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Bezos probe concludes mistress' brother was Enquirer source
WASHINGTON - Private investigators working for Jeff Bezos have determined the brother of the Amazon CEO's mistress leaked the couple's intimate text messages to the National Enquirer. That's according...
Feb 11, 2019
Minister of Sport hints at big changes for handling of abuse cases
TORONTO - There could be a major shift in the way sexual abuse and harassment cases are handled in Canadian amateur sport. Kirsty Duncan, Canada's Minister of Science, Sport and People with Disabiliti...
Feb 11, 2019
PBS' 'Finding Your Roots' looks into political leaders' past
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., hopes this season of his popular PBS series "Finding Your Roots" helps a divided U.S. see how all Americans have unique family links and how...
Feb 11, 2019
Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet sidelined three weeks with thumb injury
Toronto Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet is expected to miss at least three weeks with a partial ligament injury to his left thumb. VanVleet will wear a splint for three weeks, the team said in a sta...
Feb 11, 2019
CBC foreign correspondent Joe Schlesinger dead at 90, broadcaster says
TORONTO - Longtime CBC foreign correspondent Joe Schlesinger, who spent decades covering war zones and global events that shaped history, has died. The public broadcaster says Schlesinger died af...
Feb 11, 2019
Privacy commissioner finds doctors snooped in Humboldt Broncos patient records
REGINA - Saskatchewan's privacy commissioner has found eight people inappropriately gained access to electronic health records of 10 Humboldt Broncos team members involved in a bus crash las...
Feb 11, 2019
Clooney returns to high school read 'Catch 22' for Hulu show
PASADENA, Calif. - George Clooney says he never expected his next project to be a miniseries based on a novel he read in high school. But against his initial inclination, he's directing and starring i...
Feb 11, 2019
Odd couple of the deep: B.C. dolphins hang out with killer whales
VANCOUVER - Drone flights have revealed an odd couple of the deeps. Scientists from the Vancouver Aquarium are releasing video footage of dolphins hanging around pods of killer whales, two s...
Feb 11, 2019
Rush fall to Roughnecks for third straight loss
The Saskatchewan Rush let an early lead slowly slip away, losing to the Calgary Roughnecks 17-12 at Sasktel Centre Saturday.The loss is third straight for the National Lacrosse League (NLL) club, the ...
Feb 11, 2019
Local student receives prestigious $100,000 scholarship
A local student from John Paul II Collegiate received a prestigious honour this month. Emily Simon took part in the finalist selection process in Toronto for the LORAN (Long-Range Aid to Navigation) S...
Feb 11, 2019