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Quebec backs down on banning retail workers from using 'bonjour-hi' greeting
MONTREAL - Quebec won't legislate to prevent retail workers from welcoming their customers with "bonjour-hi," Quebec's immigration minister said Monday - three days after he raised the possibilit...
Oct 09, 2019
Canadian forward Josh Larsen apologizes to Springboks for rugby red card
KOBE, Japan - Canadian forward Josh Larsen visited the South African dressing room after Canada's Rugby World Cup loss to apologize for his red card. Larsen, who came on in the 12th minute as an ...
Oct 09, 2019
Scheer pledges to close asylum 'loophole' at Roxham Road crossing
ST-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Que. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he will close the loophole that allows tens of thousands of asylum-seekers to claim refugee status, but he isn't saying how. Scheer...
Oct 09, 2019
First lady calls for end of e-cigarette marketing to youth
ARLINGTON, Va. - Melania Trump said Monday that companies "must stop" marketing e-cigarettes to children, saying they are addictive and dangerous. Marketing tobacco products to kids is already prohibi...
Oct 09, 2019
Former Portugal under-21 midfielder Stephen Eustaquio back in Canada fold
TORONTO - Stephen Eustaquio was seven when he left Canada for Portugal with his family. Fifteen years later, the Cruz Azul defensive midfielder is back - looking to make his debut for Canada. Coach Jo...
Oct 09, 2019
Sherman plans to apologize to Mayfield over handshake flap
BEREA, Ohio - San Francisco cornerback Richard Sherman says he'll apologize to Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield for accusing him of not shaking his hand before Monday night's game. Sherman initially ...
Oct 09, 2019
Canada's Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime drop second-round matches in Shanghai
SHANGHAI - Canada's Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime lost second-round singles matches Wednesday at the Shanghai Masters. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision to...
Oct 09, 2019
Two-day bail hearing in RCMP secrets case set for next week
OTTAWA - An RCMP employee charged with breaching the official-secrets law will get a chance next week to argue he should be released on bail. A bail hearing is set for Oct. 17 and 18 for Cameron Jay O...
Oct 09, 2019
Seats from Quebec City Colisee to be sold off ahead of arena demolition
Quebec City will be selling off seats from the former home of professional hockey in its town, last known as the Pepsi Colisee. The old arena's white wooden seats will be sold on t...
Oct 09, 2019
High-profile soccer wives in Twitter spat over story leaks
The wives of two of English soccer's most high-profile players got embroiled in a spat on Twitter on Wednesday about the leaking of information to a tabloid newspaper. In a post to her 1.3 million fol...
Oct 09, 2019
