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Sex abuse complainants suing Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia man whose sex abuse convictions were quashed by the Supreme Court of Canada is being sued by six complainants who say he inflicted a lifetime of emotional harm. A&nbs...
Dec 27, 2019
Freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury wins top male athlete of the year honours
MONTREAL - Mikael Kingsbury is truly a dominant force. Kingsbury has nine wins in 11 World Cup starts the past two years. And the native of Deux Montagnes, Que., whose career average surpasses one vic...
Dec 27, 2019
Liberals face challenge to climate, economic policies early in 2020
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads into 2020 promising to chart a path to Canada's most ambitious greenhouse-gas emissions target yet: getting to a point within 30 years where Canada is addi...
Dec 27, 2019
‘Mame,’ ‘Hello, Dolly!’ composer Jerry Herman dies at 88
Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Herman, who wrote the cheerful, good-natured music and lyrics for such classic shows as "Mame," "Hello, Dolly!" and "La Cage aux Folles," died Thursday. He was 88. Hi...
Dec 27, 2019
'Itch like crazy:' Edmonton boy battles ultra-rare disease
EDMONTON - Armando Perez was only three months old when he got itchy. His mom, Alexandra Perez, says it wasn't normal scratching that could be fixed with a cute pair of baby mittens. It was so bad tha...
Dec 27, 2019
Trudeau on climate and ultra-rare disease; In The News for Dec. 27
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 27. What we are watching in Canada ... Pr...
Dec 27, 2019
'Right thing for a premier to do:' Saskatchewan's Moe reflects on Pride parade
REGINA - Before Scott Moe participated in his first Pride parade earlier this year, the Saskatchewan premier ran it past his young adult daughter. Moe says he takes advice in a big way from ...
Dec 27, 2019
Officials say 14 killed, 35 hurt in Kazakhstan plane crash
MOSCOW - A Kazakhstan plane with 100 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday, killing at least 14 people while at least 35 others survived with injuries, officials in Almaty said. The...
Dec 26, 2019
Liverpool goes 13 points clear of Leicester with 4-0 win
LEICESTER, England - First came the Champions League title, then the Club World Cup last week. Now, with a 13-point lead, Liverpool will surely be champions of England again by May. Leicester, the clo...
Dec 26, 2019
No injuries in B.C. train derailment, environmental crews assessing impacts: CN
VALEMOUNT, B.C. - Canadian National says crews responded to a train derailment in eastern British Columbia on Thursday. The railway company said early reports suggest 26 railcars derailed along the tr...
Dec 26, 2019
