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Top judge says judiciary must decide what training judges need
OTTAWA - Canada's top judge says the judiciary must be free to decide what training and education judges need to do their jobs well. Richard Wagner, chief justice of the Supreme Court, ...
Feb 21, 2020
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime heading to semifinals at Open 13 tourney
MARSEILLE, France - Felix Auger-Aliassime is the last Canadian standing at the Open 13 Provence tennis tournament after preventing the country from going winless in three quarterfinal matches Fri...
Feb 21, 2020
Picketing, pigeons, politics: Scenes from the Nevada caucus
LAS VEGAS - Candidates have hustled past smoky bars and slot machines to ask for votes in the back of the house of flashy casinos. They've made their pitches over plates of tamales, tacos and soul foo...
Feb 21, 2020
Premier Scott Moe thanks Cox, talks about hot topic issues during visit to the Battlefords
Premier Scott Moe visited the Battlefords Friday to visit MLA Herb Cox and community leaders on his current provincial tour.Moe said his tour has allowed him to engage with many municipalities and com...
Feb 21, 2020 Outgoing Battlefords MLA Herb Cox, left, and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe shown during Moe's visit to North Battleford Friday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
B.C.'s soda drink tax will help kids lose weight, improve health, says doctor
VICTORIA - Children's health in British Columbia will benefit from the provincial government's decision to tax sugary soda drinks, says the chairman of the Childhood Obesity Foundation. Dr. Tom W...
Feb 21, 2020
'It's unacceptable': Maple Leafs look in the mirror after ugly effort
TORONTO - Mitch Marner can see something's been missing. The star winger and his talent-loaded Toronto Maple Leafs teammates possess the ability - speed, hands, vision - to take do...
Feb 21, 2020
Saskatchewan’s hopes of a Scotties championship dashed
Saskatchewan's pursuit of a Scotties Tournament of Hearts championship came to an end Friday.Robyn Silvernagle's Saskatchewan rink struggled with the ice throughout its afternoon game against Ontario'...
Feb 21, 2020 Saskatchewan second Jessie Hunkin (left) and lead Kara Thevenot during the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. (Curling Canada/Facebook)
Peck becomes 12-dog Canadian Challenge champion for third time
Just before 5 a.m. this morning Aaron Peck, of Grand Prairie, crossed the finish line to be declared the 2020 Canadian Challenge 12-dog sled race winner. Peck completed the more than 500-kilometre rac...
Feb 21, 2020 Aaron Peck is the winner of the 12-dog Canadian Challenge race. (Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race/Facebook)
Wells Fargo to pay $3B to resolve probes into fake accounts
LOS ANGELES - Wells Fargo agreed Friday to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil investigations into a long-running practice whereby company employees opened millions of unauthorized bank accoun...
Feb 21, 2020
Two dead, others seriously injured in massive pileup south of Montreal: police
MONTREAL - Two people are confirmed dead in a crash that involved about 200 vehicles on Highway 15 in La Prairie south of Montreal, provincial police say. The confirmation came from the Sret du Qubec,...
Feb 21, 2020