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"How cool is that?" - DeBues-Stafford has three running legends cheering her on
Gabriela DeBues-Stafford was a fierce five-foot-three bundle of energy when Lynn Kanuka got to know her four years ago at the Summer Universiade. The Canadian track legend saw something of herself in ...
Sep 26, 2019
Domingo focus shifts to California, the last of his US shows
SAN FRANCISCO - With the Metropolitan Opera's bombshell announcement that Plcido Domingo will not take the Met stage this week - and possibly ever again - the legendary singer's only scheduled U.S. ap...
Sep 26, 2019
Whistleblower complaint says Trump abused power
WASHINGTON - A secret whistleblower complaint at the centre of an impeachment inquiry alleges that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to "solicit interference from a foreign country...
Sep 26, 2019
Doctor growth in Canada more than doubles population increase over last 5 years
VICTORIA - The number of doctors in Canada is growing at a rate more than double that of the population, says a report by the Canadian Institute of Health Information. Canada's population increased by...
Sep 26, 2019
Doctor growth in Canada more than doubles population increase over last 5 years
VICTORIA - The number of doctors in Canada is growing at a rate more than double that of the population, says a report by the Canadian Institute of Health Information. Canada's population increased by...
Sep 26, 2019
Quebec First Nation challenging commercial lobster fishing limits
LISTUGUJ, Que. - An Indigenous band in eastern Quebec is challenging the limits of its commercial fishing licence, saying the federal government should allow its members to sell lobster caught during ...
Sep 26, 2019
Strong earthquake jolts Pakistan, kills 22 and injures 700
MIRPUR, Pakistan - A powerful 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck northeast Pakistan on Tuesday, badly damaging scores of homes and shops and killing at least 22 people and injuring over 700, officials sa...
Sep 26, 2019
Italy scores 7 tries, routs Canada 48-7 at Rugby World Cup
FUKUOKA, Japan - Italy made it 14 tries in two Rugby World Cup wins and nearly 100 points scored after crushing Canada 48-7 on Thursday. Only two missed conversions blotted a one-sided contest where I...
Sep 26, 2019
Ex-French President Chirac, who stood up to US, dies at 86
PARIS - Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, has died at age 86. ...
Sep 26, 2019
Google wins case over reach of EU 'right to be forgotten'
BRUSSELS - Google won a major case in the European Union on Tuesday, when the bloc's top court ruled that the U.S. internet giant doesn't have to extend the EU's "right to be forgotten" rules to its s...
Sep 26, 2019
