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Toronto cops tout 'largest single seizure' of powder cocaine in city's history
Toronto police say they have seized more than 90 kilograms of drugs in what they are calling the largest single seizure of powder cocaine in the force’s history. Officers who searched an east-en...
Kayla Derkach Oct 13, 2016

Supreme Court agrees to hear B.C. native land case that predates Confederation
OTTAWA - A British Columbia land-claims case that predates Confederation will be heard in the Supreme Court of Canada. The court agreed Thursday to hear the case of the Williams Lake Indian Band, whic...
Kayla Derkach Oct 13, 2016
Rapper fires back at lawyers' association in N.L. rape sentence controversy
HALIFAX - A popular Canadian rapper says he can’t understand why a prominent lawyers’ group is condemning his angry response to a controversial sexual-assault sentencing. Classified - whos...
Kayla Derkach Oct 13, 2016
Rise of the roundabout: 'Don't be alarmed. It's just another piece of road'
They evoke some of the world’s most impressive crossroads – the Place de l’Etoile in Paris, Manhattan’s Columbus Circle – and have a remarkable capacity to calm traffic a...
Kayla Derkach Oct 13, 2016
Public safety and justice ministers discuss pot legalization, aboriginal inquiry
HALIFAX - The inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women and the way forward on legalizing marijuana are on the agenda for justice and public ministers meeting with their federal counterparts ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 13, 2016
Vancouver home prices may have seen 'final hurrah,' Royal LePage says
TORONTO - Royal LePage CEO Phil Soper says house prices in Greater Vancouver grew 30.6 per cent year-over-year in the third quarter of the year, marking what may have been the real estate market’...
Kayla Derkach Oct 13, 2016
German court rejects complaint to suspend Canada-EU trade deal
BERLIN - Germany’s highest court has rejected calls from opponents of a Canada-European Union trade deal for an injunction that had the potential to spell an end to the pact. The Federal constit...
Kayla Derkach Oct 13, 2016

Visiting French PM endorses Clinton in U.S. vote, says world 'rejected' Trump
OTTAWA - France’s visiting prime minister plunged head-first Thursday into next month’s U.S. presidential election, saying he supports Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, while host Justin ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 13, 2016
German court rejects complaint to suspend Canada-EU trade deal
BERLIN - Germany’s highest court has rejected calls from opponents of a Canada-European Union trade deal for an injunction that had the potential to spell an end to the pact. The Federal constit...
Kayla Derkach Oct 13, 2016
Eight stories in the news today, Oct. 13
Eight stories in the news for Thursday, Oct. 13 --- NORTEL SETTLES FIGHT TO DIVVY UP $7.3 BILLION FROM LIQUIDATION A settlement has been reached to end years of court battles over how to divvy up US$7...
Kayla Derkach Oct 13, 2016

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