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Four Canadian internationals earn Major League Rugby weekly honours
TORONTO - Canadian internationals Eric Howard, Josh Larsen, Guiseppe Du Toit and Brock Staller have been named to Major League Rugby’s First XV of Week 4. The Seattle Seawolves, with Staller on ...
Feb 20, 2019
Gucci unmasks a harder, more masculine collection
MILAN - Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele says the blackface controversy has had a deep impact on the company and provided a learning experience for everyone. Michele, speaking to reporters b...
Feb 20, 2019
Quebec says former SNC-Lavalin exec owes $11 million in back taxes
MONTREAL - Quebec’s Revenue Department is trying to seize the assets of a former SNC-Lavalin executive facing trial on fraud-related charges after estimating he owes the government more than $11...
Feb 20, 2019
Death in Cat Lake First Nation shaking up community: Ontario NDP MP
OTTAWA - Ontario NDP MP Charlie Angus says the death of a 48-year-old woman in Cat Lake First Nation is shaking up community residents and he doesn’t know what it will take for the federal gover...
Feb 20, 2019
Families want First World War letter shared with public: antique store owner
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba antique store owner who found a letter written by a First World War soldier to the sister of a man who saved his life on a battlefield has contacted some of the relatives. In the...
Feb 20, 2019
Canada Soccer Hall of Fame welcomes 12 more in special class of past players
OTTAWA - Twelve players, including four from the rival Firefighters FC and Columbus FC teams of the Pacific Coast League, are being inducted in the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as part of a special clas...
Feb 20, 2019
Tech giants called to testify in Ottawa in international probe of fake news
OTTAWA - Executives from some of the world’s largest digital and social media firms have been invited to appear before an international committee on disinformation and “fake news” wh...
Feb 20, 2019
Eyes on red-hot Calgary Flames as NHL trade deadline approaches
The NHL trade deadline makes the spotlight on the Calgary Flames feel hotter. This season’s Flames are having arguably the franchise’s best season since Calgary won the Stanley Cup in 1989...
Feb 20, 2019
Timeline: SNC-Lavalin and Jody Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA - A chronology of events in the SNC-Lavalin controversy: Feb. 19, 2015 - The RCMP lays corruption and fraud charges against Montreal-based engineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin, over al...
Feb 20, 2019
SNC-Lavalin lawyers rushed to prosecutors before MPs knew of proposed law change
Representatives for SNC-Lavalin hustled to connect with federal prosecutors after the Liberal government quietly introduced a proposal last year to allow corporations to strike settlement deals and av...
Feb 20, 2019