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Blue Jays trade veteran outfielder Kevin Pillar to Giants for three players
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have traded centre-fielder Kevin Pillar to the San Francisco Giants for right-handed pitchers Juan De Paula and Derek Law and infielder Alen Hanson. The 30-year-old Pil...
Apr 02, 2019
Duke freshmen Williamson, Barrett top AP All-America team
The season did not end as Zion Williamson and R.J. Barrett intended. The fabulous freshmen came to Duke to win a national championship and their bid came up short with a loss to Michigan State in the ...
Apr 02, 2019
Preliminary search finds no reports of coerced sterilization to police: RCMP
OTTAWA - The head of the RCMP says the police force is looking into whether any complaints about forced or coerced sterilizations have been made to law-enforcement agencies in Canada, but that a preli...
Apr 02, 2019
North Carolina GOP chair, major donor charged with briberya
RALEIGH, N.C. - The chairman of North Carolina's Republican Party and a secretive big-money donor are facing federal bribery and wire fraud charges. They're accused of trying to sway an insurance regu...
Apr 02, 2019
N.B. mayor extends welcome mat to Quebecers unhappy at new legislation
FREDERICTON - A northern New Brunswick mayor is rolling out the welcome mat for Quebecers upset with their province's move to restrict some people from wearing religious symbols. Cyrille Simard, the m...
Apr 02, 2019
Judge to consider request from media to unseal Smollett file
CHICAGO - It will be several weeks before a judge decides whether the public will get a look at the sealed court file in the Jussie Smollett case . Cook County Judge Steven Watkins said during a Tuesd...
Apr 02, 2019
Nearly 900 Canadians found in Panama Papers, but no charges have yet been laid
OTTAWA - Canada's tax agency has identified nearly 900 Canadian people and corporate entities in the Panama Papers and five criminal investigations are underway, but so far no charges have b...
Apr 02, 2019
UPDATE: Man injured, diesel spilled after Tuesday collision on Highway 43
UPDATE: (12:30 p.m. Wednesday) Grande Prairie RCMP say the man injured in a semi crash along Highway 43 near Range Road 20 Tuesday morning has serious but non-life-threatening injuries.Police and EMS ...
Apr 02, 2019
Vancouver's Bibiano Fernandes reclaims One Championship MMA bantamweight title
TOKYO - Brazilian-Canadian Bibiano (The Flash) Fernandes reclaimed his One Championship MMA bantamweight crown from Kevin (The Silencer) Belingon on Sunday when the Filipino title-holder was disqualif...
Apr 02, 2019
Ford hopes revamped Escape can recapture lost SUV buyers
DETROIT - In the auto industry, it's pretty well known that if you don't revamp your vehicles every few years, buyers will flee to companies with newer models. Ford learned that lesson again with its ...
Apr 02, 2019