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School board confirms two teachers refused jobs due to Quebec's secularism law
MONTREAL - A Quebec school board says it refused to hire two teachers who wear religious symbols because they would not comply with the province's new secularism law. The Commission scolaire...
Sep 9, 2019
Poor People's Campaign to register voters on 20-state tour
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Poor People's Campaign will begin touring more than 20 states later this month to bring together residents of disenfranchised communities and help them register to vote. The Rev. W...
Sep 9, 2019
Email: Opioid talks fail, Purdue bankruptcy filing expected
CLEVELAND - OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is expected to file for bankruptcy after settlement talks over the nation's deadly overdose crisis hit an impasse, attorneys general involved in the talks sai...
Sep 9, 2019
Crown says former hostage Joshua Boyle is lying about wife's supposed failings
OTTAWA - A Crown attorney says former overseas hostage Joshua Boyle is lying about his wife Caitlan Coleman being a neglectful, unfit mother. Prosecutor Jason Neubauer says Boyle, who i...
Sep 9, 2019
Totem pole taken down on riverbank
Representatives from the City of Prince Albert, the Historical Society and elders from Saskatchewan Penitentiary gathered on the bank of the North Saskatchewan River Monday morning to say goodbye to a...
Sep 9, 2019 Darlene Stonechild stands in front of the totem pole her brother helped carve (submitted photo/City of P.A.)
3 killed, including 2 children, in shooting in Dutch city
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A Dutch police officer and two children died and a woman was seriously wounded in a shooting Monday at a home in the city of Dordrecht, authorities said. Police said in a stat...
Sep 9, 2019
First witness takes the stand at double murder trial of Ugo Fredette
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - The trial of a Quebec man facing two counts of first-degree murder heard from a first witness today at a courthouse north of Montreal. Ugo Fredette pleaded not guilty at...
Sep 9, 2019
Bethel-Thompson leads Toronto Argonauts past Ottawa Redblacks 46-27
OTTAWA - In Corey Chamblin's mind the Toronto Argonauts have finally responded to hardship. McLeod Bethel-Thompson threw three touchdowns and two interceptions as the Toronto Argonauts downed the...
Sep 9, 2019
Tory leader pitches tax cuts, NDP woos Liberals ahead of Manitoba election day
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's political leaders made their final pitches to voters Monday - one day before an election that determines whether the Progressive Conservatives win a second mandate after three ye...
Sep 9, 2019
End of an era: Lone peep show in Las Vegas area closes
LAS VEGAS - An adult video and bookstore that's believed to have operated the last remaining peep show in the Las Vegas area has closed, marking the end of an era. Showgirl Video shut down last month ...
Sep 9, 2019