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'She was slaughtered:' Winnipeg jury hears closing arguments in murder case
WINNIPEG - A Crown prosecutor says a Winnipeg man on trial for killing an Indigenous woman committed a ghastly crime worse than any horror movie. "How did Christine Wood die? She was slaughtered," Bre...
May 09, 2019
Leafs centre Tavares suffers oblique injury while practising with Canada
Toronto Maple Leafs centre John Tavares suffered an oblique injury while practising with the Canadian team ahead of the world hockey championship, the NHL club said Thursday in a statem...
May 09, 2019
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign veteran middle linebacker Solomon Elimimian
REGINA - Veteran linebacker Solomon Elimimian has a new home. The six-foot-two, 225-pound Elimimian signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Thursday. Elimimian spent his first nine CFL seasons wit...
May 09, 2019
Edmonton Oilers name Ken Holland as general manager and president of hockey ops
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have made it official that Ken Holland is their new general manager, after Holland spent more than two decades and won three Stanley Cups doing the same job for the Detr...
May 09, 2019
McHappy Day raises more than $77,000 in Kamloops and Merritt
KAMLOOPS - Local McDonald's restaurants are more than happy about the results from Wednesday's McHappy Day.In a tweet, the restaurants say $77,527.35 was raised between the McDonald's locations in Kam...
May 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Montreal moves to reduce carbon footprint, phase out heating oil by 2030
Montreal building owners will have a little more than a decade to rid themselves of their oil furnaces as the city moves to ban the use of heating oil from its territory by 20...
May 09, 2019
Canada will bear cost of repatriating trash-filled containers from Philippines
OTTAWA - Canada has agreed to pay the full cost of bringing 69 garbage-laden shipping containers back across the Pacific Ocean to Vancouver - but it remains unclear how much it will cost and when it w...
May 09, 2019
Funeral underway for 7-year-old Quebec girl whose death sparked outrage
GRANBY, Que. - A funeral is underway east of Montreal for a seven-year-old girl whose death has outraged the Quebec public and prompted an investigation into the province's youth protec...
May 09, 2019
Sex doll is three-dimensional child pornography, prosecutors tell man's trial
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A judge hearing an unusual child pornography trial says his verdict will hinge on whether a Newfoundland man knew the sex doll he ordered online was designed to resem...
May 09, 2019
Dead end: millions of calls to government go unanswered, AG finds
OTTAWA - Half of the 16 million Canadians trying to reach one of three government agencies by telephone are unable to speak to live humans, according to Canada's interim auditor general. Sylvain ...
May 09, 2019
