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Leaders, moderators confirmed for 2019 English, French debates
OTTAWA - Five party leaders have confirmed they will participate in two major televised election debates in October. The media partnership responsible for producing the debates says Liberal Leade...
Aug 20, 2019
Trudeau pledges to raise issue of falling media revenues at G7 leaders' summit
TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he plans to take the issue of declining news revenues amid domination by tech giants to the G7 leaders' summit in France later this ...
Aug 20, 2019
Charges dropped against alleged thief of McDormand Oscar
LOS ANGELES - Charges against a man accused of stealing Frances McDormand's Oscar statuette from an Academy Awards after-party have been dropped. The trial for Terry Bryant was to begin Tuesday, but L...
Aug 20, 2019
Jury begins deliberations in Cleaves sex assault trial
FLINT, Mich. - Jurors have begun deliberating in the sexual assault trial of former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves. The panel of nine women and three men received the case Tuesday after...
Aug 20, 2019
Sudan protesters, army announce new ruling body after deal
CAIRO - Sudan's pro-democracy movement and the army have announced a joint ruling body, disbanding the military council that had taken over the country after ousting longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir i...
Aug 20, 2019
Yusei Kikuchi shuts out Toronto Blue Jays in 7-0 Seattle Mariners' rout
TORONTO - Even if Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had been in Toronto's lineup the Blue Jays likely would not have beaten Seattle Mariners starter Yusei Kikuchi on Sunday. The Japanese l...
Aug 20, 2019
Maxime Bernier tells party faithful he will make it into the leaders' debates
OTTAWA - Maxime Bernier argued to a crowd of flag-waving, cheering candidates and supporters that not inviting him to take part in the official election debates means excluding the only political part...
Aug 20, 2019
Ex-baseball players Dotel, Castillo linked to DR drug ring
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested former MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel and are searching for ex-infielder Luis Castillo for their alleged links to a d...
Aug 20, 2019
Phase Two of $60M Ten Mile Slide project near Lillooet set to begin
LILLOOET, B.C. - The provincial government says work on Phase Two of a project working to stabilize a hazardous portion of highway near Lillooet will begin shortly.For years, the Ten Mile Slide area o...
Aug 20, 2019 Image Credit: BC Ministry of Transportation
RCMP believe 'criminality' involved as bodies found of two men from Surrey, B.C.
ASHCROFT, B.C. - The RCMP say the bodies of two men found Saturday in central British Columbia have been identified as two individuals from Surrey who were reported missing in mid-July. The bodie...
Aug 20, 2019
