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Walker and Muyres reach semifinals at Canadian mixed doubles playdowns
FREDERICTON - Defending champions Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres are moving on at the Canadian mixed doubles curling championship. Walker and Muyres downed Bobbi Sauder and Brendan Bottc...
Mar 25, 2019
Former ski coach Charest released as he appeals sex-related convictions
MONTREAL - Former national ski coach Bertrand Charest will be released from prison as he appeals his sexual-assault convictions. Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Martin Vauclair authorized his rele...
Mar 25, 2019
A timeline of events in the SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - A chronology of the SNC-Lavalin controversy, according to public documents, reports and testimony to the House of Commons justice committee: Feb. 19, 2015 - The RCMP lays corruption and fraud...
Mar 25, 2019
Toronto Blue Jays sign reliever Daniel Hudson
MONTREAL - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed right-handed reliever Daniel Hudson to a one-year, $US1.5 million contract. The move was announced before the Blue Jays faced the Milwaukee Brewers in the ...
Mar 25, 2019
Bianca Andreescu's win streak ends after early exit because of injury
MIAMI - The injury bug has derailed Bianca Andreescu's impressive run. The rising Canadian tennis star's win streak was snapped at 10 matches after a 6-1, 2-0 loss to No. 21 seed Anett Konta...
Mar 25, 2019
Sask. police announce second province-wide gun amnesty
Police forces in Saskatchewan announced Monday they're teaming up to take any unwanted guns off residents' hands through a province-wide gun amnesty.Until April 19, people can call their local police ...
Mar 25, 2019 Marlo Pritchard, chief of the Weyburn Police Service and head of the Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police, announced the second province-wide gun amnesty on March 25, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Patriots owner apologizes in Florida prostitution case
MIAMI - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is apologizing after being charged in a Florida massage parlour prostitution investigation. "I am truly sorry," Kraft said in a statement Saturday. "I k...
Mar 25, 2019
Patriots owner apologizes in Florida prostitution case
MIAMI - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is apologizing after being charged in a Florida massage parlour prostitution investigation. "I am truly sorry," Kraft said in a statement Saturday. "I k...
Mar 25, 2019
Freeland says tariffs raise 'serious questions' about NAFTA after meetings in DC
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is keeping up the pressure on the Trump administration, warning that Canada's support for the updated North American trade pact may h...
Mar 25, 2019
Nova Scotia budget to target key areas such as health care:finance minister
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia will table its fourth consecutive balanced budget Tuesday with room to spend in key areas including health care, says Finance Minister Karen Casey. In an interview Mon...
Mar 25, 2019