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Dryden: Time for a 'Game Change' when it comes to hockey and hits to the head
TORONTO - Ken Dryden never met Steve Montador. But after hearing of the death of the NHL veteran defenceman at just 35, he wanted to know how and why. “Game Change” is the result. Subtitle...
Oct 23, 2017
Julie Snyder files sex-assault complaint against Gilbert Rozon
MONTREAL - Julie Snyder, one of the biggest names in Quebec’s entertainment industry, has filed a complaint of sexual assault against Just For Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon. The former wife of bu...
Oct 23, 2017
New U.S. envoy Kelly Craft faces challenges representing Donald Trump
OTTAWA - Kelly Craft’s first acts of public diplomacy in Canada involved quoting John F. Kennedy - a Democrat - and acknowledging the country’s collective loss of Gord Downie. As for her b...
Oct 23, 2017
Quebec face-covering law has a likely date with the Supreme Court: expert
MONTREAL - A lot is unknown about how Quebec will implement a new law banning people wearing face veils from receiving public services, but what’s virtually certain is that it will be challenged...
Oct 23, 2017
Sheriff: Body of missing boy, 3, found in city water tank
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Investigators in Florida have found the body of a missing 3-year-old boy in an underground water storage tank hours after the child disappeared from a family gathering. Jacksonvil...
Oct 23, 2017
Three-time world champ Patrick Chan scaling back quad content for Skate Canada
A recent training session that went awry has Patrick Chan scaling back his technical difficulty for Skate Canada International. The three-time world figure skating champion remembers it was a Thursday...
Oct 23, 2017
Montreal man fined for singing '90s dance tune in car says he'll contest ticket
MONTREAL - A Montreal man’s decision to let loose and belt out a 1990s dance hit while inside his car has landed him a $149 ticket for being too loud in public. But Taoufik Moalla said Monday he...
Oct 23, 2017
Trudeau names ex-Ontario premier Bob Rae as special envoy to Myanmar
OTTAWA - Former Ontario premier Bob Rae promised no miracles Monday, but rather a sustained effort towards finding a way Canada can be part of a solution to the humanitarian crisis generated by ongoin...
Oct 23, 2017
South Korean Olympic organizers downplay concern over NKorea
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece - South Korea’s Olympic organizers played down concern over ongoing tensions with North Korea on Monday and also said that work has been completed on all venues for the 2...
Oct 23, 2017
Angry soldier's widow says Trump didn't know husband's name
WASHINGTON - A fallen soldier’s angry widow joined the stormy dispute with President Donald Trump on Monday over his response to her husband’s death, declaring that his failure to remember...
Oct 23, 2017