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Justice Department defends blacking out clerk's memo to Trudeau about Norman
OTTAWA - The federal government is defending its refusal to disclose the contents of a 60-page memo the country's top bureaucrat sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. I...
Mar 30, 2019
Anatomy of a goal: TFC's Alejandro Pozuelo pulls the strings in 26-second beauty
Toronto FC's first goal against New York City FC took a header, eight passes and a clinical finish. And Spanish debutante Alejandro Pozuelo was at the heart of it. It started in the 29th minute Friday...
Mar 30, 2019
Cities around the world turn off lights to mark Earth Hour
HONG KONG - Cities around the world were marking Earth Hour on Saturday night by turning off the lights in a call for global action on climate change. In Hong Kong, major buildings along Victoria Harb...
Mar 30, 2019
Five things in Wilson-Raybould's written evidence on the SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - Five things we learned from a written and audio submission made by former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to the House of Commons justice committee Friday. On the cabinet shuffle Trudea...
Mar 30, 2019
Supreme Court stresses jail should be 'last resort' for people awaiting trial
OTTAWA - Making an accused person wait in jail before trial should be the exception, not the rule, the Supreme Court of Canada says in a decision that affirms a key legal safeguard intended ...
Mar 30, 2019
AP sources: Mueller report is more than 300 pages long
WASHINGTON - Special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation report is more than 300 pages long, a Justice Department official and another person familiar with the document said Thursday. Attorn...
Mar 30, 2019
Smollett case tests relationship between police, prosecutors
CHICAGO - When prosecutors dropped the charges that accused Jussie Smollett of orchestrating a fake attack, the outrage was swift and overwhelming. Smollett saw his record wiped clean without offering...
Mar 30, 2019
Toronto Blue Jays place both Tellez, Guerra on opening-day roster
TORONTO - Rowdy Tellez is getting an opportunity to prove himself right from Opening Day. The rookie first baseman and right-hander Javy Guerra made the Toronto Blue Jays' opening-day r...
Mar 30, 2019
Much of East Coast is one 'perfect storm' away from being cut off from Canada
AMHERST, N.S. - First of a two-part series on the stunning potential impact that climate change could have on the low-lying, narrow band of land connecting Nova Scotia to the rest of Canada. --- John ...
Mar 30, 2019
Stones postpone tour as Jagger receives medical treatment
NEW YORK - The Rolling Stones are postponing their latest tour so Mick Jagger can receive medical treatment. The band announced Saturday that Jagger was told by doctors "he cannot go on tour at this t...
Mar 30, 2019
