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NewsAlert: Trade Minister Jim Carr diagnosed with cancer, says 'spirits are high'
OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Jim Carr says he has been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer. Carr says in a statement that he has begun treatment for the disease, which he says has...
Oct 25, 2019
No need to pause divorce proceedings despite foreign hearings: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says Quebec courts shouldn't automatically pause civil proceedings when a foreign court is examining the same matter. The ruling comes today in the case of a Belgi...
Oct 25, 2019
Workforce women tapped to fund success of Canada's female athletes
When softball player and Olympic 2022 hopeful Natalie Wideman was handed a cheque and told the money came from women she did not know, she was speechless. "I instantly broke down crying," said the 27-...
Oct 25, 2019
Bo Levi Mitchell sports 11-2 all-time record versus Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Bo Levi Mitchell has been a thorn in the side of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Calgary Stampeders quarterback sports an 11-2 career record versus Winnipeg, his latest win being a 37-33...
Oct 25, 2019
Tom Brady jersey stolen - again
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Authorities say a Rhode Island man visiting the New England Patriots Hall of Fame took a Tom Brady jersey off a display and walked off with it. Zanini Cineus, of Providence, was fr...
Oct 25, 2019
Jody Wilson-Raybould should use social media to amplify her voice: experts
VANCOUVER - In the early years of Confederation, there were members of Parliament known as "loose fish," who floated free from parties but swam back and forth between allegiances. In 1945, a cohort of...
Oct 25, 2019
Kanye West premieres new 'Jesus Is King' film, album
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Kanye West has unveiled his "Jesus Is King" IMAX film, featuring a gospel choir performing at artist James Turrell's dramatic Roden Crater in the Arizona desert. It'll be in theatr...
Oct 25, 2019
Son of Christian artist TobyMac dies at 21 in Nashville
NASHVILLE - Christian artist TobyMac has recalled the artistry of his 21-year-old son, who was found dead in Nashville, Tennessee, this week. TobyMac praised Truett Foster Mckeehan as a "magnetic son,...
Oct 25, 2019
Carol Burnett among panelists for discussion about memoirs
NEW YORK - For at least one night, Carol Burnett was a writer among writers. The beloved entertainer was among three panelists Thursday for "An Evening of Memoir," presented at the MacDowell artist co...
Oct 25, 2019
Video seems to contradict hotel that ousted Gretchen Wilson
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Video from a police body camera appears to contradict a New Mexico hotel's story about removing country singer Gretchen Wilson following an alleged noise complaint. The video obtai...
Oct 25, 2019
