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“Not too many people knew about” Gerald Fremlin’s 2005 guilty plea to a charge of indecent assault, says the Crown attorney who prosecuted him.

MONTREAL — Live music pulses through the air as Henry Leung casts a lure into the murky waters of the Lachine Canal, at a site wedged between a noisy festival and the high-rises of Montreal's Griffintown neighbourhood.

FREDERICTON — Jennifer Moore was helping a neighbour on flood-prone Stannus Street, in Windsor, N.S., last week when she fell face first in waist-deep brown water in her driveway.

OTTAWA — Major broadcasters have won a court injunction to prevent internet pirates from illegally streaming live sports events to online viewers.

OTTAWA — Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the issue of competition in the big tech-dominated digital wallet market should be on the Competition Bureau's radar.

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Fire Rescue Services in Vernon have been testing the system for the past two years.

MILWAUKEE — Donald Trump made his first public appearance since an attempted assassination with a white bandage covering his ear and roaring cheers of "We love Trump" from the crowd at the Republican National Convention Monday night.

NANAIMO, B.C. — Vancouver Island University says it has "regrettably" launched legal action against pro-Palestinian protesters, who it says ignored a trespass notice and a deadline to leave their encampment at the campus in Nanaimo, B.C.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — A serial sex offender known as the "balaclava rapist" for attacking 23 women in Edmonton more than 40 years ago has been granted full parole while he continues to serve three concurrent life sentences.