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Canada coach Kingsley Jones sees his players finding a home in Major League Rugby
With 28 Canadians on the Toronto Arrows' roster and six on the Seattle Seawolves, it's no wonder that Canada coach Kingsley Jones will be in the stands Saturday in suburban Seattle to watch ...
Feb 21, 2020

Senators forward Ryan recovering from alcohol problem, says he is doing 'very well'
Ottawa Senators Bobby Ryan forward said Friday that he has been dealing with an alcohol problem, but is doing "very well" on his road to recovery. Ryan met with the media for the first time since...
Feb 21, 2020

Florida homeless group helps top chefs prep food festival
MIAMI - From Rachael Ray to Bobby Flay, celebrity chefs are in town this weekend for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, where fine-palated foodies might not know that some of their dishes have ...
Feb 21, 2020

Whitecourt RCMP seek public assistance identifying robbery suspects
Whitecourt RCMP are investigating a string of offences from early February that eventually led to a robbery, and are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspects.On February 3, 2020, the R...
Feb 21, 2020 Robbery suspects (Photo courtesy Whitecourt RCMP)

P.E.I.'s Birt through to championship round at Tournament of Hearts
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Suzanne Birt reached the championship round at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts a second straight year with higher ambitions. The Prince Edward Island skip upped her workload ...
Feb 21, 2020

NOVA Gas Transmission expansion gets go-ahead from federal energy regulator
An expansion to the NOVA Gas Transmission pipeline system in the Peace Country has earned the backing of the Canada Energy Regulator.The network, which is owned and operated by TC Energy, had applied ...
Feb 21, 2020 Photo: TC Energy

Case of alleged RCMP secret-leaker could head behind closed doors
OTTAWA - Federal prosecutors are signalling they want to move the national-secrets case against a senior RCMP official behind closed doors, at least temporarily, while they sort out how to handle...
Feb 21, 2020

Privacy watchdogs to probe Clearview AI's facial-recognition technology
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog and three of his provincial counterparts will jointly investigate Canadian use of facial-recognition technology supplied by U.S. firm Clearvie...
Feb 21, 2020

Roman Forum find could be shrine to Rome's founder, Romulus
ROME - Italian archaeologists unveiled to the press Friday an exciting new find from the Roman Forum, which they say could be the lost shrine dedicated some 2,600 years ago to Romulus, Rome's legendar...
Feb 21, 2020

Iran reports 2 more deaths, 13 new cases of new coronavirus
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian health authorities Friday reported two more deaths from the new virus that emerged in China and said the fatalities were from among 13 new confirmed cases of the virus in Iran. ...
Feb 21, 2020