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Year after acquittal, Jian Ghomeshi launches podcast

Year after acquittal, Jian Ghomeshi launches podcast

TORONTO — About a year after being acquitted of sexual assault charges that destroyed his broadcasting career, Jian Ghomeshi is eager to get back to work with a new music and podcast series, says the public relations consultant helping the former CBC

Bank gives Newfoundland town property where five-year-old girl found dead

CARBONEAR, N.L. — A Toronto-based bank has given a small Newfoundland town the property where the body of a five-year-old girl was found after she was allegedly murdered while visiting her father.

Nova Scotia slow to provide housing, care for people with disabilities: report

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's decade-long plan to move people with disabilities out of institutions and into small community homes is grinding along so slowly some parents fear they'll die before proper care is provided, says a report examining the strateg

Province takes 1st step toward widening 18 kms of Highway 401 west of Toronto

TORONTO — The provincial government says it's taken the first step toward widening 18 kilometres of Highway 401 from the Credit River in Mississauga, Ont., to Regional Road 25 in Milton, Ont.

GPS led officers to tractor-trailer allegedly stolen in Brampton, Ont.

PICKERING, Ont. — Police say GPS technology led officers to recover a tractor-trailer full of electronics that had allegedly been stolen in Brampton, Ont., during the weekend.

Winnipeg police certain woman is dead after searching accused's home

Winnipeg police say they don't know where the body of a missing woman is, but say they knew she was dead when they searched the home of a man accused of murdering her. Sgt.

Police seek 2 suspects; man injured in shooting during Barrie, Ont., home invasion

BARRIE, Ont. — Police in Barrie, Ont., say they're searching for suspects after a shooting during a home invasion. They say a 60-year-old man was taken to hospital and is in stable condition.

Tractor driver, 21, dead following collision with pickup in Norfolk County, Ont.

PORT DOVER, Ont. — Provincial police say a 21-year-old man is dead after the tractor he was driving was struck from behind by a pickup truck. They say the collision occurred Sunday afternoon on Highway 6 northeast of Port Dover, Ont.

5 sent to hospital when car collides with house in Delhi, Ont.

DELHI, Ont. — Provincial police say five people were sent to hospital when a car collided with a house in southwestern Ontario.

Quebec police arrest man after two found dead in home northwest of Montreal

NOTRE-DAME-DE-LAUS, Que. — Quebec provincial police are investigating a double homicide after the discovery of two females in a home 250 kilometres northwest of Montreal. Sgt.
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