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Comedian Tim Conway of 'The Carol Burnett Show' dies at 85
LOS ANGELES - Tim Conway, the impish second banana to Carol Burnett who won four Emmy Awards on her TV variety show, starred aboard "McHale's Navy" and later voiced the role of Barnacle Boy for "Spong...
May 16, 2019
Facebook busts Israel-based campaign to disrupt elections
JERUSALEM - Facebook said Thursday it banned an Israeli company that ran an influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries and has cancelled dozens of accounts engaged in spread...
May 16, 2019
Toronto mayor turns heads with flamboyant Raptors-themed jacket
Toronto Mayor John Tory has often worn his love of the Raptors on his sleeve. He did that again, and this time literally, during Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference final between Toronto and Mil...
May 16, 2019
Create new coast-to-coast energy corridor to get pipelines built: Scheer
TORONTO - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Canada needs a coast-to-coast energy corridor where it would be easy to build pipelines and power lines. In a speech laying out his economic vision bef...
May 16, 2019
2019 Memorial Cup: A look at each of the four teams at this year's tournament
HALIFAX - It's down to the final four. A season that began with 60 eligible teams spread across nine provinces and four states competing for the Canadian Hockey League's biggest prize is down to ...
May 16, 2019
NTSB: Autopilot was in use before Tesla hit semitrailer
DETROIT - A Tesla Model S involved in a fatal crash with a semitrailer in Florida March 1 was operating on the company's semi-autonomous Autopilot system, federal investigators have determined. The ca...
May 16, 2019
Head coach George Burnett still searching for first Memorial Cup title
HALIFAX - Guelph Storm general manager/head coach George Burnett won't call it the most difficult road a team has ever taken to get to the Memorial Cup. But he sure followed a much easier path&nb...
May 16, 2019
Carnival worker accused of killing 2 missing women, teen
Two missing women and a missing teenage girl were shot to death by a carnival worker who met them through the travelling show, authorities in Virginia say. James Michael Wright, 23, is accused of kill...
May 16, 2019
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign veteran punter Jon Ryan to one-year deal
REGINA - Punter Jon Ryan has returned home. The 37-year-old Regina native signed a one-year deal with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Tuesday. The six-foot, 217-pound Ryan returns to the CFL following...
May 16, 2019
Trudeau says U.S. state abortion bans are 'backsliding on women's rights'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is deeply disappointed in a "backsliding on women's rights" happening in American states moving to ban abortion access. Alabama's legislature p...
May 16, 2019
