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Women win lawsuit against B.C. man acquitted of their sex assaults

Women win lawsuit against B.C. man acquitted of their sex assaults

VANCOUVER — A man who spent 27 years in prison before he was found wrongfully convicted has been ordered by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge to pay $375,000 each to five women who sued him for sexual assault.
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A Texas man is executed for the killing of a pastor during a robbery at a church

A Texas man is executed for the killing of a pastor during a robbery at a church

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his church during a robbery was put to death Wednesday evening, the second execution in the U.S.
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Nine migrants detained, one dead after illegal border crossings into Alberta: RCMP

Nine migrants detained, one dead after illegal border crossings into Alberta: RCMP

EDMONTON — Mounties say they thwarted two illegal border crossings in Alberta this week, with nine people detained and another dead after fleeing from police.
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B.C. investigates 'significant' opioid diversion, including international trafficking

B.C. investigates 'significant' opioid diversion, including international trafficking

VICTORIA — A "significant portion" of opioids prescribed by doctors and pharmacists in British Columbia are being diverted, and prescribed alternatives are being trafficked provincially, nationally and internationally, a Ministry of Health document s
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Encampments, disability payments, highway tolls: Ontario parties talk affordability

Encampments, disability payments, highway tolls: Ontario parties talk affordability

Ontario's main political parties pivoted to affordability measures Wednesday, as the threat of U.S. tariffs took a back seat on the campaign trail.
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VIDEO: More freedom for killer mom who drowned daughters

VIDEO: More freedom for killer mom who drowned daughters

Tonight on 'Closer Look': A Barrie woman who admitted to police that she drowned her two young girls in a bathtub nearly two decades ago has been granted more escorted absences from prison
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California builders say few alternatives to Canadian timber, despite tariff threat

California builders say few alternatives to Canadian timber, despite tariff threat

California homebuilders say they have few options but to keep buying Canadian lumber, even if it's hit with 25 per cent tariffs, as they rebuild thousands of homes destroyed by devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
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Poilievre would impose life sentences for trafficking more than 40 mg of fentanyl

Poilievre would impose life sentences for trafficking more than 40 mg of fentanyl

OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are promising to crack down on "fentanyl kingpins" by bringing in mandatory life sentences for those convicted of trafficking, producing or exporting more than 40 mg of the drug.
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Suncor Energy earns $818 million in fourth quarter, upstream production rises

Suncor Energy earns $818 million in fourth quarter, upstream production rises

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. says it earned $818 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, down from $2.82 billion a year earlier, as it saw upstream production rise.
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Roughriders sign star receiver/returner Mario Alford to contract extension

Roughriders sign star receiver/returner Mario Alford to contract extension

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American receiver/returner Mario Alford to a contract extension, the CFL team announced Wednesday. Alford was fourth in the league with 2,071 all-purpose yards in 2004, his third season with the Roughriders.
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