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Edmonton Eskimos sign returner Christion Jones to contact extension
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos signed American returner Christion Jones to a contract extension Monday. Details weren't immediately available. Jones was set to become a free agent next mont...
Jan 27, 2020
Canada's Brigitte Thibault returns to Augusta National Women's Amateur
Brigitte Thibault of Rosemere, Que., is headed back to the Augusta National Women's Amateur. The 21-year-old was the only Canadian in the field at the inaugural event last year and was officially invi...
Jan 27, 2020
Gov't wasting billions on 'failed' projects through outsourcing, says union
OTTAWA - One of Canada's biggest civil service unions says outsourcing of work that could be done by government employees is costing taxpayers billions of dollars, with much of the money spent on sub-...
Jan 27, 2020
Quebec walks back offering medical aid in dying for mentally ill, will seek consensus
MONTREAL - Quebec is walking back a plan to offer medical aid in dying to severely mentally ill patients, saying they won't allow it for now and will consult widely before making a final decision. Hea...
Jan 27, 2020
Underdog St. Kitts preparing for Canada at CONCACAF Olympic soccer qualifier
Coach Jene Baclawski had been on the job just a week with her St. Kitts and Nevis team before Caribbean Olympic qualifying started in late September. It didn't matter as the underdog Sugar Girlz advan...
Jan 27, 2020
Italian town where Bryant played as a kid mourns - again
ROME - For a city already familiar with losing a basketball hero, Kobe Bryant's death made a particularly strong impact in the Italian town of Rieti. Nicknamed "the centre of Italy" for its geographic...
Jan 27, 2020
Taliban say mystery crash in Afghanistan was US aircraft
KABUL - A U.S. military aircraft crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, a Taliban spokesman and Afghan journalist affiliated with the militant group said. A U.S. Army spokeswoman declined to commen...
Jan 27, 2020
Italian town where Bryant played as a kid mourns - again
ROME - For a city already familiar with losing a basketball hero, Kobe Bryant's death made a particularly strong impact in the Italian town of Rieti. Nicknamed "the centre of Italy" for its geographic...
Jan 27, 2020
Weinstein jury to hear from accuser alleging forced oral sex
NEW YORK - By her own account, Mimi Haleyi once rebuffed one of Harvey Weinstein's relentless advances by telling him, "I hear you have a terrible reputation with women." Haleyi says she didn't know j...
Jan 27, 2020
Court of Appeal to hear from Crown, defence on Alexandre Bissonnette's sentence
Quebec's highest court is hearing arguments today on the length of the sentence handed down to convicted Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette. Bissonnette, 30, won't be present a...
Jan 27, 2020
