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Bill Buckner, forever known for October error, dies at 69
Bill Buckner was an All-Star and batting champion, a gritty gamer who was welcome on any team. A reliable fielder, too. But a little grounder forever changed his legacy. Buckner, who made one of the b...
May 29, 2019
B.C. Greens introduce bill to ban conversion therapy; seek all-party support
VICTORIA - A proposed new law in British Columbia would ban the controversial practice of attempting to change a person's sexuality. Green Leader Andrew Weaver tabled legislation Monday that woul...
May 29, 2019
Trudeau to include U.S. state abortion laws in talks with VP Pence
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he intends to raise the "backsliding" of women's rights in the United States with Vice-President Mike Pence this week. Pence is to be in Ottawa Thursday to ...
May 29, 2019
'Another step:' Federal Court judge releases ruling in Cree and Dene
EDMONTON - The Federal Court of Canada says it has issued a ruling in Cree and Dene - the first time it's done so in an Indigenous language. Justice Sebastien Grammond wrote about the import...
May 29, 2019
Edgar, Holloway look forward to finally meeting at UFC 240 in Edmonton
Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie (The Answer) Edgar is looking to do what featherweight title-holder Max (Blessed) Holloway failed to do last time out against Dustin (The Diamond) Poirier - bec...
May 29, 2019
Defence lawyer says anti-Semitic attack at Winnipeg cafe was not a hoax
WINNIPEG - A lawyer for one of three family members accused of staging an anti-Semitic attack at their Winnipeg cafe says the hate crime was no hoax. Martin Glazer says his client, Oxan...
May 29, 2019
New Lions head coach embracing opportunity in B.C. after near-death experience
KAMLOOPS - DeVone Claybrooks is living proof there are second chances at life. It was last August when the new B.C. Lions head coach was found unconscious inside his Calgary home. "I went into a diabe...
May 29, 2019 New Lions head coach DeVone Claybrooks is diabetic and he found out the hard way last August (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
B.C. court hears officer ambushed, shot from behind by accused
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - An Alberta man "ambushed" a police officer moments after he got out of his vehicle, shooting him from behind and then standing over his unmoving body and shooting him again, a ...
May 29, 2019
B.C. court hears officer ambushed, shot from behind by accused
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - An Alberta man "ambushed" a police officer moments after he got out of his vehicle, shooting him from behind and then standing over his unmoving body and shooting him again, a ...
May 29, 2019
Family of Quebec man imprisoned in Oman seeks Ottawa's help to bring him home
MONTREAL - The family of a Quebec man imprisoned in Oman appealed Monday to the Canadian government to help repatriate him before he is extradited to the United Arab Emirates ...
May 29, 2019
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