National News
With a bow and a hand-shake, Canada welcomes Japanese emperor
OTTAWA - Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon and International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda were prepared to bow as the 125th holder of Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne disembarked from his plane Friday aft...
Startling, often unusual testimony wraps up at Manitoba child custody hearing
WINNIPEG - A young girl with skin covered in racist markings. A mother testifying in shackles. A father talking about interracial breeding and Norse gods. Weeks of often startling, sometimes strang...
Daughter had keys to car night it plunged into Ontario lock, killing four: father
MONTREAL - As he scanned an album packed with photos of his seven children enjoying family vacations of the past, Mohammed Shafee broke down while pondering the present. Three of Shafee's daughters...
Sask. appeal court asked whether commissioners can opt out of same-sex marriages
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government wants the province's highest court to weigh in on proposed legislation that would allow marriage commissioners to not perform same-sex marriages if it is contrary ...
Nobel Prize winning author criticizes Quebec's new hydro project
PARIS - Critics of a new hydroelectric project in Quebec now have a prominent ally - Nobel Prize-winning author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio. In an opinion piece published Wednesday in French-langu...
Head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan says Taliban a dangerous, resilient enemy
CALGARY - The officer in charge of the United States Central Command is warning against premature optimism as thousands of American troops surge into Afghanistan's Helmand province. Gen. David Petr...
33 Canadian deaths associated with swine flu as Ontario up to 12
Ontario is now reporting 12 deaths associated with the swine flu for a national total of 33. A 37-year-old Toronto man who had underlying medical conditions tested positive for the virus. Ontario n...
Family, friends rush to Ont. home of mother of soldier killed in Afghanistan
BUCKHORN, Ont. - The latest soldier killed in Afghanistan was a gentle family man who had planned to return home to his wife and two young daughters at the end of the month, his uncle said Friday. ...
Father says daughter had keys to car the night vehicle fell into Ontario lock
MONTREAL - The devastated father of three teenage girls killed when their vehicle plunged into an Ontario canal fears the accident could be the result of his eldest daughter's penchant for taking the ...
Quebec court fines ex-boyfriend $40,000 for publishing sex videos on Internet
LAVAL, Que. - A Quebec judge has fined a man more than $40,000 for publishing photos and videos online of himself and his ex-girlfriend engaging in sexual acts. Superior Court Justice Sylviane Bore...
Here are the sports results from Friday:
CFL
B.C. at Saskatchewan, 9 p.m.
American League baseball
N.Y. Yankees 4 Toronto 2
Oakland 2 Cleveland 1
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