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Scheer calls for renegotiated Safe Third Country Agreement
SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Que. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is banking on diplomacy with the United States to reduce the number of asylum seekers who enter Canada illegally. Scheer sa...
Jun 08, 2018
1 US soldier killed, 4 wounded in attack in Somalia
WASHINGTON - One U.S. special operations soldier was killed and four U.S. service members wounded in an “enemy attack” Friday in Somalia, the U.S. military said - casualties that are likel...
Jun 08, 2018
Queen's honours for Emma Thompson, Tom Hardy, Keira Knightley
LONDON - British film stars Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley and Tom Hardy and Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro are among those receiving honours in the name of Britain’s monarch. The lis...
Jun 08, 2018
Facebook's shared user data with select companies
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook shared personal information culled from its users’ profiles with other companies after the date when executives have said the social network prevented third-party develo...
Jun 08, 2018
Top prospect Guerrero Jr. to have injured leg examined at Blue Jays' facility
TORONTO - Blue-chip prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was scheduled to undergo testing by the Toronto Blue Jays’ medical staff Friday at the team’s minor-league complex in Dunedin, Fla. ...
Jun 08, 2018
Canada the "hunted and not the hunter" at FIBA Americas basketball tournament
TORONTO - Canada captured more than a gold medal at last summer’s FIBA U19 World Cup in Cairo. The team’s historic basketball victory, including a thrilling upset of the mighty Americans i...
Jun 08, 2018
Canadian rugby sevens women go 2-1 on the first day of competition in Paris
PARIS - Canada will face the U.S. on Saturday in a Cup quarterfinal at the Paris Sevens that will decide which team has bragging rights in the final HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series stand...
Jun 08, 2018
CP Exclusive: Canada to announce $400M for girls' education at G7 summit
QUEBEC - The Trudeau government is planning to announce a $400-million investment on Saturday at the G7 summit to help send the world’s poorest girls to school, The Canadian Press has learned. T...
Jun 08, 2018
Canadian sport buying into national concussion guideline: Podborski
A man known for skiing on the edge of danger feels Canadian sport is a safer place. Former national-team racer and Crazy Canuck Steve Podborski, now CEO and president of Parachute Canad...
Jun 08, 2018
Female Mounties opt not to press charges in alleged sex assaults by fellow cop
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s police watchdog says it won’t lay charges against an RCMP officer accused of groping two female Mounties, because neither woman wanted criminal charges laid. Invest...
Jun 08, 2018