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Families sue Ontario sperm bank, allege they were misled on donor background
Seven Canadian families are suing an Ontario sperm bank, alleging they were misled about their donor's background, including a potentially debilitating genetic condition. The families - who've la...
Sep 28, 2020
Milan fashion gives small opening to Black Lives Matter
MILAN - When asked why there aren't more people of colour in the Italian fashion industry, officials have cited a lack of candidates in homogeneous Italy. Five African-born designers in Italy want to ...
Sep 28, 2020
Jury finds white nationalist guilty of rape threat
A federal jury on Monday found a self-proclaimed white nationalist who rose to prominence during a deadly 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, guilty of threatening to rape the wife of a man who w...
Sep 28, 2020
Bubble won't be back for full 2020-21 NHL season
EDMONTON - The 64 days spent in the NHL playoff bubble feel like six months to Barclay Goodrow. "It's tough," the Tampa Bay Lightning forward said. "It's been a grind." It's a grind he and players won...
Sep 28, 2020
Gap in early death rates between rich and poor growing: research
Poor Canadians stand a greater chance of dying early than the well off and that gap has been growing for decades, says a detailed new analysis.The study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Assoc...
Sep 28, 2020
Jamaican Nicholas Hamilton joins Scotland's Dundee on loan from York 9 FC
TORONTO - Jamaican winger/forward Nicholas Hamilton has joined Scotland's Dundee on loan from York 9 FC. Hamilton joined the CPL side in February but missed out on the recent Island Games because...
Sep 28, 2020
Veterans Affairs could clear application backlog in a year if it hired hundreds: PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says Veterans Affairs Canada can clear its backlog of disability benefit applications in a year if it hires nearly 400 more people. The number of pending appli...
Sep 28, 2020
Prince Albert to host one of the province's first jury trials in nearly 6 months
After a nearly six-month hiatus, jury trials are set to resume in Saskatchewan this week.To ensure proper social distancing, they're all being off done off-site from the courthouses. For example, the ...
Sep 28, 2020
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime drops first-round match at French Open
PARIS - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the French Open after a first-round loss. The No. 19 seed from Montreal lost 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 to world No. 52 Yoshihito Nishioka at the clay-court Gr...
Sep 28, 2020
Falcons blow another big lead, this time to Foles and Bears
ATLANTA - The Falcons suffered their second straight fourth-quarter collapse after leading by two touchdowns, this time to backup quarterback Nick Foles and the Chicago Bears, who rallied from a 16-po...
Sep 28, 2020
