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Family of Indigenous woman critical of police investigation into her death
WINNIPEG - The family of a 22-year-old Indigenous woman found unclothed and injured in a train yard is criticizing how Winnipeg police investigated her death. Police say Jaeda Vanderwal died from blun...
Jan 16, 2020
Province to fund new legal clinic at Kamloops Elizabeth Fry Society
KAMLOOPS - The provincial government has announced a $250,000 grant for the Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society to establish a new legal clinic."Cuts to legal aid by the previous government me...
Jan 16, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Dylana Kneeshaw
French director gets sex misconduct charge on actress claim
PARIS - A French filmmaker has been charged over the alleged sexual assault of an actress when she was 15. Director Christophe Ruggia received the preliminary charge Thursday of assault of a minor by ...
Jan 16, 2020
Federal health minister says too early for broad drug decriminalization
VANCOUVER - Canada's health minister says talk about decriminalizing drugs to deal with the country's ongoing opioids crisis is premature until people have enough help to...
Jan 16, 2020
Canada looks to add to valuable FIFA ranking points in friendly against Iceland
Two wins, eight goals but just 2.26 ranking points. A pair of comfortable 4-1 victories over No. 162 Barbados has given Canada confidence but done little to move the needle when it come...
Jan 16, 2020
The hardscrabble story behind Canadian wrestling legend Rocky 'Soulman' Johnson
HALIFAX - Growing up in northern Nova Scotia in the 1950s, Wayde Bowles once spent 25 cents to watch wrestlers like "The Beast" compete at the Bailey Arena in Amherst. "It's hard to say exac...
Jan 16, 2020
Montreal Canadiens prospect Cam Hillis having bounce-back season with OHL Storm
Guelph Storm forward Cam Hillis needed a few games at the beginning of this year's Ontario Hockey League season to get back up to speed after all the time he spent off the ice rehabilitating...
Jan 16, 2020
Texas governor to reject new refugees, first under Trump
HOUSTON - Texas will no longer accept the resettlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration order, Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday. Abbott's announ...
Jan 16, 2020
Would-be Conservative leadership contenders grilled on their pasts
OTTAWA - Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's past became a problem during the 2019 federal election, and those vying to replace him will be grilled about theirs. A copy of the 2020 leade...
Jan 16, 2020
Jewish group seeks removal of anti-Semite's name from Quebec street, park
MONTREAL - A man who sought to prevent Jewish people from ever buying his land should lose the honour of having a street and park named after him, a Jewish advocacy group said Tuesday in a public...
Jan 16, 2020
