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Quebec government seeks answers from youth protection after 7-year-old girl dies
MONTREAL - Quebec's junior health minister says the death of a seven-year-old girl east of Montreal has exposed clear flaws in the province's youth protection system, and he wants ...
May 01, 2019
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White House wants $4.5 billion in emergency border funding
WASHINGTON - The White House is asking Congress for an additional $4.5 billion in emergency spending for border security. That's according to two people familiar with the request who spoke to The Asso...
May 01, 2019
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Uganda's opposition pop star Bobi Wine jailed over protest
KAMPALA, Uganda - The Ugandan pop star and opposition politician known as Bobi Wine was remanded to a maximum-security prison on Monday after being charged over his alleged role in a street protest la...
May 01, 2019
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Tessitore, McFarland return to ESPN's 'Monday Night' booth
ESPN's "Monday Night Football" will return to a two-man booth when it kicks off its 50th season later this year. The network announced Wednesday that Joe Tessitore will be back doing play-by-play whil...
May 01, 2019
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Storm beat the odds to meet No. 1 67's for J. Ross Robertson Cup
Guelph Storm captain Isaac Ratcliffe had almost nothing to play for in his first three years in the Ontario Hockey League. The six-foot-six, 204-pound winger missed the playoffs in...
May 01, 2019
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Israeli Eurovision hero says there's no place for boycott
JERUSALEM - Israel's winner of last year's Eurovision song contest said Monday there was no place for boycott calls of this year's competition in Tel Aviv, saying that to snub such a popular world eve...
May 01, 2019
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Another soggy day in the forecast as rainfall warning issued for cottage country
It's shaping up to be another soggy day in Ontario's cottage country. Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for Bracebridge, Huntsville and other communities north of Toronto that have alre...
May 01, 2019
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Football players at Dalhousie University get 'smart helmets' that detect impacts
HALIFAX - Football players at Dalhousie University in Halifax are among the first in Canada to start using so-called smart helmets that transmit electronic alerts whenever a player's he...
May 01, 2019
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Semenya loses appeal against IAAF testosterone rules
GENEVA - Caster Semenya lost her appeal Wednesday against rules designed to decrease naturally high testosterone levels in some female runners. The Court of Arbitration for Sport's panel of three judg...
May 01, 2019
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Semenya loses appeal against IAAF testosterone rules
GENEVA - Caster Semenya lost her appeal Wednesday against rules designed to decrease naturally high testosterone levels in some female runners. The Court of Arbitration for Sport's panel of three judg...
May 01, 2019
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