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Hasidic education official tells trial Talmudic education rigorous
MONTREAL - The head of a Jewish home-schooling association took umbrage in court Monday with the accusation his ultra-Orthodox community fails to properly educate its boys, claiming Talmudic stud...
Feb 19, 2020

Case of alleged RCMP secret-leaker could head behind closed doors
OTTAWA - Federal prosecutors are signalling they want to move the national-secrets case against a senior RCMP official behind closed doors - at least temporarily - while a key issue is sorted out...
Feb 19, 2020

Trial of Quebec entertainer Eric Salvail hears testimony of alleged sex assault
MONTREAL - The trial of Quebec media star Eric Salvail opened Monday with testimony from a former co-worker who said Salvail cornered him, exposed himself and tried to force h...
Feb 19, 2020

Veteran running back Tyrell Sutton re-signs with Montreal Alouettes
MONTREAL - Running back Tyrell Sutton is back with the Montreal Alouettes. The five-foot-nine, 205-pound Sutton re-signed with Montreal on Wednesday. He became a CFL free agent last week. Sutton ...
Feb 19, 2020

Trump ousts top defence official who certified Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON - John Rood, the Pentagon's top policy official who had certified last year that the Defence Department had seen enough anti-corruption progress in Ukraine to justify releasing congressiona...
Feb 19, 2020

University of Michigan investigates doctor sex abuse claims
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Several former patients have alleged that a late University of Michigan physician sexually abused them during exams going back decades, prompting the Ann Arbor school to ask others ...
Feb 19, 2020

Lawyer for Quebec couple urges court to act against ultra-Orthodox schools
MONTREAL - The lawyer for a Quebec couple who left their ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community north of Montreal is telling a courtroom that Jewish schools operating there are illegal and leave n...
Feb 19, 2020

Inquiry into former soldier who killed family looking into firearms licensing
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An inquiry in Nova Scotia investigating why a mentally ill former soldier killed three family members and himself in early 2017 is hearing testimony today from staff at New Brunswi...
Feb 19, 2020

Canada's Andreescu withdraws from Qatar Total Open due to lingering knee injury
DOHA, Qatar - Canada's Bianca Andreescu has dropped out of next week's Qatar Total Open because of a lingering left knee injury. The reigning U.S. Open champion hasn't played a competitive m...
Feb 19, 2020

Leafs forward Johnsson out for season after undergoing knee surgery
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without forward Andreas Johnsson for the rest of the season. The Maple Leafs announced Wednesday that Johnsson is expected to miss six months after ...
Feb 19, 2020

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