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Villalba, Gressel score to lead Atlanta past Toronto 2-0
ATLANTA - Hector Villalba and Julian Gressel scored to lead Atlanta United to its third victory in a row, 2-0 over Toronto FC in a matchup of the last two MLS Cup champions Wednesday night. After a sl...
May 08, 2019
Ottawa police looking for missing Supreme Court Justice Gascon, family concerned
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Police Service says Supreme Court of Canada Justice Clement Gascon has gone missing. Police say Gascon, who is 59, was last seen Wednesday afternoon in the city. Investigators...
May 08, 2019
Fox Sports, Stars Group to offer sports betting in deal
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A major U.S. sports network is getting into the sports betting game. Fox Sports says it is buying just under 5 per cent of the Stars Group for about $236 million, and that both c...
May 08, 2019
Plane skids off wet runway in Myanmar; pilot, 3 others hurt
YANGON, Myanmar - A plane operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines skidded off the runway while landing Wednesday evening at Myanmar's Yangon International Airport, injuring at least four people includin...
May 08, 2019
McHappy Day helps families stay together through thick and thin
KAMLOOPS - Volunteers from the community are helping out at McDonalds on a day when a small purchase can make a big difference."Today we are donating one dollar from the proceeds from a Big Mac, a cof...
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Denver is 1st US city to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms'
DENVER - Voters have made Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in "magic mushrooms." Preliminary results show that the citizen-led initiative narrowly pa...
May 08, 2019
Florida governor signs bill allowing more armed teachers
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - More Florida teachers will be eligible to carry guns in the classroom under a bill Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Wednesday that immediately implements recommendations from a ...
May 08, 2019
Santa Fe Opera announces plans to stage world premieres
SANTA FE, N.M. - World-premiere operas derived from the gender-bending Broadway hit "M. Butterfly" and from meditations on Victorian-era repression in Bram Stroker's "Dracula" are coming to the Santa ...
May 08, 2019
Military misses Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, ready to welcome him back: Top general
OTTAWA - Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says the military has missed Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and that the two of them will discuss Norman's return to active duty as soon as possible. The comment i...
May 08, 2019
Goodale disputes charge that bill maintains solitary confinement by another name
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is disputing claims that a bill to end solitary confinement in Canada's prisons is merely "linguistic trickery" that maintains the practice under a d...
May 08, 2019
