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Indigenous leaders urge Canadians to unite, honour Downie's legacy
OTTAWA - Canadians can unite on reconciliation efforts to honour Gord Downie’s legacy, Indigenous leaders said Wednesday. In the final months of his life, the Tragically Hip frontman became an o...
Oct 18, 2017
'It will devastate the community:' Alberta firefighter dies battling wildfire
A volunteer firefighter was killed and two men trying to beat back flames on their property were injured in wind-whipped wildfires that scorched parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan and forced the evacua...
Oct 18, 2017
Prime Minister Trudeau pays tearful tribute to Gord Downie: 'It hurts."
OTTAWA - There was an uncommon slowness in Justin Trudeau’s step Wednesday morning as he walked toward the weekly Liberal caucus meeting on Parliament Hill, his thoughts weighed heavily with the...
Oct 18, 2017
Elvis house, Marilyn dresses, JFK radio up for auction
TUPELO, Miss. - Years before Elvis Presley became the King of Rock and Roll, the story goes, he lived in a small house up a hill from his elementary school in northeastern Mississippi and played with ...
Oct 18, 2017
Witness: Workplace shooter was increasingly angry, hostile
ABERDEEN, Md. - A witness to the deadly rampage inside a Maryland granite company said Thursday that the suspect, Radee Prince, had gathered a small group of his co-workers together by saying “c...
Oct 18, 2017
Gymnast McKayla Maroney alleges sexual abuse by team doctor
Two-time Olympic medallist McKayla Maroney says she was molested for years by a former USA Gymnastics team doctor, abuse she said started in her early teens and continued for the rest of her competiti...
Oct 18, 2017
Nielsen says it will report on who's watching streamed shows
NEW YORK - The Nielsen company, which has long measured viewership of television programs, now says it has a way to collect and widely spread details about how many people watch programming produced b...
Oct 18, 2017
Hinchcliffe and Wickens team for Canadian IndyCar lineup
INDIANAPOLIS - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports will field an all-Canadian lineup next season as James Hinchcliffe returns to the IndyCar team alongside Robert Wickens. Hinchcliffe signed a multi-year con...
Oct 18, 2017
Quebec lawmakers pass controversial law obliging citizens to uncover their faces
MONTREAL - Calling it a North American first, the Quebec government passed legislation Wednesday forbidding anyone from receiving or giving a public service with their face covered - and even while ri...
Oct 18, 2017
A list of ammonia leaks at arenas in Canada
Three people have died in Fernie, B.C., after a possible ammonia leak at an arena in the community. Here is a list of ammonia leaks at other Canadian arenas: April 2017: Three employees of an arena in...
Oct 18, 2017