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Crown seeks one-year jail term against editor convicted of promoting hate
TORONTO - The Crown is seeking a one-year jail term for a Toronto editor convicted of promoting hatred against women and Jews. A prosecutor is telling Ontario court that James Sears deserves the ...
Apr 26, 2019
Axworthy urges renewed Canada-Ukraine ties despite concerns about new president
OTTAWA - A former Canadian foreign minister who monitored Ukraine's presidential election is urging Canada to "freshen" its relationship with the European country while expressing some reservations ab...
Apr 26, 2019
Analysis: In a series with razor-thin margins, a look at why the Leafs lost
BOSTON - Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock used the word "opportunity" over and over again when discussing his team's playoff rematch with the Boston Bruins. Toronto wound up missing a big one ...
Apr 26, 2019
Russian sentenced to 18 months for being agent for Kremlin
WASHINGTON - A Russian woman who admitted to being a secret agent for the Kremlin has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Maria Butina has been jailed since her July 2018 arrest and will get credit...
Apr 26, 2019
Trump to keep fighting opioids 'until our job is done'
ATLANTA - President Donald Trump pledged on Wednesday to battle the deadly epidemic of opioid drug abuse "until our job is done," and he claimed progress even though it is unclear whether the crisis h...
Apr 26, 2019
Trudeau government ran $3.1-billion surplus in first 11 months of 2018-19
OTTAWA - A preliminary estimate of the federal books says the government posted a surplus of $3.1 billion through the first 11 months of the fiscal year. The number in the Finance Department's&nb...
Apr 26, 2019
Veteran jockey Patrick Husbands returns to Woodbine following injury
TORONTO - Veteran jockey Patrick Husbands is poised to make his 2019 debut Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack. The 45-year-old Barbados native suffered a broken pelvis last November after being dismo...
Apr 26, 2019
Rising Saint John River frustrating swath of southern New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - Thane Mallory says the picturesque water view out the back window is what keeps him going back every day to Gulliver's World Cafe, his restaurant in Gagetown, N.B. "I wake up every morni...
Apr 26, 2019
Laval star defensive lineman Mathieu Betts looking ahead to NFL draft
Mathieu Betts is about to learn where his pro football career will begin. The NFL will complete its annual draft with the final four rounds Saturday. The Laval Rouge et Or defensiv...
Apr 26, 2019
Hydro-Quebec says dam at risk of failure holding up as police evacuate homes
GRENVILLE-SUR-LA-ROUGE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say about 75 people living downstream from a hydroelectric dam at risk of failing have been taken to safety as officials expressed con...
Apr 26, 2019
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