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No sex? No marriage, rules B.C. judge in rare annulment because husband couldn’t maintain an erection

There was a time when couples who claimed their marriages couldn’t be consummated were forced to prove they couldn’t copulate in front of...

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Top-secret records show New Brunswick, Alberta companies received millions in ‘suspicious’ transfers

Off the coast of Mauritania in northwest Africa, thick black smoke billowed from a massive fishing trawler, trapping the crew on a vessel...

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RCMP investigate alleged assault at Red Deer anti-racism event

RCMP are investigating after an anti-racism event in Red Deer, Alta., on Sunday became violent when organizers say counter-protesters arrived.  Videos posted on social...

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Spouse witnessed N.S. gunman torching their cottage, court documents say

The man responsible for April’s mass shootings in Nova Scotia took a leisurely drive around a community close to his rural cottage, stopped...

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Man sentenced to 7 years in gas-and-dash death of Alberta gas station owner

A Spruce Grove, Alta., man has been sentenced to seven years in prison in the 2017 death of a Thorsby gas station owner who was run...

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Peter Nygard’s son fears dad will flee Canada before sex assault investigation is complete

Peter Nygard’s son says he fears his father will flee Canada before it’s determined whether or not criminal charges can be laid in connection with allegations...

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N.B. doctor blamed for COVID-19 outbreak receives letter of support from 1,500 physicians

The package delivered to Dr. Jean Robert Ngola’s home was pressed between two pieces of sturdy cardboard held together by silver tape. After...

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N.L. travel ban upheld in provincial Supreme Court ruling

A judge has ruled that Newfoundland and Labrador’s controversial COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-residents will remain intact. In a ruling released Thursday, Justice Donald Burrage...

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‘I don’t want to hold on to hatred’: B.C. woman seeks to forgive hit-and-run driver who left her for dead

In the years since a hit-and-run driver left Patricia Anne Peters for dead on a highway north of Whistler, B.C., in the middle of...

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U.S. son can’t see sick mother in Canada because he’s not ‘immediate family’ under current regulations

A family hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic is angry that Canada’s border restrictions are keeping a son in New York City from seeing...

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Media not allowed to cover sex offender Donnie Snook’s parole board hearing

A former Saint John city councillor who sexually abused numerous boys will have a Parole Board of Canada hearing in July, but journalists...

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Embattled Canadian Museum for Human Rights must repair damage: former employees, union

The CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is gone after three weeks of controversy surrounding the national institution, but former employees...

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Supreme Court of Canada could open door to class-action lawsuit against Uber

Canada’s highest court will issue a ruling this morning in a case involving the ride-sharing service Uber that could have broad implications for...

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Parents of Black Sask. teen who took own life call for stronger anti-racism action

Sandra Barker-Schmidt and her husband, Dean Schmidt, are grappling with a difficult question this fall: Should they send their daughter ​​Kidist to the same...

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It’s been 72 years since Thomas Falls was killed in custody. His family says it’s time for justice

When retired lance-corporal Thomas Falls died in solitary confinement at Montreal’s Bordeaux jail in 1948, 10 days after being severely beaten by police, there...

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Video captures residents wandering into woman’s room at Ottawa long-term care home hit hard by COVID-19

A camera installed by a woman concerned about her mother’s health inside an Ottawa long-term care home overwhelmed by COVID-19 shows several residents...