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Security-clearance backlogs bedevilled RCMP as employee allegedly leaked secrets
OTTAWA - The RCMP was struggling to keep staff security clearances up to date during the time a senior employee allegedly tried to pass secrets to adversaries, an internal Mountie audit...
Sep 29, 2019
Calgary man convicted in five-year-old grandson's death sentenced to 9 years
CALGARY - A judge who sentenced a man Friday to nine years in prison for killing his young grandson said the injuries he inflicted upon the five-year-old boy were appalling. Allan ...
Sep 29, 2019
Canadian youth gather en masse across Canada to demand drastic climate action
OTTAWA - Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish activist whose global crusade compelled Canadians to flood the streets Friday as part of a global protest, says claims to climate leadership in bo...
Sep 29, 2019
Suspects confessed to B.C. murders in videos but showed no remorse: RCMP
SURREY, B.C. - Two suspects confessed to the murders of three people in northern British Columbia in several videos taken before they shot themselves in a suicide pact, the RCMP said Friday....
Sep 29, 2019
Trudeau to reveal bulk of Liberal campaign platform Sunday in Ontario
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau will have the campaign stage mostly to himself today as he reveals the bulk of his party's re-election platform. He has a mid-day event scheduled at the Universi...
Sep 29, 2019
Mike Reilly, B.C. Lions steal gritty 25-23 win from Montreal Alouettes
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions kept their faint playoff hopes alive on Saturday, posting a gritty 25-23 win over the Montreal Alouettes. Mike Reilly had 309 passing yards, a touch...
Sep 28, 2019
Rookies key in Arizona Coyotes 4-2 pre-season win over Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - After a hectic week-and-a-half of pre-season play, Vancouver Canucks coach Travis Green is looking forward to finally getting some training in with his team. "Our group needs some practice...
Sep 28, 2019
Tobias Rieder, Milan Lucic score against former team as Flames beat Oilers
CALGARY - Tobias Rieder scored a pair of goals against his former team to lead the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers in the final pre-season game for both clubs on Saturday. Ma...
Sep 28, 2019
Chicago teachers authorize their leaders to call a strike
Chicago teachers have voted to authorize their union leaders to call a strike, setting the stage for a possible work stoppage next month in the nation's third-largest school district, officials announ...
Sep 28, 2019
Jurco, Bear with two goals each as Oilers beat jets 5-3
WINNIPEG - A little desperation went a long way Thursday night as the Edmonton Oilers turned around a game the Winnipeg Jets had dominated for two periods. Tomas Jurco had a pair of goals, and Edmonto...
Sep 28, 2019