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In the news today, Aug. 16
Five stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 16 --- LITTLE HAS CHANGED SINCE TINA FONTAINE DIED: ADVOCATES Tomorrow marks five years since the body of a First Nations girl was pulled from ...
Aug 16, 2019
German economy shrinks, casting shadow over European growth
FRANKFURT - Germany's economy shrank by 0.1 per cent in the second quarter as global trade conflicts and troubles in the auto industry held back the largest member of the 19-country euro currency unio...
Aug 16, 2019
RCMP 'sitting on' watchdog report into alleged spying on anti-oil protesters
OTTAWA - The RCMP has been sitting for two years on a watchdog report into alleged Mountie surveillance of anti-oil protesters, a civil liberties group charges. In a letter this month t...
Aug 16, 2019
'Sweet little boy:' Judge finds Calgary man guilty in grandson's death
CALGARY - A judge has found a man guilty of inflicting a fatal brain injury on his young grandson five months after the boy was sent to Canada from Mexico so he could hav...
Aug 16, 2019
'Nothing has changed:' Tina Fontaine's body pulled from river five years ago
WINNIPEG - It was quiet on the summer day when Cora Morgan and her cousin stood on the waterfront and performed a smudging ceremony for a young Indigenous girl pulled out of the Re...
Aug 16, 2019
'Hurts just as bad:' Tina Fontaine's family, friends mourn 5 years after death
WINNIPEG - On a recent warm evening in Winnipeg a woman ran up to the Bear Clan Patrol in a panic asking for help to find her niece who had not returned home. Patrol co-ordinator Meliss...
Aug 16, 2019
'Tips on steroids:' Social media both a help, hurdle for police investigations
Social media can help or hurt police investigations such as the one into three homicides in northern British Columbia, says a criminologist. Frank Cormier, head of the sociology and criminology d...
Aug 16, 2019
Harris sets record, Nichols leaves with injury as Bombers top Lions
WINNIPEG - Running back Andrew Harris moved up in the CFL record book and the Blue Bombers remained in first place in the West Division by beating the B.C. Lions 32-16 Thursday in a game that saw...
Aug 15, 2019
Cats, Kings set to begin training camp next week
With both the Cougars and Spruce Kings main camps set to begin next week, you can expect to see the boys rolling into town soon enough. Both teams begin their main camp Friday, August 23rd. The Cougar...
Aug 15, 2019
Kitimat goaltender representing Canada
A few years removed from the Northern Capitals Kitimat's own Kelsey Roberts has swapped in her University of Calgary jersey this summer for one bearing the maple leaf. Roberts is about to enter her fo...
Aug 15, 2019