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Ronaldo lawyers seek $626K from woman's lawyer in Vegas case
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Cristiano Ronaldo is asking a U.S. judge to order a woman's lawyer to pay more than $626,000 for losing a lawsuit to get the international soccer star to pay millions of dollars after...
Jun 29, 2022
SOUND OFF: Reducing wildfire risk
LAST YEAR'S DEVASTATING FIRE SEASON was stressful and difficult for so many people and communities, and it highlighted the need for continued increases in wildfire prevention efforts. This summer, we ...
Jun 29, 2022
Football hero's killer can't be re-tried for murder
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The man who killed former a former NFL player in a New Orleans area road rage incident in 2016 cannot be tried again for murder after his conviction on a lesser charge was overturne...
Jun 29, 2022
Winless Redblacks face daunting challenge in containing Lions' explosive offence
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks have a major obstacle standing in their way as they chase their first win of the CFL season - Nathan Rourke and the powerful B.C. Lions offence. The Lions head into Thurs...
Jun 29, 2022
Anti-hate group launches online booklet to combat hate among young people
A group that monitors hate groups in Canada has launched an online booklet to help identify, confront and prevent various forms of hate in classrooms and online. Bernie Farber, chair of the Canadian A...
Jun 29, 2022
Memorial service held for RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson, killed in N.S. mass shooting
HALIFAX - An RCMP officer who was among 22 people killed in the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting was remembered today during a regimental service in Halifax that recalled her brave actions. People lined...
Jun 29, 2022
French court convicts 19 men in 2015 Paris attacks trial
PARIS (AP) - A French court has found 19 men guilty of terrorism-related charges for the Islamic State terrorist attacks on the Bataclan theater, Paris cafes and France's national stadium in 2015. The...
Jun 29, 2022
Florida jury sworn in to determine school shooter's penalty
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A jury for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz's penalty trial was finally sworn in Wednesday, completing a nearly three-month selection process that ended with two last-m...
Jun 29, 2022
Quebec COVID-19 hospitalizations rising as new variants gaining ground
MONTREAL - Quebec is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations driven by new Omicron subvariants that account for about 75 per cent of infections, the province's public health director...
Jun 29, 2022
Canada's Vallée takes bronze in one-metre springboard at world aquatics championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Mia Valle won Canada's second diving medal at the world aquatics championships with a bronze in the women's one-metre springboard Wednesday. The 21-year-old from Beaconsfield, Que....
Jun 29, 2022
