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Helmets, head protection gaining some ground in grassroots curling
Change and innovation in sport often trickles down from the professional to the recreational level. When it comes to curling and head protection, it may be the reverse. Anecdotal eviden...
Jan 29, 2019
Burst pipe in Parliament's West Block floods Trudeau out of meeting
OTTAWA - A burst sprinkler pipe flooded several levels of the Parliament Hill building holding the temporary House of Commons on Tuesday, a day after members of Parliament started working there. On th...
Jan 29, 2019
Apple opens new chapter as iPhone sales fall and stock sinks
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple hoped to offset slowing demand for iPhones by raising the prices of its most important product, but that strategy seems to have backfired after sales drooped during the holiday s...
Jan 29, 2019
Former Canadian basketball captain campaigning against police brutality
TORONTO - Barely a week before Chris Egi arrived at Harvard for his freshman basketball season, Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. Egi and Brown were both 18. They ...
Jan 29, 2019
UN: More than 130 migrants appear to be missing off Djibouti
JOHANNESBURG - More than 130 migrants were thought to be missing after two boats capsized Tuesday off the tiny East African nation of Djibouti, the U.N. migration agency said. Local police had found f...
Jan 29, 2019
Former Hab Tomas Plekanec files lawsuit to recover unpaid loan for movie
MONTREAL - Former Montreal Canadiens centre Tomas Plekanec has filed a court action in an effort to recover $200,000 he provided to help finance a movie starring his wife. Cou...
Jan 29, 2019
Former Hab Tomas Plekanec files lawsuit to recover unpaid loan for movie
MONTREAL - Former Montreal Canadiens centre Tomas Plekanec has filed a court action in an effort to recover $200,000 he provided to help finance a movie starring his wife. Cou...
Jan 29, 2019
Crisis Group says it trusts Ottawa to help free detainees after McCallum firing
The employer of a Canadian man detained in China expressed confidence Sunday in the Trudeau government following the firing of ambassador John McCallum, a positive glimmer in an otherwise grim post-mo...
Jan 29, 2019
Canadian Premier League kickoff set for April 27 in Hamilton but questions remain
TORONTO - The Canadian Premier League added another player, showcased a foundation sponsor and announced its official kickoff date Tuesday. In order, Kwame Awuah, Volkswagen and April 27, when Hamilto...
Jan 29, 2019
'Empire' cast member alleges he was attacked in Chicago
Chicago police have opened a hate crime investigation after a cast member of the television show "Empire" alleged he was attacked by men who shouted racial and homophobic slurs at him and physically a...
Jan 29, 2019