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Quebec, Montreal governments welcome proposal for new baseball stadium
MONTREAL - The initial enthusiasm from Quebec's Coalition Avenir Quebec government for a proposed Major League Baseball stadium in Montreal was slightly tempered Thursday after an oppos...
Feb 16, 2019
Violent protests in Haiti trap more than 100 Canadian tourists, aid workers
MONTREAL - Ottawa-based physician Emilio Bazile says food is running low for him and his 10-member medical team who have been trapped in southwest Haiti after protesters blocked major highwa...
Feb 16, 2019
Teacher who recorded students with pen camera is guilty of voyeurism: high court
OTTAWA - A high-school teacher who used a pen camera to surreptitiously take videos of female students is guilty of voyeurism, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. In a ground-br...
Feb 16, 2019
Saturday's Scoreboard
WHLBrandon 5, Prince Albert 4 (OT)Regina 4, Edmonton 0Lethbridge 7, Swift Current 2Saskatoon 8, Kootenay 3Calgary 3, Medicine Hat 1Everett 3, Kelowna 1Victoria 4, Prince George 1Seattle 6, Red Deer 4T...
Feb 16, 2019
London Fashion Week: Alexa Chung shows quirky classics
London Fashion Week is picking up pace with Alexa Chung, Jasper Conran and other designers offering catwalk shows Saturday, to be followed by the House of Holland and Simone Rocha. The spectacle is br...
Feb 16, 2019
UK's May suffers embarrassing defeat on Brexit strategy
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered an embarrassing defeat by lawmakers Thursday in a vote that left her bid to secure a European Union divorce deal stuck between an intransigent EU a...
Feb 16, 2019
In El Chapo's state, people see little change with verdict
CULIACAN, Mexico - U.S. officials are hailing the conviction of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman as a victory for the Mexican people, but in the drug lord's home state of Sinaloa, cradle to his powerful cart...
Feb 16, 2019
Storm creates chaos in California with flooding, mudslides
SAUSALITO, Calif. - Waves of heavy rain pounded California on Thursday, trapping people in floodwaters, washing away a mountain highway, triggering a mudslide that destroyed homes and forcing resident...
Feb 16, 2019
After shooting: 'You can't really trust other students'
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. - Some students have difficulty trusting classmates outside their circle. Parents say interactions with school staff are more impersonal. Teachers worry that added security detracts f...
Feb 16, 2019
Deadly blue 'Mexican oxy' pills take toll on US Southwest
TUCSON, Ariz. - Aaron Francisco Chavez swallowed at least one of the sky blue pills at a Halloween party before falling asleep forever. He became yet another victim killed by a flood of illicit fentan...
Feb 16, 2019
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