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Casse, Lawson applaud U.S. authorities after 27 charged with doping racehorses
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Mark Casse and Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson both applauded American authorities Monday after 27 people were charged with drugging racehor...
Mar 11, 2020
CFL announces its 2020 Touchdown Atlantic game in Halifax has been sold out
TORONTO - The CFL's 2020 edition of Touchdown Atlantic is a sellout, with all 10,000 tickets currently available purchased. The CFL made the announcement Wednesday, a day after tickets to the July 25 ...
Mar 11, 2020
Kalen Schlatter testifies he did not sexually assault or kill Tess Richey
TORONTO - A Toronto man accused of sexually assaulting and strangling a young woman he had just met testified Monday that she initiated their early-morning sexual encounter and was alive when he ...
Mar 11, 2020
Joe Biden has another big primary night, wins 4 more states
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden decisively won Michigan's Democratic presidential primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders' insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vic...
Mar 11, 2020
AP VoteCast: A state-by-state look at Democratic primaries
WASHINGTON - The Associated Press surveyed voters in three of the six states that held Democratic presidential contests on Tuesday. Here's a snapshot of voters in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi - ...
Mar 11, 2020
Gas-powered vehicles contribute more to city pollution than thought: research
Research suggests cars and other gasoline-powered vehicles are responsible for a share of two highly toxic contaminants in downtown city air that's at least five times larger than previously thought. ...
Mar 11, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 7:50 p.m. Ontario confirmed one more novel coronavirus case on Monday evening, bringing the total i...
Mar 11, 2020
Surprise retirement leaves military searching for sixth vice-chief in four years
OTTAWA - Canada's military is searching for its sixth second-in-command in under four years following Lt.-Gen. Jean-Marc Lanthier's surprise decision to retire this summer. In a statement, Lanthier sa...
Mar 11, 2020
Asian stocks steady after plunge on virus, oil crash
BEIJING - Asian stock markets rebounded Tuesday from record-setting declines after U.S. futures rose following President Donald Trump's announcement he would ask Congress for a tax cut and other measu...
Mar 11, 2020
Stocks fall again on Wall Street as wild swings continue
NEW YORK - Stocks are sinking again Wednesday, wiping out half of a huge rally from a day earlier as Wall Street continues to reel on worries about the coronavirus. Another big central bank made an em...
Mar 11, 2020
