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R. Kelly charged with 11 new sex-related crimes in Chicago
CHICAGO - Prosecutors charged R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday with 11 new sex-related counts, including some that carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, making them the most serious again...
May 30, 2019
Young woman killed, teen injured after father sets fire at Calgary home: police
CALGARY - Police say a young woman was killed and her teenage sister badly injured in a fire set by their father who also died in the home where there had been a history of conflict. "What we kno...
May 30, 2019
Views of New Brunswick professor draw growing concerns from faculty
FREDERICTON - More than 100 faculty members at the University of New Brunswick have signed a letter denouncing one of their colleagues for promoting what they say are racist arguments about immigratio...
May 30, 2019
Montreal man sentenced to two years for killing of Alzheimer's-stricken wife
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge said she hopes the voices of caregivers struggling to care for loved ones are heard as she sentenced a Montreal man who suffocated his Alzheimer's-stricken wif...
May 30, 2019
Procurement minister defends rule change for F-35 as necessary for competition
OTTAWA - Federal procurement minister Carla Qualtrough is defending the government's plan to loosen procurement rules for the F-35 in the face of questions and concerns from companies that make compet...
May 30, 2019
Feds eyeing guns 'designed to hunt people' as they ponder possible curbs
OTTAWA - The Liberal government says no options have been ruled out to clamp down on guns "designed to hunt people" as it weighs new measures against assault-style rifles and handguns. The sharply wor...
May 30, 2019
Quebec to announce wide-ranging public commission into youth protection
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is set to announce the parameters of an independent commission looking into youth protection services after a seven-year-old girl who was followed by child servic...
May 30, 2019
Life expectancy stops increasing in Canada due to opioid overdose deaths: stats
VANCOUVER - Statistics Canada has released data showing life expectancy stopped increasing for the first time in four decades as young men and women died at higher rates, mostly due to opioid-rel...
May 30, 2019
Phillies OF Herrera arrested in domestic case, put on leave
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odbel Herrera was placed on administrative leave Tuesday by Major League Baseball, a day after his arrest in a domestic violence case at an Atlan...
May 30, 2019
Research suggests bird personalities vary widely and are tough to change
EDMONTON - Research from the University of Alberta is putting a whole new meaning on the term bird brain. Biologist Kimberley Mathot has been delving into how birds develop individual personaliti...
May 30, 2019
