jul 30, 2019
PBR Canada series coming to Grande Prairie
PBR bull-riding is coming to Grande Prairie. The October 5 show will be held at Evergreen Park. Dave Anderson with BuckWild Entertainment says bringing this event here has been talked about for severa...
Jul 30, 2019 Jared Parsonage is the current leader of the PBR Canada standings. Photo by Curtis Galbraith.
RCMP officer given probation for 2017 assault of fellow officer
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A former staff sergeant with an RCMP detachment in northeastern Alberta has been given probation for touching a female colleague without consent at a Christmas party.Jason Keays...
Jul 30, 2019
No decision on Huawei and 5G before fall federal election call: Goodale
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says Canadians will have to wait until after this fall's federal election to find out whether Chinese tech giant Huawei can provide equipment for the coun...
Jul 30, 2019
Officer trying to rescue kitten finds a bobcat instead
STRATHAM, N.H. - A New Hampshire police officer says the kitten he was trying to pick up in a parking lot turned out to be a bobcat, which then jumped onto the roof of a Burger King. Stratham Officer ...
Jul 30, 2019
Calgary police clear border service officers in Nigerian deportee's death
Calgary police say Canada Border Services Agency officers are not to blame for the death of a Nigerian man during his deportation last year. The passenger on a Calgary-Amsterdam flight ...
Jul 30, 2019
Friends, co-workers mourn 4 members of same family found dead in Markham, Ont.
MARKHAM, Ont. - Friends and co-workers have identified the victims of a quadruple homicide in Markham, Ont., as four members of the same family. An online fundraiser seeking to raise money for funeral...
Jul 30, 2019
Jin Young Ko wins at Evian for 2nd major title of season
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France - Jin Young Ko took advantage of a friend's bad luck to win her second major title of the season on Sunday, and reclaimed No. 1 spot in the women's world golf rankings. Ko fire...
Jul 30, 2019
Timeline of events in the deaths of three people in northern B.C.
Three people are dead in northern B.C. and there is a major search stretching across Western Canada for two young men police say are suspects. Here's a timeline of events: July 15 - The bodies of...
Jul 30, 2019
LeBron James enters Canadian media market, joins forces with Drake
TORONTO - Drake and LeBron James are joining forces to reshape the sports media landscape in Canada. The music superstar and the Los Angeles Lakers forward announced on Tuesday a partnership to b...
Jul 30, 2019