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Calls for homeless camp to be shut in Vancouver park as council considers plan
VANCOUVER - Residents of a Vancouver neighbourhood were comfortable with a few people sleeping overnight in a park before moving on, but Kelsey Mulyk says they weren't prepared for homeless campers to...
Oct 07, 2020
Supreme Court affirms constitutionality of change to jury selection procedure
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of a key legislative change to the jury-selection process. In a ruling from the bench today, the high court said scrapping so-call...
Oct 07, 2020
Anderson sharp, Markakis alert, Braves blank Miami, lead 2-0
HOUSTON - Rookie Ian Anderson pitched like a poised veteran, right fielder Nick Markakis made a nifty defensive play late and the Atlanta Braves threw another playoff shutout, beating the Miami Marlin...
Oct 07, 2020
Plastics industry says its products are not 'toxic', urges govt to rethink label
OTTAWA - The federal government's plan to ban some single-use plastic products by labelling them "toxic" to the environment is defamatory and harmful to the companies that produce them, an industry gr...
Oct 07, 2020
Veteran skip McCarville aiming for Scotties return in uncertain season
Veteran skip Krista McCarville has the blueprint down for how to approach a limited curling season. Her Thunder Bay, Ont.,-based team of Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala and Sarah Potts usually focus on t...
Oct 07, 2020
Edmonton Oilers bring forward Jesse Puljujarvi back with a two-year contract
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers retrieved a prized prospect in signing Jesse Puljujarvi to a two-year contract. The fourth overall pick by Edmonton in the 2016 NHL entry draft split his first three pro...
Oct 07, 2020
Judge delays ruling on N. Carolina absentee ballot procedure
GREENSBORO, N.C. - A federal judge in North Carolina criticized an absentee ballot procedure giving voters more leeway to fix incomplete witness information, but said he'd issue a written ruling at a ...
Oct 07, 2020
Appellate judges let 2020 census continue through October
ORLANDO, Fla. - A panel of three appellate judges on Wednesday upheld a lower court order allowing the 2020 head count of every U.S. resident to continue through October. But the panel struck down a p...
Oct 07, 2020
Sask. Party Leader Scott Moe reveals 1994 impaired driving charge
Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe revealed Wednesday he once faced another impaired driving charge.This is separate from an impaired driving incident in 1992, and the fatal crash in which he was inv...
Oct 07, 2020
Sask. teachers share experiences about return to school in new survey
Nine in 10 teachers in a survey say it has been difficult to maintain social distancing since the return of school in Saskatchewan.The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) heard from 2,108 people o...
Oct 07, 2020