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Swift Current, Sask hit with flash flood
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – Heavy rainfall caused a flash flood in parts of Swift Current…
Car dealers putting up tents to protect lots in Alberta’s ‘Hailstorm Alley’
CALGARY – “Hailstorm Alley” can be a very unforgiving place. The area — which runs…
Researcher probes Canadian links to ‘slave labour,’ abuse at Magdalene laundries
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – They were called fallen women, and through much of the last…
Swift Current, Sask., hit with flash floods after 6 cm of rain
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – Heavy rainfall caused a flash flood in parts of Swift Current…
Julie Snyder has been told who ordered her surveillance last month: lawyer
MONTREAL – A lawyer representing the estranged wife of former Parti Quebecois leader Pierre Karl…
Syrian refugee program sparks political push for other humanitarian settlement
OTTAWA – This fall, federal public servants are expected to go to Northern Iraq to…
Newfoundland fossil trove wins bid to become UNESCO World Heritage Site
MISTAKEN POINT, N.L. – A rocky stretch of coastline along the southeastern tip of Newfoundland…
Republican convention: Fear of turmoil stirs memories of 1968
CLEVELAND – Melancholic old memories of 1968 are being stirred this week as a political…
Iranian jails withholding prisoners’ medical care: Amnesty International
MONTREAL – As international concern mounts over the fate of a Montreal-based academic jailed in…
Key points of the WADA-sponsored inquiry into Russian state-sponsored doping
TORONTO – Key findings of a World Anti-Doping Agency-commissioned inquiry headed by Canadian lawyer Richard…
‘For you, baby girl:’ bubbles and sparklers at vigil for slain woman, daughter
CALGARY – Bubbles floated into a grey sky and sparklers crackled as hundreds gathered in…
PM signs book of condolences at French Embassy following Nice attack
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the French embassy in Ottawa Monday to pay…
A look at Canadian lawyer and doping investigator Richard McLaren
Canadian law professor Richard McLaren authored the scathing independent report that revealed widespread doping in…
$8.4 million Calgary condo sale bucks trend, sets three-year price record
CALGARY – A riverfront development in Calgary has bucked the recent downward trend in luxury…
Robert-Ralph Carmichael, creator of loonie coin design, dies at 78
TORONTO – The man who created the design for Canada’s loonie coin has died. Artist…
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, July 18 SCATHING REPORT DETAILS WIDESPREAD RUSSIAN DOPING:…
Halifax taxi industry in crisis over sex assault allegations: cabbies’ group
HALIFAX – The Halifax taxi industry is in crisis after four alleged sexual assaults by…
No deaths, serious injuries to animals at Calgary Stampede rodeo this year
CALGARY – No animals died or were seriously injured during the Calgary Stampede this year.…
Thousands without power in Quebec after brief wind storm
Almost 13,000 Hydro Quebec customers were without electricity late Monday following a brief but powerful…
Woman caught in Lake Erie rip current rescued by kite boarder
WAINFLEET, Ont. – A 40-year-old Toronto man used his kite board Monday afternoon to help…
Some sombre Canadian sites welcoming Pokemon Go players
TORONTO – The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is a place of reverence and inspiration,…
Canadian athletes react to report showing widespread doping in Russian sport
TORONTO – Members of the Canadian sport community are calling a new report that shows…
Anti-doping officials call for Russian ban in Rio due to scathing doping report
A scathing report detailing a complex system of widespread, state-sponsored doping in Russia — a…
Judge dismisses application for judicial review of P.E.I.s abortion policy
CHARLOTTETOWN – A provincial supreme court judge ruled an applicant has no legal standing to…