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Tiger-Cats re-sign veteran defensive lineman Laurent, release kicker Hajrullahu
HAMILTON - Ted Laurent won't be hitting CFL free agency next month. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed the veteran Canadian defensive lineman to a two-year deal Thursday. The six-foot-one, 299-pound La...
Jan 11, 2020
Canada's Bianca Andreescu drops out of Australian Open because of knee injury.
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Bianca Andreescu has dropped out of the Australian Open tennis tournament because of a lingering left knee injury. The reigning U.S. Open champion and Canada's fir...
Jan 11, 2020
Canada's Bianca Andreescu drops out of Australian Open because of knee injury.
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Bianca Andreescu has dropped out of the Australian Open tennis tournament because of a lingering left knee injury. The reigning U.S. Open champion and Canada's fir...
Jan 11, 2020
Magnitude 5.9 shock rocks quake-stunned Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A magnitude 5.9 quake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday, causing further damage along the island's southern coast, where previous recent quakes have toppled homes and schools. The ...
Jan 11, 2020
Questions surrounding cause of plane crash stir fear, confusion among mourners
Mounting questions surrounding the circumstances of a plane crash outside Tehran that left no survivors fuelled confusion, fear and anger Thursday among those grieving the deaths of doz...
Jan 11, 2020
10 years after, Michaelle Jean laments flawed response to devastating Haiti quake
MONTREAL - Former governor general Michaelle Jean vividly remembers the shock of seeing the country of her birth after it was hit by a catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. "It was as if...
Jan 11, 2020
Intelligence says Iranian missile downed airliner, perhaps by mistake: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Canadian and foreign intelligence indicates dozens of Canadians were killed by a potentially errant Iranian missile that downed their jetliner near Tehran this week, sparking a quest for answ...
Jan 11, 2020
Lawmakers approve Brexit bill, UK on course for Jan 31 exit
LONDON - Britain passed a long-elusive milestone on the road to Brexit on Thursday when the House of Commons approved a bill authorizing the country's departure from the European Union at the end of t...
Jan 11, 2020
R Kelly girlfriend charged after fight at singer's condo
CHICAGO - A fight between two of R. Kelly's girlfriends inside the embattled singer's Trump Tower condominium led to a domestic battery charge against one of them and sent the other to the hospital, C...
Jan 11, 2020
A look at some of the victims of the Iran plane crash who had roots in Canada
Dozens of people with ties to Canada were among the 176 who were killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday. Prime Minister...
Jan 11, 2020