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Toronto Wolfpack on verge of signing England international Kallum Watkins
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack are close to signing England international centre Kallum Watkins, needing only the approval of rugby league authorities to complete the deal. Wolfpack CEO Bob Hunter ack...
Apr 20, 2020
Parties still can't agree on how best to resume Parliament
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he has not changed his position on a tentative deal struck with the Liberals and Bloc Quebecois about the conditions under which the House of Commons should resu...
Apr 20, 2020
Oilpatch company cuts capital spending plan for a second time, reduces production guidance
CALGARY - Crescent Point Energy Corp. cut its capital spending plan again and reduced its production guidance for the year as cuts in the oil patch continued amid lower oil prices in the wake of the p...
Apr 20, 2020
N.C. farm rents out miniature donkey to crash video calls
INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. - A miniature donkey named Mambo is getting some online love in North Carolina, where a farm is getting in on the idea of having animals spice up tedious virtual meetings during the...
Apr 20, 2020
`Handmaid's Tale,' Harry Potter on challenged books list
NEW YORK - Stories with gay and transgender themes, a spoof inspired by the family rabbit of Vice-President Mike Pence, and classics by J.K. Rowling and Margaret Atwood were among the books that recei...
Apr 20, 2020
Probe into mass killing in Nova Scotia continues as province grapples with the violence
Investigators are continuing to piece together one of Canada's deadliest mass killings, which saw a man who at one point donned a police uniform slay 16 people as he travelled across northern Nova Sco...
Apr 20, 2020
Outpouring of grief occurring in Nova Scotia after mass shooting tragedy
HALIFAX - There is an outpouring of grief across Nova Scotia today as the names of victims of a weekend mass killing begin to emerge, ranging from a nurse to a teacher to an RCMP officer. The presiden...
Apr 20, 2020
Miami police disperse crowd by David Guetta's relief concert
MIAMI - Police said they dispersed crowds violating social distancing guidelines during David Guetta's coronavirus relief concert in Miami. There were no arrests made when police broke up groups on th...
Apr 20, 2020
Companies continue cuts in the oilpatch amid low oil prices in wake of pandemic
CALGARY - The cuts in the oil patch are continuing as companies adjust to lower oil prices in the wake of the pandemic.Cathedral Energy Services Ltd. and McCoy Global Inc.both announced job cuts, redu...
Apr 20, 2020
Probe into mass killing in Nova Scotia continues as province grapples with the violence
Investigators are continuing to piece together one of Canada's deadliest mass killings, which saw a man who at one point donned a police uniform slay 16 people as he travelled across northern Nova Sco...
Apr 20, 2020