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After surviving the heat in Orlando, Toronto FC faces another challenge in Atlanta
After surviving steamy Orlando, Toronto FC faces another challenge in defending MLS champion Atlanta United on Wednesday. Once again, Toronto (5-2-1) will have to play without veteran defend...
May 07, 2019
Chappelle to receive Mark Twain Prize for humour
WASHINGTON - Comedian Dave Chappelle has been chosen to receive this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The 45-year-old Chappelle shot to international stardom through his Comedy Central prog...
May 07, 2019
UK's Prince Charles visits Germany on 4-day charm offensive
BERLIN - Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla embarked on a visit to Germany on Tuesday, a four-day charm offensive during which he will stress the two European countries' close ties. Charles...
May 07, 2019
R. Kelly's lawyer demands Avenatti texts, emails at hearing
CHICAGO - Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti pushed his way into the R. Kelly sex abuse case proclaiming that he was representing two of the accusers but on Tuesday it became clearer that he may be inv...
May 07, 2019
Cinnamon the lynx released back into wild by park staff
KAMLOOPS - For six weeks, Cinnamon was cooped up at the B.C. Wildlife Park, recovering from tick paralysis. When she first arrived, she was totally incapacitated, but slowly gained her balance and str...
May 07, 2019 Cinnamon was released near the Dewdrop by B.C. Wildlife Park staff on Monday night (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Canadian College Baseball championship draw
KAMLOOPS - The draw has been finalized for the Canadian College Baseball Championship tournament May 9-12 at MacArthur Island.The modified double knockout will involve all seven league teams with a be...
May 07, 2019 Image credit: CCBC
'Muzzle and constrain': Lawyer challenges limits on inquiry into Desmond deaths
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Justice Department is trying to muzzle the inquiry into the death of an Afghan war veteran who killed his family and himself more than two years ago, a seni...
May 07, 2019
B.C. premier asks utilities commission to probe the high price of gasoline
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan has asked the British Columbia Utilities Commission to investigate why gasoline in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island is so much more expensive than the rest of t...
May 07, 2019
Crown asks for more jail for Winnipeg man who left mother to die on the floor
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba Court of Appeal has reserved its decision on the sentence of a Winnipeg man who left his 89-year-old mother on the floor of their home for several weeks until she died. Ro...
May 07, 2019
Auger-Aliassime beats fellow Canadian Shapovalov, will play Nadal in Madrid
MADRID - Felix Auger-Aliassime fought through a tight match on Sunday to beat fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open. Auger-Aliassime took a&n...
May 07, 2019
