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Federal government commits cash for national strategy to fight human trafficking
REGINA - Ottawa is putting up tens of millions of dollars to fight human trafficking in the hope that more victims will come forward and there will be more successful prosecutions of of...
Sep 6, 2019
Cowboys, Elliott agree on $90 million deal that ends holdout
FRISCO, Texas - Ezekiel Elliott was finishing the early stretching at the first practice since ending his long holdout with the Dallas Cowboys when the star running back was called to the front of the...
Sep 6, 2019
Late arrivals Klassen, Morgan cherishing the chance to play for Canada
SHANGHAI - Owen Klassen had just touched down in Belgium and was going through the entrance protocol with his new pro team when he got the call from Canada. Toronto Raptors forward Chris Boucher had j...
Sep 6, 2019
First Nations given maximum compensation for Ottawa's child-welfare discrimination
OTTAWA - The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has awarded more than $2 billion in compensation to First Nations children and their families who were separated by a chronically underfunded welfare system...
Sep 6, 2019
'Can't feel my heart:' IG says separated kids traumatized
WASHINGTON - Separated from his father at the U.S.-Mexico border last year, the little boy, about 7 or 8, was under the delusion that his dad had been killed. And he thought he was next. Other childre...
Sep 6, 2019
Stonestreet stars as Chiefs coach's brother in spoof video
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - "Modern Family" star Eric Stonestreet plays the part of the bumbling younger brother of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid in a new spoof video that was released in advance of ...
Sep 6, 2019
Hurricane watch in parts of Atlantic Canada as Dorian moves up U.S. east coast
HALIFAX - Hurricane Dorian has moved off North Carolina as a Category 1 storm and is on a path that would take it into Atlantic Canada on Saturday. The Canadian Hurricane Centre says a hurricane watch...
Sep 6, 2019
YouTube to pay $170M fine after violating kids' privacy law
WASHINGTON - Google will pay $170 million to settle allegations its YouTube video service collected personal data on children without their parents' consent. The company agreed to work with video crea...
Sep 6, 2019
Hurricane Dorian howling over North Carolina's Outer Banks
WILMINGTON, N.C. - Dorian howled over North Carolina's Outer Banks on Friday, lashing the low-lying barrier islands as a weakened Category 1 hurricane. Dorian's eye was 10 miles off Cape Hatteras, Nor...
Sep 6, 2019
April trial date set in R. Kelly's federal case in Chicago
CHICAGO - A judge Wednesday set an April 27 trial date in R. Kelly's federal case in Chicago that accuses the R&B star of child pornography and obstruction of justice. But Judge Harry Leinenweber ...
Sep 6, 2019
