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Fredericton shooter Mathew Raymond testifies in his defence at murder trial
FREDERICTON - The man on trial for the 2018 Fredericton mass shooting has begun testifying in his own defence. Matthew Raymond is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the Aug. 10, 2018 d...
Oct 27, 2020
Stop the music! Chorus of artists tell Trump to turn it down
LOS ANGELES - From the beloved, "heard there was a secret chord" opening lines of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" to the rousing, children's-choir conclusion of the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get ...
Oct 27, 2020
Blowin' in the wind: Lost interviews hold new Dylan insights
For nearly half a century, they were blowin' in the wind: lost interviews that contained surprising new insights about celebrated singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Transcripts of the 1971 interviews with t...
Oct 27, 2020
UK judge to rule Nov 2 on Depp's libel suit against tabloid
LONDON - A British judge will rule next week on whether Johnny Depp was libelled by a tabloid newspaper that branded him a wife-beater - an accusation his lawyer called a "reputation-destroying, caree...
Oct 27, 2020
Delays expected as road work wraps up on East Shuswap Road
KAMLOOPS - Repair work will wrap up soon along East Shuswap Road on the Tk'emlups reserve, after several sections experienced erosion this summer. According to a Facebook post from Tk'emlps te Secwpem...
Oct 27, 2020
Thousands in Bangladesh protest against French cartoons
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Around 10,000 people in Bangladesh rallied in the South Asian nation's capital on Tuesday to protest France's president and his staunch support of secular laws that deem caricature...
Oct 27, 2020
Ottawa Senators sign forward Chris Tierney to two-year deal, avoiding arbitration
The Ottawa Senators have avoided arbitration with Chris Tierney, signing the forward to a two-year contract with an average annual value of US$3.5 million. Tierney, 26, will earn $2.8 million in 2020-...
Oct 27, 2020
Judge: US can't replace Trump in columnist's slander suit
NEW YORK - A federal judge on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump's request that he be replaced as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in ...
Oct 27, 2020
Businesses, cities look to give Canadians outdoor rec options during pandemic winter
At Fresh Air Experience in Ottawa, a sporting goods store that specializes in bikes in the summer and cross-country skis in winter, the demand for ski equipment doesn't traditionally take off until th...
Oct 27, 2020
September orders for big-ticket manufactured goods up 1.9%
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose a better-than-expected 1.9% in September with a key category that tracks business investment showing a solid gain as well. ...
Oct 27, 2020
