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'The right thing was done:' Manitoba family gets guardianship of seized baby
WINNIPEG - The mother of a newborn who was seen in a social media video being taken away by authorities in hospital says she is relieved a judge has given guardianship to the family. But she...
Mar 23, 2019
German quarterback Sonny Weishaupt aims to impress at CFL combine
TORONTO - Sonny Weishaupt wants to finish the CFL combine with a bang. The German-born quarterback is one of 18 Europeans participating in the league's national combine for the first time. After&...
Mar 23, 2019
Ford says social media allows politicians to circumvent mainstream journalists
OTTAWA - Premier Doug Ford says mainstream journalists have become irrelevant because social media allows him to speak directly to Ontarians. The Ontario premier told a conference of conservative thin...
Mar 23, 2019
Three teams remain unbeaten at Canadian mixed doubles championship
FREDERICTON - Three teams remain unbeaten through 10 draws at the Canadian mixed doubles curling championship. Saskatchewan's Shannon Birchard and Catlin Schneider sit atop Pool B with a 5-0...
Mar 23, 2019
Real-life tsunami threat in Port Alberni, B.C., prompts evacuation updates
VICTORIA - When tsunami-alert sirens rang out in the dead of night in Port Alberni 14 months ago, most people fled for higher ground but some didn't recognize the emergency signal, says a new study. A...
Mar 23, 2019
Canada's Harvey wins silver in penultimate race before retirement
QUEBEC - Canadian cross-country skier Alex Harvey won silver on Saturday in his penultimate race before retirement. He finished second in the FIS World Cup 15-kilometre classic-ski mass start&nbs...
Mar 23, 2019
Greed, Stupidity and the CFL Ratio Battle
It is ironic how on the weekend of the CFL Players Combine, testing potential draft picks, that the future of those players could be hanging in the balance. The story by Justin Dunk of 3DownNation abo...
Mar 23, 2019 by Greg Urbanoski
Barbra Streisand under fire for Michael Jackson remarks
Barbra Streisand is coming under intense criticism on social media for telling a British newspaper that two men who say they were molested as children by Michael Jackson were "thrilled to be there" an...
Mar 23, 2019
Cruise ship off Norway evacuates passengers by helicopter
HELSINKI - A cruise ship with engine problems sent a mayday call off Norway's western coast on Saturday, then began evacuating its 1,300 passengers and crew amid stormy seas and heavy winds in a high-...
Mar 23, 2019
The hard life of a wild Sable Island horse:'Eking out a living on this sandbar'
HALIFAX - Researchers studying the carcasses of Sable Island's fabled wild horses have discovered many had unusual levels of parasites and sand, suggesting they are tougher than most horses, even as m...
Mar 23, 2019
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