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Nicholas Butcher says he fatally stabbed Kristin Johnston by accident
April 20, 2018 - 7:13 AM

HALIFAX - Nicholas Butcher has told his second-degree murder trial that he fatally stabbed Montreal-born yoga instructor Kristin Johnston by accident.
NewsAlert: U.S. woman sentenced to life in Valentine's Day shooting plot at mall
April 20, 2018 - 6:43 AM

HALIFAX - An American woman who plotted to go on a Valentine's Day shooting rampage at a Halifax mall has been sentenced to life in prison with no parole for a decade.
Here's a list of March inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
April 20, 2018 - 5:58 AM

OTTAWA - Canada's national annual inflation rate was 2.3 per cent in March, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets):
Here's a list March inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
April 20, 2018 - 5:57 AM

OTTAWA - Canada's national annual inflation rate was 2.3 per cent in March, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets):
Recent retail sales far weaker than initial estimates, revisions suggest
April 20, 2018 - 5:55 AM

OTTAWA - Canadian retail sales during the crucial holiday shopping season were far lower than previously projected as consumers appeared to pull back on spending.
Pump prices, airline tickets help propel Canada's annual inflation rate to 2.3%
April 20, 2018 - 5:44 AM

OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate continued creeping higher last month to hit 2.3 per cent.
Trudeau ends three-country tour with his global reputation, alliances intact
April 20, 2018 - 5:41 AM

LONDON - Justin Trudeau is heading home from a lengthy, three-country foreign tour in which the prime minister appeared to recapture his international mojo and reassert several key alliances, but didn't sign off on any big deals or declarations.
Much left to fight for beyond legalization, pot activists say as they mark 4-20
April 20, 2018 - 5:25 AM

TORONTO - Cannabis activists say although this year's 4-20 celebrations across the country will likely be the last before recreational pot use becomes legal, there's still a lot to fight for.
Funeral for Victoria officer who spent 30 years mostly unresponsive after crash
April 20, 2018 - 5:23 AM

VICTORIA - A Victoria police officer who lay in an unresponsive state for 30 years after an on-duty collision is finally at peace, a funeral service heard Thursday.
Facebook executive and ex-Liberal adviser defends his access to Trudeau cabinet
April 20, 2018 - 5:18 AM

OTTAWA - A Facebook executive with ties to the ruling Liberals was grilled Thursday about his preferential access to senior members of the Trudeau cabinet, even though no one from the social-media giant, including himself, is a registered lobbyist in Canada.
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