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St. John's Roman Catholic corporation liable for abuses at orphanage: appeals court
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's highest court says the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John's is financially liable for sexual abuse at the Mount Cashel orphanage in the 195...
Jul 29, 2020
Review: 'Red Penguins' is the crazy, unbelievable story Russian hockey in 1990s
Steven Warshaw walked up to Gabe Polsky and introduced himself. The pair had just attended a 2015 screening of Polsky's documentary, "Red Army," which chronicles the rise of the Soviet Union's famed h...
Jul 29, 2020
A timeline of the controversy around WE, the Liberals and a student program
OTTAWA - A timeline of events regarding the Canada Student Service Grant program, based on public documents, events and statements from cabinet ministers, government officials, and WE Charit...
Jul 29, 2020
MPs on ethics committee to meet amid parliamentary probe of WE agreement
OTTAWA - MPs on the House of Commons ethics committee will meet this afternoon to push forward their own parliamentary probe of the federal government's aborted deal with WE Charity to run a student-v...
Jul 29, 2020
Calgary Flames, Winnipeg Jets the all-Canadian clash in qualifying round
CALGARY - Both the Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets had drama this season even before the NHL's COVID-19 interruption. Calgary and Winnipeg open their best-of-five series Saturday in&nb...
Jul 29, 2020
More Americans signed contracts to buy homes in June
SILVER SPRING, Md. - The number of Americans signing contracts to buy homes rose for the second straight month after a devastating spring freeze brought on by the coronavirus outbreak. The National As...
Jul 29, 2020
Water levels peaking in the north, receding with heat
Record highs for water levels in rivers and lakes have already occurred in communities like Prince Albert and the Battlefords, and flows further into Northern Saskatchewan are now on the same track an...
Jul 29, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League to play 2020 season in Charlottetown
TORONTO - The Canadian Premier League will play its 2020 season in Charlottetown. A source, not authorized to speak on the record because the official announcement had not been made, co...
Jul 29, 2020
Burns outlines 8 projects; PBS launches documentary service
NEW YORK - What do Ernest Hemingway, Muhammad Ali, Benjamin Franklin and Leonardo da Vinci have in common? All are getting the Ken Burns treatment in the next few years. The PBS documentarian said Tue...
Jul 29, 2020
Vancouver resident finds lost teddy bear containing her mother's voice recording
VANCOUVER - Mara Soriano has spent the last four days checking the alleys and dumpsters of Vancouver's West End, putting up posters and answering multitudes of emails and tweets, hoping she'd fin...
Jul 29, 2020
