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High rollers: Eldorado buys Caesars in deal valued at $17B
A casino juggernaut was formed Monday when Eldorado Resorts announced it is buying Caesars in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $17.3 billion. The acquisition will put about 60 casino-resorts in 16 stat...
Jun 26, 2019
Eric Trump says he was spit on at Chicago cocktail lounge
CHICAGO - President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump says the U.S. Secret Service took an employee of a Chicago cocktail lounge into custody after she spit on him. Eric Trump told Breitbart News in a tel...
Jun 26, 2019
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques returns to Earth, sets Canadian space record
LONGUEUIL, Que. - David Saint-Jacques returned to Earth on Monday after more than six months aboard the International Space Station. The native of Saint-Lambert, Que., has set a record ...
Jun 26, 2019
In the news today, June 26
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, June 26 --- CHINA SEEKS SUSPENSION OF CANADIAN MEAT The Chinese Embassy said Tuesday it has asked Canada to suspend all meat exports,&n...
Jun 26, 2019
MMIW commissioners reconcile Canada Day with their genocide finding
WINNIPEG - When Michle Audette was growing up, Canada Day was not a celebration. It left her feeling bitter. The daughter of a Quebecois father and an Innu mother, Audette didn't see herself in the sc...
Jun 26, 2019
'Somewhere to go:' Sex trafficking victim calls for more safe houses
REGINA - For years, Beatrice Wallace blamed herself. Not only did she feel shame and guilt, but the 46-year-old Regina mother kept it hidden. Her "dirty little secret," as she calls it, was working th...
Jun 26, 2019
Trudeau leans on Trump to help Canadians detained in China at G20 summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving for a major international summit in Japan this morning, hoping to make progress, or at least find allies, in a multi-front dispute with China. The G20...
Jun 26, 2019
Seoul: US, N Korea in talks to set up 3rd Trump-Kim summit
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean and U.S. officials are holding "behind-the-scenes talks" to arrange a third summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the fa...
Jun 26, 2019
Eskimos receiver, Redblacks QB, Ticats running back named top performers
TORONTO - Edmonton Eskimos receiver Greg Ellingson, Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dominique Davis and Hamilton Tiger-Cats running back Sean Thomas Erlington have been named the CFL's top performers of ...
Jun 25, 2019
Yanks open with 2 HR, set MLB mark in 4-3 win over Blue Jays
NEW YORK - DJ LeMahieu and Aaron Judge hit back-to-back homers to begin the bottom of the first inning, giving the Yankees a major league-record 28 straight games with a long ball, and New York held o...
Jun 25, 2019
