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Conservatives seek criminal investigation of PM's trips to Aga Khan's island
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives want the RCMP to look into whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke the law by accepting family vacations on the Aga Khan's private Caribbean islan...
May 04, 2019
Veteran Toronto defender Drew Moor unlikely to figure in weekend game in Orlando
Toronto FC defender Drew Moor is unlikely to play this weekend in Orlando, according to coach Greg Vanney. The 35-year-old Moor, the quarterback of TFC's defence, has missed the last three games - the...
May 04, 2019
Laval's Betts, UBC's Van Ryk claim Canadian university sport awards
CALGARY - The University of British Columbia has produced yet another women's volleyball star. Kiera Van Ryk became the third Thunderbird in less than a decade to be named the top femal...
May 04, 2019
Energy company's bankruptcy may show lenders viewing industry differently: CAPP
The bankruptcy of an energy company that plans to walk away from thousands of gas wells may be a sign lenders are changing how they look at the industry in light of a recent Supreme Court ru...
May 04, 2019
Prosecutor: Murder suspect was 'boy next door killer'
LOS ANGELES - An air conditioning repairman charged with murdering a Chicago-area teenager and two California women, one the ex-girlfriend of actor Ashton Kutcher, would "watch, shadow, stalk and hunt...
May 04, 2019
Facebook bans 'dangerous individuals' cited for hate speech
SAN FRANCISCO - After years of pressure to crack down on hate and bigotry, Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and other extremists, saying they violated its ban on "dangerous individuals....
May 04, 2019
From Parliament to Pyramid Power, 8-time Stanley Cup winner Red Kelly did it all
Hockey Hall of Famer Red Kelly packed several careers into his lifetime - sometimes at the same time. But hockey was always at the heart of the things for the smooth-skating Kelly. Kelly won eight Sta...
May 04, 2019
Israel says bots promoting boycott of Eurovision
JERUSALEM - Israel on Thursday said it has uncovered a network of bots and fake Twitter accounts urging a boycott of the upcoming Israeli-hosted Eurovision song contest. Israel's Ministry of Strategic...
May 04, 2019
Pharmaceutical exec guilty of bribing doctors to push opioid
BOSTON - A pharmaceutical company founder accused of paying doctors millions in bribes to prescribe a highly addictive fentanyl spray was convicted Thursday in a case that exposed such marketing tacti...
May 04, 2019
From Parliament to Pyramid Power, 8-time Stanley Cup winner Red Kelly did it all
Hockey Hall of Famer Red Kelly packed several careers into his lifetime - sometimes at the same time. But hockey was always at the heart of the things for the smooth-skating Kelly. Kelly won eight Sta...
May 04, 2019
