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Judge orders special prosecutor to examine Smollett probe
CHICAGO - A judge decided to appoint a special prosecutor Friday to investigate the decision by Cook County prosecutors to dismiss all charges against actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of lying t...
Jun 23, 2019
Artists, politicians reflect on reconciliation as cedar poles unveiled in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Musqueam artist William Dan says a welcome figure he carved from centuries-old cedar represents a homecoming for him, after a childhood lost to residential school and decades spent aw...
Jun 23, 2019
Subban excited with trade to Devils
NEWARK, N.J. - P.K. Subban wasn't exactly shocked Saturday when the six-time NHL defenceman was traded from the Nashville Predators to the New Jersey Devils. "I've been through the process before," Su...
Jun 23, 2019
David Saint-Jacques faces long recovery after return to Earth, doctor says
MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques will return to Earth on Monday following a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Raffi Kuyumjian, the doctor for the Canadian Spac...
Jun 23, 2019
Cardi B hit with new felony charges in strip club brawl
NEW YORK - Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B was charged Friday with new felony charges in a fight last year at a New York City strip club. An indictment filed in state court charges Cardi B with two coun...
Jun 23, 2019
Crowds gather as massive Pride parade set to take over downtown Toronto
Toronto's gay village is buzzing this afternoon just ahead of the start of the city's massive Pride parade, with crowds wearing all colours and waving rainbow flags lining the downtown parad...
Jun 23, 2019
Renata Ford, widow of Rob Ford, runs to be MP for Bernier's 'People's party'
Toronto voters will have a chance this fall to vote for another Ford. Renata Ford - the widow of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, sister-in-law to Ontario's premier, daughter-in-law to a former Ont...
Jun 23, 2019
Iraqi Kurds ask Canada for military training, equipment after being frozen out
OTTAWA - A senior representative for Iraq's Kurdistan region is inviting Canada to once again provide training and equipment to Kurdish security forces, who worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Canadian s...
Jun 23, 2019
District 12 of 'The Hunger Games' is now a historic place
RALEIGH, N.C. - What would the folks in the Capitol think? District 12 is now on the National Register of Historic Places. The Henry River Mill Village, which served as the home of the three main char...
Jun 23, 2019
Artists, politicians reflect on reconciliation as cedar poles unveiled in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Musqueam artist William Dan says a welcome figure he carved from centuries-old cedar represents a homecoming for him, after a childhood lost to residential school and decades spent aw...
Jun 23, 2019
