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Eurovision Song Contest decides this year's final lineup
TEL AVIV, Israel - The Eurovision Song Contest has decided the final 10 contestants who will battle to be crowned Europe's best pop act, following the event's second semifinal Thursday. The countries ...
May 16, 2019
Montreal mayor says secularism bill targets minorities and violates freedoms
Quebec's secularism bill is causing tension in society and Montrealers feel powerless to do anything about it, Mayor Valerie Plante told committee members studying the controversial legislation Tuesda...
May 16, 2019
'It's worrying': Quebec premier on allegations anti-corruption unit fabricated evidence
MONTREAL - Fresh allegations involving Quebec's anti-corruption unit, once held up as the police force that would rekindle citizens' trust in their institutions, are roiling the province's political c...
May 16, 2019
Texas officer shoots and kills woman after stun-gun struggle
BAYTOWN, Texas - A police officer shot and killed a woman at a Houston-area apartment complex after she hit him with his Taser during a struggle, shocking him, police said. In a video recorded by a wi...
May 16, 2019
Tori Stafford kidnapper wants court to declare her prison transfer unlawful
EDMONTON - A woman serving a life sentence for the murder of eight-year-old Tori Stafford says her move from a healing lodge back to a prison was unfair. Lawyers for Terri-Lynn McClintic filed an appl...
May 16, 2019
Raptors need more from secondary players like Green, Ibaka versus Bucks
MILWAUKEE - Danny Green arrived to speak with reporters on Thursday sporting a nasty black bruise on one knee. The morning after a narrow loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Confe...
May 16, 2019
Clement Gascon, high court justice who went missing, had panic attack
OTTAWA - Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon says he suffered a panic attack last week before he briefly went missing Wednesday night. Gascon, who has already announced plans to r...
May 16, 2019
Tilray revenue soars nearly 200 per cent, net loss grows in first quarter
NANAIMO, B.C. - Tilray Inc. expects Canada's cannabis supply could become balanced within the next two years, while the cannabis producer ramps up its production and manufacturing footprint in the cou...
May 16, 2019
Ashcroft emergency department to close temporarily for fifth time this year
ASHCROFT, B.C. - Yet another closure is expected for the Ashcroft emergency department. Interior Health says the Ashcroft Hospital and Community Health Care Centre's emergency department is facing lim...
May 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Accused in death of Winnipeg woman found in barrel controlled 5 women: Crown
WINNIPEG - A Crown prosecutor says a man on trial for first-degree murder maintained control over multiple women he lived with through surveillance, drugs and abuse. Perez Cleveland, 46, has pleaded n...
May 16, 2019
