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CFL, XFL in discussions about potential partnership
TORONTO - Commissioner Randy Ambrosie is taking a serious look at whether the CFL smells what The Rock is cooking.Ambrosie revealed today the CFL has entered into serious discussions with the American...
Mar 10, 2021
Prosecutors oppose Ghislaine Maxwell's 3rd quest for bail
NEW YORK - Prosecutors urged a judge to reject a third quest for bail by a British socialite charged with soliciting teenage girls in the 1990s for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. There a...
Mar 10, 2021
Canada's Kadeisha Buchanan helps Lyon to another Champions League win — and record
Canadian international Kadeisha Buchanan helped five-time defending champion Lyon extend its unbeaten streak in the UEFA Women's Champions League to a record 30 games with a 3-1 win Wednesday at Denma...
Mar 10, 2021
Hamas official: Hamas' Gaza leader Sinwar re-elected
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Hamas firebrand Yehiyeh Sinwar was re-elected on Wednesday as the Palestinian militant group's leader in the Gaza Strip, leaving a figure closely aligned with the hard-li...
Mar 10, 2021
High COVID-19 count prompts citywide COVID-19 vaccinations in Prince Rupert, B.C.
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - Health officials say COVID-19 outbreaks remain stubbornly frequent in one northwestern British Columbia city and are prompting a new approach to vaccinations. Northern Health, th...
Mar 10, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell jail conditions 'degrading,' says brother
LONDON - The brother of Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell said Wednesday she should be released on bail from a U.S. jail, and claimed that she was being held in "degrading" conditi...
Mar 10, 2021
Denis Shapovalov ousts Vasek Pospisil in all-Canadian match at Qatar Open
DOHA, Qatar - Denis Shapovalov beat Vasek Pospisil 7-5, 6-4 in an all-Canadian second-round match at the Qatar Open today. The fourth-seeded Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., never faced a break p...
Mar 10, 2021
COVID-19-related spending set to drop sharply over coming year: PBO report
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says the portion of federal spending related to COVID-19 is set to drop by 86 per cent in the coming fiscal year compared to 2020-21, as Canada transitions away f...
Mar 10, 2021
Inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shooting accepting applications from participants
HALIFAX - The public inquiry into the mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives last spring is now accepting applications from potential participants. The commission of inquiry, formally know...
Mar 10, 2021
As Texas casts off shackles of COVID-19, lessons of 2020 still loom large for many
AUSTIN, Texas - True to form, Texas is going big in its effort to cast off the shackles of COVID-19. As of today, masks are no longer required in public and businesses can fully open in America's seco...
Mar 10, 2021
