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Roughriders clean out lockers after heartbreaking West final loss
It was a day that came a week earlier than the 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders wanted.The players cleaned out their lockers Monday, with many players still stinging from the Roughriders' heartbreaking 2...
Nov 20, 2019 Loucheiz Purifoy (28). (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Nova Scotia pond billed as the 'cradle of hockey' put up for sale
WINDSOR, N.S. - A small pond in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, billed as the "cradle of hockey," is up for sale. Long Pond, on the east side of Windsor, N.S., is recognized by som...
Nov 20, 2019
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety
WASHINGTON - U.S. State Department officials were informed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was feeling pressure from the Trump administration to investigate former Vice-President Joe Bide...
Nov 20, 2019
Trump suggests he may give written testimony in House probe
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump suggested Monday he might be willing to offer written testimony in the House impeachment inquiry over whether he pressured Ukraine's president to investigate Joe Bi...
Nov 20, 2019
Closest witnesses kicking off big Trump impeachment week
WASHINGTON - Nine witnesses. Five hearings. Three days. The Trump impeachment inquiry is charging into a crucial week as Americans hear from some of the most important witnesses closest to the White H...
Nov 20, 2019
Flood-hit Venice’s dwindling population faces mounting woes
VENICE, Italy - One of only four oar makers for Venice's famed gondoliers, Paolo Brandolisio wades through his ground-floor workshop for the third time in a week of record-breaking floods, despairing ...
Nov 20, 2019
Ex-Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh faces fraud, tax charges
BALTIMORE - The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore has been charged with fraud and tax evasion involving sales of her self-published children's books. An 11-count federal indictment unsealed Wednesda...
Nov 20, 2019
Sondland faces tough questions about Trump and Ukraine
WASHINGTON - Ambassador Gordon Sondland, the most anticipated witness in the impeachment inquiry, will confront questions Wednesday about his evolving accounts of the Trump administration's dealings w...
Nov 20, 2019
Grammys announce nominees, contenders include Taylor Swift
NEW YORK - The Grammys have announced the first nominees for its 2020 show, and contenders include Beyonc and Taylor Swift. Recording Academy President and CEO Deborah Dugan, who started the job earli...
Nov 20, 2019
Trudeau to take sober approach to unveiling new cabinet for minority mandate
OTTAWA - It will be all business this afternoon when Justin Trudeau unveils a cabinet to navigate a new era of minority government in a bitterly divided country. Forget the theatricality and...
Nov 20, 2019