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RCMP find item that may be connected to McLeod and Schmegelsky investigation
GILLAM, Man. - RCMP say they've found an item that could be relevant to their investigation into two murder suspects whose bodies they believe they located earlier in the week. Sgt. Paul Manaigre says...
Aug 11, 2019
Canadian men's field hockey team misses chance to qualify for Olympics
LIMA, Peru - The Canadian men's field hockey team will have to take the longer road to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Canada missed out on its first chance to qualify, falling 5-2 to reigning Olympic c...
Aug 11, 2019
Health Canada announces changes aimed at dropping prices of patented drugs
OTTAWA - The federal government is overhauling the way it regulates the cost of patented medicines, including ending comparisons to the United States - changes that Canada's health minister ...
Aug 11, 2019
B.C. man freed from Syria after Lebanese mediation, feared being 'there forever'
BEIRUT - A British Columbia man detained in Syria since late last year became emotional Friday as he expressed his fears that he would never see freedom again. "I thought...
Aug 11, 2019
Woods withdraws from Northern Trust, citing oblique strain
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Masters champion Tiger Woods withdrew Friday from the opening FedEx Cup playoffs event with what he described as a mild oblique strain. It was the first time Woods has pulled out i...
Aug 11, 2019
Canadian wage growth hits fastest pace since 2009, but economy sheds jobs
OTTAWA - Wage growth accelerated last month to its fastest clip in more than decade, according to numbers released Friday from Statistics Canada. The 4.5 per cent burst c...
Aug 11, 2019
Cosby appeal tests other accusers' testimony in #MeToo era
When three Pennsylvania Superior Court judges gather Monday to hear Bill Cosby's appeal of his sexual assault conviction, more than the aging comedian's freedom may be at stake. As the first celebrity...
Aug 11, 2019
No chaos this time as Woodstock concert site preps for 50th
BETHEL, N.Y. - Woodstock will be celebrated on its 50th anniversary, but it won't be your hippie uncle's trample-the-fences concert. While plans for a big Woodstock 50 festival collapsed after a run o...
Aug 11, 2019
Richard Gere visits migrants stuck in the Mediterranean
Carrying boxes of fruit, Richard Gere visited rescued migrants Friday on a humanitarian ship that has been struck in the Mediterranean Sea for over a week, landing smack in the middle of a debate over...
Aug 11, 2019
Tear gas fired in Hong Kong with no end in sight to protests
HONG KONG - Police fired tear gas late Sunday afternoon to try to disperse a demonstration in Hong Kong as protesters took over streets in two parts of the Asian financial capital, blocking traffic an...
Aug 11, 2019