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US prosecutors add hate crime charges in synagogue shooting
SAN DIEGO - Federal officials announced Thursday that they have filed 109 hate crime charges against the man suspected of opening fire in a Southern California synagogue and said he called a 911 dispa...
May 09, 2019
B.C. premier asks utilities commission to probe high price of gasoline
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan has asked the British Columbia Utilities Commission to investigate why gasoline in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island is so much more expensive than the rest of t...
May 09, 2019
B.C. premier asks utilities commission to probe high price of gasoline
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan has asked the British Columbia Utilities Commission to investigate why gasoline in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island is so much more expensive than the rest of t...
May 09, 2019
Philadelphia 76ers centre Joel Embiid starts in Game 5 against Raptors
TORONTO - Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown wasn't giving much away on the subject of ailing centre Joel Embiid on the eve of Tuesday's playoff game with the Toronto Raptors. The seven-footer, who ...
May 09, 2019
Provincial crews watch Savona fire, contemplate burning ban for Kamloops Fire Centre
SAVONA, B.C. - Provincial wildfire crews have returned to the site of a grassfire near Savona Thursday. The human-caused fire was ignited yesterday near the Savona dump. Fire Information Officer Jody ...
May 09, 2019 Savona Dump Fire (Image Credit: Contributed / Karen Lachance)
'Motivated by hate.' Vandals trash role-playing business in Cape Breton
SYDNEY, N.S. - A group of teenage vandals is being blamed for trashing a Cape Breton business where people gather in the woods to enjoy live action role-playing dres...
May 09, 2019
Pediatric society calls for access to free contraceptives for everyone under 25
OTTAWA - The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending that everyone under 25 should get confidential access to free birth control. In a position statement released Thursday, the society says a...
May 09, 2019
James Cameron salutes 'Endgame' for sinking 'Titanic' record
LOS ANGELES - Filmmaker James Cameron has no bad blood with the Avengers, even though "Endgame" has eclipsed "Titanic's" worldwide record and bumped the 1997 blockbuster to third place. Cameron tweete...
May 09, 2019
Popular Virginia children's singer faces child porn charge
RESTON, Va. - A popular children's performer in northern Virginia has been arrested and charged with possessing child pornography. Fairfax County Police said on Thursday that 58-year-old Steven Rossi ...
May 09, 2019
Dinos' star Sinagra hoping to earn shot at competing for CFL spot
Quarterback Adam Sinagra is a proud Canadian, but he wants to secure a CFL opportunity based upon his ability, not his nationality. The six-foot-one, 195-pound Hec C...
May 09, 2019
