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Hockey team of preteen Ukrainian refugees heads to tournament in Quebec City
MONTREAL - Sean Brub said he thought it was a joke when he was first asked to help assemble a team of Ukrainian preteen refugees, displaced by war and spread out across Europe, to play in a renowned Q...
Jan 25, 2023

Drivers urged man in mental health crisis on bridge to 'take action': B.C. police
DELTA, B.C. - Police say drivers on the Alex Fraser Bridge outside Vancouver honked and yelled at a man in a mental health crisis standing outside the safety rail, with some encouraging him to "take a...
Jan 25, 2023

La Ronge RCMP seeking information about recent assault
On Jan. 16, La Ronge RCMP received a report of an injured person at the local hospital.According to an RCMP media release, the initial investigation determined the injured person, a 36-year-old male, ...
Jan 25, 2023

Judge wrong not to sentence engineer to jail for sex assault: Appeal Court
QUEBEC - The Quebec Court of Appeal has overturned a conditional discharge given to an engineer who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and instead imposed a 12-month jail sentence. In a written decision...
Jan 25, 2023

Coach Bob Bradley says Toronto FC is close to landing a new No. 1 goalkeeper
Coach Bob Bradley says Toronto FC is "close to finalizing" a new No. 1 goalkeeper, with free agent Sean Johnson the club's expected target. "Sometimes things just take a little longer than you hope, b...
Jan 25, 2023

Trudeau, premiers expected to meet in February to move health-care talks along
HAMILTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and premiers are to meet in Ottawa in two weeks to work on a new health care deal. Trudeau said Wednesday he issued an invitation for the premiers to join him ...
Jan 25, 2023

Quebec woman who mailed poison to Trump White House pleads guilty
WASHINGTON - A Quebec woman accused of mailing poison to former president Donald Trump has pleaded guilty and agreed to a prison sentence of nearly 22 years. Pascale Ferrier, 55, entered the plea toda...
Jan 25, 2023

7 murder counts expected in Half Moon Bay farm killings
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) - Prosecutors say they will charge a farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms with seven counts of murd...
Jan 25, 2023

Crown stays six sexual assault charges against rural Manitoba doctor
WINNIPEG - Crown prosecutors say they are staying six sexual assault charges against a doctor in rural Manitoba. They told a Winnipeg court Wednesday that they couldn't go through with a trial for Dr....
Jan 25, 2023

Weather a factor in fatal 2021 crash of plane towing marriage banner in Montreal: TSB
MONTREAL - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says weather and engine trouble contributed to the fatal crash of a small plane near Old Montreal in 2021 that was towing a marriage proposal banne...
Jan 25, 2023