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Lawyers for man accused of killing 4 women to argue he's not criminally responsible
WINNIPEG - Lawyers for a Winnipeg man accused of killing four women say they plan to argue that he is not criminally responsible because he is mentally ill. The lawyers for Jeremy Skibicki made the st...
May 01, 2024
Liberal MP says she's leaving politics over disrespectful dialogue, threats, misogyny
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Pam Damoff says she won't run again in the next federal election, saying she has experienced misogyny, disrespectful dialogue in politics and threats to her life. Damoff says she's...
May 01, 2024
Initial foreign interference inquiry report to be made public Friday
OTTAWA - A federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference plans to release a report Friday on alleged meddling in the last two general elections. Commissioner Marie-Jose Hogue is slated to ma...
May 01, 2024
Alcaraz's quest to win third consecutive Madrid Open title ends with loss to Rublev in quarterfinals
MADRID (AP) - Carlos Alcaraz's bid to win a third straight Madrid Open title ended with a three-set loss to Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The second-seeded Spaniard got off to a goo...
May 01, 2024
Woman accusing ex-MP Saganash of sex assault files suit after criminal case diverted
OTTAWA - A woman accusing former New Democrat MP Romeo Saganash of sexual assault has filed a civil suit, saying she never wanted prosecutors to divert his criminal charge to a restorative justice pro...
May 01, 2024
Former CFL player, executive Lyle Bauer dead at age 65
WINNIPEG - Lyle Bauer, a former CFL player and executive, has died. He was 65. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the team Bauer played for and later served as CEO, announced Bauer's death on its Instagram pa...
May 01, 2024
Dental care program starts accepting claims for 1 million seniors
OTTAWA - The first seniors to register with the new federal dental care plan can now start submitting claims. The government says about 1 million seniors are now eligible to receive dental care under ...
May 01, 2024
Conservatives continue to out-fundraise all other federal parties
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives continue to out-fundraise other federal parties, bringing in millions more than all the others combined in the first three months of the year. The Tories raised n...
May 01, 2024
Quebec policy restricting gender-neutral bathrooms in schools enters into effect
Quebec's new rules banning the construction of shared gender-neutral bathrooms in schools come into effect today. The government directive requires that all new bathrooms and locker rooms in schools a...
May 01, 2024
Ottawa 'urgently' waiting for info from B.C. before deciding on drug criminalization
OTTAWA - Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks says the decision about whether to recriminalize drug use in British Columbia needs to be made urgently, but she's still waiting for more inf...
May 01, 2024
