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Hearing resumes for N.S. man alleging racial bias during 2018 arrest in Halifax park
HALIFAX - A Halifax man is arguing in front of a police review board that his race played a role in his 2018 arrest and jailing after he and his spouse stopped in park to make a phone call. The hearin...
Oct 08, 2020
Nunavut premier strips housing minister of cabinet portfolios for social media post
Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq has stripped the territory's housing minister of his cabinet portfolios over a social media post about the Black Lives Matter movement. Patterk Netser had served as hous...
Oct 08, 2020
Top Nunavut judge denies request for territory's first written Gladue report
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's top judge says one of the reasons the territorial court doesn't order reports into the background of Indigenous offenders before they are sentenced is that there are no wr...
Oct 08, 2020
6 people charged in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer
DETROIT - Six men plotted to try to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday in federal court. Four of the six men had...
Oct 08, 2020
Fighting for relevance and survival, Parti Quebecois to elect new leader Friday
MONTREAL - A comedian, a historian, a lawyer and an establishment politician are all vying to lead the Parti Quebecois, the once-mighty political party whose purpose and future are today being openly ...
Oct 08, 2020
RCMP investigate second Bellos Street shooting
PRINCE GEORGE - Local Mounties are investigating yet another shooting.The latest occurred at approximately 12:30 a.m. this morning (Oct. 8) near Bellos Street in Prince George."Multiple frontline offi...
Oct 08, 2020
COVID-19 numbers continue to surge in Ontario, Quebec ahead of Thanksgiving weekend
Canada's largest province is reporting the most new cases of COVID-19 it's had in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic. Ontario has announced 797 new cases of the virus, and Health Ministe...
Oct 08, 2020
Nova Scotia mass shooting: law firm gathering evidence for two class-action lawsuits
HALIFAX - A law firm that represents the families of victims of the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia has hired a criminal investigation firm as it prepares two potential class-action lawsuits. Halif...
Oct 08, 2020
Pandemic keeps Canadian luge team at home to start season
CALGARY - The Canadian luge team will stay home and skip the first portion of the World Cup season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. World Cup races open Nov. 24 in Austria, but Canada will not compet...
Oct 08, 2020
On edge of 72, Stevie Nicks just wants to sing a song live
NEW YORK - It's Saturday at 9:30 p.m. and Stevie Nicks is singing on the phone. The rock icon is at her Los Angeles home, where she's been cooped up since December after wrapping the "An Evening with ...
Oct 08, 2020