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Police resume search for 5 snowmobilers from France missing in Quebec
ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. - Quebec provincial police have resumed a search effort for five missing snowmobilers from France who disappeared in frigid waters while riding off-trail in the pro...
Jan 24, 2020
Sinclair goes for milestone goal in Texas as Canadian women look to Tokyo
TORONTO - Christine Sinclair's goals have literally spanned the globe, with her hit list ranging from Argentina to Zimbabwe. Next week, the 36-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., will look to add St. Ki...
Jan 24, 2020
Pentagon: 34 US troops had brain injuries from Iran's strike
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Friday that 34 U.S. troops were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries suffered in this month's Iranian missile strike on an Iraqi air base, and that half of the troops...
Jan 24, 2020
Former soldier, alleged neo-Nazi Patrik Mathews denied bail in U.S.
GREENBELT, Md. - A former Canadian army reservist and his two American cohorts, all of them tied to a white-supremacy group with growing notoriety in the United States, remained behind bars Wednesday&...
Jan 24, 2020
Why didn’t accusers abandon Weinstein? Expert to weigh in
NEW YORK - It's the defence's go-to question at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial: If the once-revered Hollywood mogul is a revolting sexual predator, as prosecutors and scores of women allege, why did so...
Jan 24, 2020
Feds, Ontario sign funding deal for French-language university in Toronto
OTTAWA - The federal and Ontario governments have reached a deal on funding a new French-language university in Toronto. An agreement signed Wednesday says the two will spend $126 million on the proje...
Jan 24, 2020
Canadian public health agencies ramping up preparations in response to new virus
Canadian public health agencies are ramping up preparations to deal with a new virus that has infected hundreds of people in China and killed at least 17. Authorities in several countri...
Jan 24, 2020
Memo to Trudeau prods Liberals to look at reviving vice-regal appointments board
OTTAWA - Senior officials advising Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have pressed him gently to rethink how the Liberals have been making vice-regal appointments. Under the Conservatives, there had been&n...
Jan 24, 2020
Decision to bow out of leadership race weeks in the making: Poilievre
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre says weeks of uncertainty about whether he actually wanted to enter the party's leadership race came to a head as deadlines to sign contracts loomed. He ...
Jan 24, 2020
Mikael Kingsbury ready to defend World Cup title this weekend in Mont-Tremblant
MONTREAL - Mikael Kingsbury is defending his title at the World Cup moguls in Mont-Tremblant after taking time in training camp to fine-tune some aspects of his skiing. The 27-year-old from ...
Jan 24, 2020
