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Hong Kong activists barred from Pride march after alleged pro-communist threats
MONTREAL - Activists supporting the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong say they were disinvited from marching in Montreal's Pride parade this month after supporters of China's com...
Aug 27, 2019
Jin Young Ko wins CP Women's Open, Canada's Brooke Henderson seven shots back
AURORA, Ont. - World No. 1 Jin Young Ko wasn't going to walk up to the 18th green without Brooke Henderson. The runaway winner of the CP Women's Open, Ko called for her groupmate to join her and the t...
Aug 27, 2019
Oklahoma opioid ruling could pressure pharma companies to settle in B.C.: expert
VANCOUVER - An expert in medicine and law says an Oklahoma court ruling that found Johnson & Johnson helped fuel the opioid crisis and ordered the company to pay US$572 million will indi...
Aug 27, 2019
Oklahoma opioid ruling could pressure pharma companies to settle in B.C.: expert
VANCOUVER - An expert in medicine and law says an Oklahoma court ruling that found Johnson & Johnson helped fuel the opioid crisis and ordered the company to pay US$572 million will indi...
Aug 27, 2019
Billboard company 'appalled' no one taking ownership of Bernier ads
OTTAWA - The owner of the billboards that featured ads promoting Maxime Bernier's stance on immigration says they would have stayed up had the third-party group that paid for them not left h...
Aug 27, 2019
Spanish playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo looks to return to Toronto FC starting lineup
TORONTO - A surprise omission from Toronto FC's starting lineup against Montreal, Alejandro Pozuelo is looking to reclaim his place as TFC's playmaker this weekend on the road in New England. "I ...
Aug 27, 2019
Raptors president Ujiri: Basketball has been a breath of fresh air in Somalia
TORONTO - Masai Ujiri could see it in the proud posture of the young female players. It was written in their wide smiles. The Toronto Raptors president was in Mogadishu last w...
Aug 27, 2019
Two injured in plane crash at Salmon Arm airport
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says two people were injured when a small plane crashed at Salmon Arm's airport Tuesday morning (Aug. 27).The incident happened just before 9:0...
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Loughlin, husband appear in court amid spat over lawyers
BOSTON - Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, are in court to settle a dispute over their choice of lawyers in a sweeping college admissions bribery case. The cou...
Aug 27, 2019
Basketball-sized world-record grapefruit grown in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. - A basketball-sized grapefruit has brought two world records to a Louisiana couple. The giant citrus grew in the yard of Mary Beth and Doug Meyer of Slidell. The Guinness Book of Wor...
Aug 27, 2019
