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Mendoza has new roles with ESPN, resigns as Mets adviser
LOS ANGELES - Jessica Mendoza will no longer be on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" or work for the New York Mets front office after signing a contract extension with the network. ESPN announced Friday ...
Feb 07, 2020

Dun-dun: Defence witness wrote 'SVU' episode about Weinstein
NEW YORK - Their defence off to a rocky start, Harvey Weinstein's lawyers look to rebound Friday by bringing in a film director in hopes of dashing the credibility of a rape accuser who acknowledged a...
Feb 07, 2020

People's party leader Maxime Bernier sues political pundit for defamation
A former member of Parliament and leader of a fringe federal political party is suing a prominent political commentator and strategist for defamation. Maxime Bernier alleges Warren Kinsella repeatedly...
Feb 07, 2020

Commuter rail trips cancelled as protest blocks tracks near Belleville, Ont.
BELLEVILLE, Ont. - VIA Rail says it's suspended service on busy routes east of Toronto due to a protest blocking the tracks. The railway operator says the protest is taking place near Belleville, Ont....
Feb 07, 2020

Trucker seriously injured after run over by own vehicle
QUESNEL - A truck driver was seriously injured this week when his transport truck ran him over when he was attempting to get his disabled truck off Highway 97.Quesnel RCMP Sgt. Richard Weseen says it ...
Feb 07, 2020

Maple Leafs place Ceci on injured reserve, recall fellow blueliner Liljegren
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs placed defenceman Cody Ceci on injured reserve and recalled blueliner Timothy Liljegren from the team's American Hockey League affiliate on Friday. Ceci, ou...
Feb 07, 2020

Psychiatrist faced barriers to getting information, lawyer tells Desmond Inquiry
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - Only two hours before Lionel Desmond used a rifle to kill three members of his family and himself, the former soldier appeared coherent and focused when he purc...
Feb 07, 2020

Manitoba ads in Quebec over secularism law generated $200K in publicity: report
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government's advertising campaign that took a swipe at Quebec's secularism law appears to have generated a lot of bang for the buck in terms of publicity, but has not resulted ...
Feb 07, 2020

Schools shuttered, flights cancelled as heavy snow lashes southern Quebec
MONTREAL - Schools across much of southern Quebec are shuttered today as a snowstorm bears down on the province. In the Montreal area, between 30 and 50 centimetres of sn...
Feb 07, 2020

4 arrested in Chetwynd drug bust
CHETWYND - Four people have been arrested in relation to a drug bust in Chetwynd.North District RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says if follows the execution of a search warrant on Tuesday (Feb.4) at a h...
Feb 07, 2020