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Toronto Raptors forward OG Anunoby undergoes emergency appendectomy
TORONTO - Another big blow for OG Anunoby. The Toronto Raptors forward underwent an emergency appendectomy on Thursday evening, two days before the Raptors were slated to tip off against the Orl...
Apr 14, 2019
Stolen wooden fisherman known as 'Shorty' returned to NS business
PEGGY'S COVE, N.S. - A popular wooden fisherman that was stolen from a tourist spot in Peggy's Cove, N.S., earlier this week is now safely back home. Peter Richardson, owner of Peggy's Cove ...
Apr 14, 2019
From Hawkesbury to Estevan, documents show towns to be hit hardest by automation
HAWKESBURY, Ont. - Sitting around a table with fellow Steelworkers, Steve Berniquez starts listing companies that once stood in and around Hawkesbury, a small Ontario town an hour's drive east of Otta...
Apr 14, 2019
Curler Ryan Fry weighs in on his season and excitement about the future
TORONTO - Ryan Fry leans on a wall near the Mattamy Athletic Centre locker-room, his broom in one hand and a water bottle in the other, and tilts his head to the side as he thinks about what he's...
Apr 14, 2019
Forrest Gregg, lineman for mighty Packers teams, dies at 85
Forrest Gregg, the great lineman for the mighty Green Bay Packers of the 1960s whom Vince Lombardi called the "best player I ever coached," has died. He was 85. The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced...
Apr 14, 2019
Chevron vaults into new league on $33B Anadarko acquisition
Chevron is buying Anadarko Petroleum for $33 billion, energizing its oil and gas drilling capabilities in Texas and the Gulf of Mexico while vaulting itself into a new league. The combined company wil...
Apr 14, 2019
Supreme Court upholds residential-school compensation for former student
OTTAWA - A former residential-school student is entitled to compensation for abuse at the hands of a nun, the Supreme Court of Canada says in a decision that helps clarify the scope of appea...
Apr 14, 2019
McGill drops Redmen name, citing pain caused to Indigenous students
MONTREAL - McGill University is dropping the Redmen name for its men's varsity sports teams, effective immediately, the university announced Friday. Principal Suzanne Fortier said in a ...
Apr 14, 2019
McGill drops Redmen name, citing pain caused to Indigenous students
MONTREAL - McGill University is dropping the Redmen name for its men's varsity sports teams, effective immediately, the university announced Friday. Principal Suzanne Fortier said in a ...
Apr 14, 2019
Institute unveils 'Team Canada of cancer research' at spot where Fox began run
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It is being touted as the "Team Canada of cancer research." Exactly 39 years after Terry Fox dipped his artificial leg in St. John's harbour to begin his Marathon of Hope, the ...
Apr 14, 2019