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Harry and Meghan should cover their own security costs: NDP heritage critic
OTTAWA - The NDP's Canadian-heritage critic says he believes Prince Harry and his family should pay for their own security while they're in Canada. Alexandre Boulerice, who is also deputy leader of th...
Jan 24, 2020

Province seeking financial help as St. John's recovers from blizzard
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - One week after a record-breaking blizzard battered eastern Newfoundland, businesses in St. John's have been allowed to call in staff to prepare for the expected lifting of...
Jan 24, 2020

Milos Raonic knocks off favoured Stefanos Tsitsipas at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - On a day of upsets at the Australian Open, Canada's Milos Raonic did his part to keep the storyline going. The No. 32 seed from Thornhill, Ont., beat No. 6 seed Stefanos Tsitsip...
Jan 24, 2020

DC claims inaugural committee spending enriched Trump family
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's inaugural committee spent more than $1 million to book a ballroom at the Trump International Hotel in the nation's capital as part of a scheme to "grossly overpay" for part...
Jan 24, 2020

One dead, five tourists missing after snowmobiles break through ice in Quebec
ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. - Quebec provincial police search-and-rescue teams scoured the frigid waters of the Lac-Saint-Jean region on Wednesday for five missing French tourists,&n...
Jan 24, 2020

Trump, seeking support, to headline at anti-abortion rally in D.C.
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump, anxious to buttress his support with evangelical voters, is slated to be a surprise headliner at today's March for Life rally in Washington, the first sitting U.S....
Jan 24, 2020

Hockey PEI warns of season suspensions for players for online trash talk
CHARLOTTETOWN - The governing body for organized hockey in Prince Edward Island is taking a tough stance on the issue of online harassment. Hockey PEI has sent a letter to several minor leagues w...
Jan 24, 2020

6 killed in Germany shooting, suspect arrested
BERLIN - Six people have been killed and several were injured in a shooting in the southwestern German town of Rot am See, police said Friday. A suspect was arrested shortly after the shooting, which ...
Jan 24, 2020

AP Exclusive: New US Border Patrol chief named
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has named a new head of the U.S. Border Patrol. Rodney Scott will take over for Carla Provost, who is retiring, according to an announcement obtained Friday by Th...
Jan 24, 2020

Wheels in Motion: Canada's Mitchell a quick study in track cycling
MILTON, Ont. - Canada's Kelsey Mitchell returns this weekend to where it all started for her in the sport of track cycling. The women's sprint specialist is one of the headliners at the UCI ...
Jan 24, 2020