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GATINEAU, Que. — The mayor of Gatineau, Que., said he plans to request that a city councillor be stripped of some of her duties after she reportedly said the word “Islamophobia” doesn’t exist for her. Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin said in a statement late Friday that he’s distancing himself from Nathalie Lemieux and will ask city council […]
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MELBOURNE, Australia — The most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex abuse was sent to prison on Wednesday and will wait two weeks to learn his sentence for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral two decades ago. Victorian state County Court Chief Judge Peter Kidd revoked Cardinal George Pell’s bail at the […]
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VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s housing policies are allowing landlords to evict drug users in Vancouver’s rooming houses and there’s little or no recourse for people to defend themselves against a practice that is often illegal and creates a risk of overdose, a new study says. The study by the BC Centre on Substance Use says […]
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High-end Russian automobile brand Aurus made its international debut at the Geneva Motor Show. Sales of the first Kortezh series of vehicles will reportedly start next year. The Russian producer presented its Aurus Senat Limousine L700, prominently featured during President Vladimir Putin’s inauguration in May 2018, and the Aurus Senat sedan S600 at one of […]
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Back-to-back national champion Virginia Wesleyan University was voted the repeat winner of the NFCA NCAA Division III National Coaching Staff of the Year award, the Association revealed on Monday. The (55-3) Marlins were also the Atlantic Region representative for a second-straight season, after breaking the Division III record for wins it […]
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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s former principal secretary Gerald Butts says he has provided notes and text messages to the House of Commons justice committee in response to evidence filed last week by former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould on the ongoing SNC-Lavalin controversy. In a tweet published today, Butts says he has handed over […]
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Neshoba Central opens the USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll in a familiar spot — the same No 1 position it held for the final eight weeks last season. The six-time defending Mississippi 5A state champion, which was a perfect 34-0 a year ago, is already 4-0 and is unbeaten […]
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TORONTO — Environmentalists slammed Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday for claiming the federal government’s carbon tax could plunge Canada into a recession. “It is simply not true that pricing pollution causes a recession,” Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner said in a statement. “Alberta and BC continue to lead the country in economic growth […]
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The fallout from the second crash involving Boeing’s newest 737 passenger jet has reached Australian shores after it became the latest country to ground the aircraft. The Australian civil aviation authority has followed similar moves announced by China, Indonesia, the Cayman Islands, Ethiopia, Mongolia and Morocco earlier this week. On Tuesday, South Africa, Singapore and […]
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OKLAHOMA CITY — All-Tournament Team selection Madison Glaubke hit a booming two-run homer and Most Outstanding Player Hanna Hull took things from there, as Virginia Wesleyan University captured its second-straight NCAA Division III national championship on Monday at OGE Energy Field at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex. Glaubke had two hits, and two-time […]
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