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Federal prisons taking aim at special (illicit) deliveries from the sky
OTTAWA - Canada's prison service has earmarked $6 million for electronic systems to prevent tiny drones from dropping illegal drugs, cellphones or other contraband into the yards of its...
May 8, 2019
Hoop Dreams: Six-team Canadian Elite Basketball League set to tip off
With the new Canadian Elite Basketball League about to tip off, chief executive officer Mike Morreale is brimming with the same energy he used to have before playing a bi...
May 8, 2019
Pompeo says Canadian claim to Northwest Passage is 'illegitimate'
OTTAWA - Canada's claim over the Northwest Passage is "illegitimate," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday in a major speech to the Arctic Council that Canadian experts called both provocat...
May 8, 2019
Refugee changes will hurt women asylum seekers, women's organizations say
OTTAWA - A group of Canadian women's organizations is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to withdraw controversial changes to asylum laws included in an omnibus budget bill, saying they will har...
May 8, 2019
David White chosen as interim Freedom Conservative Party leader
EDMONTON - Alberta's fledgling Freedom Conservative party has picked a replacement for leader Derek Fildebrandt who is leaving politics.David White, a paramedic and small business owner, has been chos...
May 8, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Winnipeg man guilty of murder in Indigenous woman's death
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man has been convicted of murdering an Indigenous woman in what Crown prosecutors called a crime worse than any horror movie. A jury found Brett Ronald Overby, who...
May 8, 2019
Edmonton Oilers confirm owner Daryl Katz dealing with life-threatening illness
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers are confirming that team owner Daryl Katz has been dealing with a life-threatening illness. Speculation arose Tuesday when Katz appeared at a news conference announcing ...
May 8, 2019
Bruins defenceman McAvoy suspended for first game of Eastern Conference final
NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended Boston Bruins defenceman Charlie McAvoy for the first game of the Eastern Conference final for an illegal check to the head of Columbus Blue Jackets forward Josh Ander...
May 8, 2019
Lawmakers mark 35th anniversary of 1984 Quebec legislature attack
Quebec lawmakers held a moment of silence today to mark the 35th anniversary of an attack at the provincial legislature that left three dead and 13 injured. On May 8, 1984, Canadian Armed Forces Cpl. ...
May 8, 2019
Wool wrap for royal baby suggests tradition will win out
LONDON - Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor slept through his first press conference, but royal experts say the merino wool wrap in which he snuggled said a lot about how his parents, Prince Harry an...
May 8, 2019