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Andy Burns lifts Blue Jays over Phillies 8-7 in Grapefruit League
CLEARWATER, Fla. - First baseman Andy Burns hit a controversial tie-breaking RBI double in the ninth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays held on for an 8-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday i...
Mar 09, 2019
For Jussie Smollett, 1 story equals 16 felony counts
CHICAGO - News that a grand jury had indicted “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly lying to Chicago police about being attacked by two masked men may not have made much of a splash...
Mar 09, 2019
Time on his hands: John Scott changes the time on Toronto's clock towers
Every spring and fall, John Scott climbs up clock towers across Toronto to change time. “The keymaster, the time master - I’ve been called a lot of titles,” says the 61-year-old. ...
Mar 09, 2019
Canada's Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha win world junior figure skating gold
ZAGREB, Croatia - Canada’s Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha won the gold medal in ice dancing on Saturday at the world junior figure skating championships. Lajoie and Lagha, in their fourth app...
Mar 09, 2019
Ebola treatment centre in Congo is attacked again; 1 dead
KINSHASA, Congo - Heavily armed assailants again attacked an Ebola treatment centre in the heart of eastern Congo’s deadly outbreak on Saturday, with one police officer killed and health workers...
Mar 09, 2019
Canada wins double silver at short-track speedskating world championships
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Canada’s Kim Boutin and Samuel Girard both skated to silver medals in the 1,500 metres on Saturday at the world short-track speedskating championships. Both sit third in the ov...
Mar 09, 2019
Man City beats Watford; Tottenham loses again in EPL
LONDON - Raheem Sterling’s second-half hat trick helped Manchester City build a four-point lead atop the English Premier League on Saturday. Tottenham’s second-half collapse put Spurs in d...
Mar 09, 2019
PMO denies Trudeau was hostile toward Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes
OTTAWA - A spokesman for the prime minister’s office says Justin Trudeau had “emotional” conversations with Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, but denies her claims the encounters w...
Mar 09, 2019
Transat flight from Montreal makes emergency landing in New Jersey
MONTREAL - Some 189 Air Transat passengers travelling from Montreal to Florida had a few scary moments Saturday morning after their plane was forced to make an emergency landing at a New Jersey airpor...
Mar 09, 2019
UK official says EU playing games over Brexit
LONDON - With tensions escalating, Britain’s House of Commons leader said Saturday that European Union officials need to take seriously British proposals for ending the Brexit impasse before a c...
Mar 09, 2019