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'Motivated by hate.' Vandals trash role-playing business in Cape Breton
SYDNEY, N.S. - A group of teenage vandals is being blamed for trashing a Cape Breton business where people gather in the woods to enjoy live action role-playing dres...
May 09, 2019
Pediatric society calls for access to free contraceptives for everyone under 25
OTTAWA - The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending that everyone under 25 should get confidential access to free birth control. In a position statement released Thursday, the society says a...
May 09, 2019
James Cameron salutes 'Endgame' for sinking 'Titanic' record
LOS ANGELES - Filmmaker James Cameron has no bad blood with the Avengers, even though "Endgame" has eclipsed "Titanic's" worldwide record and bumped the 1997 blockbuster to third place. Cameron tweete...
May 09, 2019
Popular Virginia children's singer faces child porn charge
RESTON, Va. - A popular children's performer in northern Virginia has been arrested and charged with possessing child pornography. Fairfax County Police said on Thursday that 58-year-old Steven Rossi ...
May 09, 2019
Dinos' star Sinagra hoping to earn shot at competing for CFL spot
Quarterback Adam Sinagra is a proud Canadian, but he wants to secure a CFL opportunity based upon his ability, not his nationality. The six-foot-one, 195-pound Hec C...
May 09, 2019
Hundreds of Canadians to receive postcards detailing Second World War link
Hundreds of Canadians are about to receive proof of their personal, largely unknown links to one of the defining events of the 20th century. An organization dedicated to commemorating Canada's ro...
May 09, 2019
CFLPA says its players could stage partial strike at the start of training camps
The CFL Players' Association has informed players on four CFL teams not to report to camp if a new collective bargaining agreement isn't reached by May 18. Union executive director Brian Ramsay said i...
May 09, 2019
'Good teams push through': Whitecaps continue points hunt vs. Portland Timbers
VANCOUVER - As Marc Dos Santos readies his Vancouver Whitecaps for a rivalry matchup this week, another task nags at the back of the coach's mind. Dos Santos still needs to find the perfect bottle of ...
May 09, 2019
Controversial environment-review bill faces major changes in Senate as clock ticks
OTTAWA - Canadian senators are trying to make more than 100 amendments to the government's environmental-assessment bill that overhauls how major energy and transportation projects are reviewed. The&n...
May 09, 2019
Refugee who lost fingers to frostbite pleads with MPs not to pass new asylum law
OTTAWA - A man from Ghana who lost all his fingers to frostbite after crossing irregularly into Manitoba - and whose story focused attention on the border - is pleading with MPs not to pass ...
May 09, 2019
