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Comedian Mike Ward loses appeal over penalty for joke about disabled boy
MONTREAL - Quebec's highest court largely upheld a human right's tribunal's ruling requiring a comedian to pay damages to a disabled singer he mocked, while overturning the part of the ...
Nov 30, 2019
Tory deputy leader apologizes for comparing Pride, St. Patrick's Day parades
Andrew Scheer's second-in-command has apologized after comparing the Conservative leader's decision not to march in a Pride parade to choosing not to take part in a St. Patrick's Day parade. Leona All...
Nov 30, 2019
Germany's Thomas Dressen wins Lake Louise World Cup men's downhill
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Germany's Thomas Dressen won the season-opening men's World Cup downhill Saturday in his first race in almost a year. Dressen suffered season-ending knee injuries and a dislocated...
Nov 30, 2019
Seattle GM Francis issues statement on allegations of Peters physical assaults
A day after Bill Peters resigned as head coach of the Calgary Flames, his former boss in Carolina spoke out about his conduct with the Hurricanes. Former Carolina general manager Ron Francis issued a ...
Nov 30, 2019
Quebec's unique winter tire law begins Saturday, but does the rule make roads safer?
MONTREAL - For the past several weeks Quebec drivers have been in a race against time to equip their cars for winter or face steep fines. While the majority of Canadian drivers ins...
Nov 30, 2019
Trump thanks troops in Afghanistan, says Taliban want a deal
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - President Donald Trump paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan, where he announced the U.S. and the Taliban have been engaged in ongoing peace talks and said ...
Nov 30, 2019
Evacuation order lifted as huge Texas plant fire ‘contained’
AUSTIN, Texas - Officials lifted evacuation orders Friday for around 50,000 people on the Texas Gulf Coast, determining a massive fire was finally under control at a chemical plant rocked by two major...
Nov 30, 2019
London police shoot suspect dead after ‘terrorist’ stabbings
LONDON - A man wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed several people in what police are treating as a terrorist attack Friday before being tackled by members of the public and then fatally shot by offi...
Nov 30, 2019
Assailant wounds 3 in stabbing in busy Hague shopping area
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An assailant stabbed three people Friday night in a busy shopping district in the Netherlands, and police were searching for the suspect, authorities said. The attack came jus...
Nov 30, 2019
Cardinals’ Josh Shaw suspended for betting on NFL games
Arizona Cardinals cornerback Josh Shaw has been suspended through at least the end of the 2020 season for betting on NFL games on multiple occasions this season, the first time in more than 35 years a...
Nov 30, 2019