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Arctic fox walks more than 2,700 miles from Norway to Canada
COPENHAGEN - An arctic fox walked more than 4,415 kilometres (2,737 miles) to go from northern Norway to Canada's far north in four months, Norwegian researchers said. The Norwegian Polar Institute re...
Jul 04, 2019
On Hold: Veterans Affairs struggling to answer former service members' calls
OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Canada has struggled to quickly answer calls from current and former service members seeking information and assistance, newly released documents show, leading many to hang u...
Jul 04, 2019
UN: 5,287 killings in Venezuela security operations in 2018
GENEVA - Venezuela's government registered nearly 5,300 killings during security operations last year linked to cases of "resistance to authority," the U.N. human rights chief reported Thursday, denou...
Jul 04, 2019
De Adder replacement says he's been caught up in social media backlash
An editorial cartoonist says his character has been maligned and career prospects damaged after he was caught up in the online backlash resulting from a New Brunswick newspaper group cutting ties with...
Jul 04, 2019
Anglos, francophones join forces on minority language rights after 'a bad year'
MONTREAL - Quebec anglophones have banded together with francophones in New Brunswick and Ontario to protect and promote the rights of official minority language communities that they say are suddenly...
Jul 04, 2019
Hunger strike ends after agreement reached on Ottawa Indigenous Peoples' space
OTTAWA - An Algonquin grand chief's hunger strike is over after an agreement with the federal government on a project to create a major Indigenous centre in Ottawa. Steps away from Parliament Hill, Ve...
Jul 04, 2019
Mounties appeal for more information in Toosey Reserve killing
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in Williams Lake are putting out another appeal for information as they investigate a homicide from last month.On June 8, a 33-year-old woman was killed on the Toosey Reserv...
Jul 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Former N.S. Mountie sentenced to decade in prison for theft, cocaine trafficking
HALIFAX - A former Nova Scotia Mountie has been sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison for stealing 10 kilograms of cocaine from an exhibit locker and arranging sales t...
Jul 04, 2019
Blues coach Craig Berube brings Stanley Cup home to hamlet of Calahoo, Alberta
CALAHOO, Alta. - The tiny Alberta hamlet of Calahoo, population 85, ballooned to more than 2,000 Tuesday when their favourite son, St. Louis Blues head coach Craig Berube, brought the Stanle...
Jul 04, 2019
Ottawa Senators sign defenceman Christian Wolanin to two-year contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Christian Wolanin to a two-year contract. The first year of the contract is a two-way deal with an annual value of US$800,000 in the NHL and $100,00...
Jul 04, 2019
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