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Court ruling expands Alberta's Blood reserve, Canada's largest
OTTAWA - Canada's largest Indigenous reserve is about to get larger. Federal Court has found that the federal government underestimated the members of the Blood Tribe in southwestern Alberta when thei...
Jun 12, 2019
Styrofoam take-out boxes and straws among expected targets of plastics ban
OTTAWA - A national ban on the most harmful single-use plastics will very likely force restaurants and fast-food outlets to find non-plastic materials for takeout and delivery containers but plas...
Jun 12, 2019
Lululemon Q1 earnings outpace analyst expectations, company ups 2019 guidance
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc.'s revenue rose 20 per cent during its most recent quarter, outpacing analyst expectations. The athleisure retailer says its net revenue for the first quarter ...
Jun 12, 2019
Ex-Michigan State dean guilty of neglect in handling Nassar
LANSING, Mich. - A former dean who had oversight of now-imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar at Michigan State University was found guilty Wednesday of neglect of duty and misconduct in office but ac...
Jun 12, 2019
Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide
AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine legalized medically assisted suicide on Wednesday, becoming the eighth state to allow terminally ill people to end their lives with prescribed medication. Democratic Gov. Janet ...
Jun 12, 2019
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman acknowledged during navy change of command ceremony
HALIFAX - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was acknowledged publicly by the chief of the defence staff during a navy ceremony today in Halifax. Questions have swirled around the future of Norman, who has expr...
Jun 12, 2019
Lawyer: Cuba Gooding Jr. will turn self in on groping charge
NEW YORK - Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. will turn himself in to New York City police on Thursday to face allegations he groped a woman at a Manhattan night spot, his lawyer said. Gooding, the Oscar-winning ...
Jun 12, 2019
Father tells B.C. judge that happy, loving girl, 8, taken for no reason
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The father of an eight-year-old girl who was smothered by her mother says a happy, empathetic, sensitive and loving child was taken away from the world for no re...
Jun 12, 2019
Father tells B.C. judge that happy, loving girl, 8, taken for no reason
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The father of an eight-year-old girl who was smothered by her mother says a happy, empathetic, sensitive and loving child was taken away from the world for no re...
Jun 12, 2019
Federal hate crime charges filed in black church fires
NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Justice Department says hate crime charges have been filed against a Louisiana man in connection with three fires that destroyed African American churches earlier this year. A n...
Jun 12, 2019