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Ex-Quebec media star Eric Salvail calls sex assault accusations 'bizarre'
MONTREAL - Former Quebec media star Eric Salvail categorically denied the accusations against him Thursday, testifying that the claims he harassed, confined and sexually assaulted a one-time co-worker...
Feb 22, 2020

Einarson, Homan, Jones clinch playoff spots in Tournament of Hearts
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Manitoba, Ontario and the Jennifer Jones wild-card team secured playoff berths at the Canadian women's curling championship Thursday. Manitoba's Kerri Einarson, Ontario's Rachel Hom...
Feb 22, 2020

A champion, again: Humphries wins 3rd women's bobsled title
Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. is a bobsled champion again, winning her third world title Saturday to put an emphatic cap on her comeback season. Humphries teamed with Lauren Gibbs to finish four runs ...
Feb 22, 2020

Rail conductor fired for social media posts awarded money, but not reinstatement
CALGARY - An arbitrator says a former Canadian Pacific train conductor in Alberta who was fired over social media posts is entitled to monetary compensation, but not to getting her job back at th...
Feb 22, 2020

Babies frequently exposed to cleaning products at higher risk of asthma: study
VANCOUVER - New research suggests frequent exposure to common household cleaning products can increase a child's risk of developing asthma. The CHILD Cohort Study found young infants living ...
Feb 22, 2020

'Nothing surprises us anymore:' U.S. border officials find brain in package
PORT HURON, Mich. - Unusual packages turn up at border crossings every now and then, a U.S. border official said Thursday, but it was still strange for officers to find a human brain in a shipmen...
Feb 22, 2020

Ontario Tories hold annual policy convention amid union protests
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Labour activists plan to hold a demonstration outside of the Ontario Progressive Conservative convention today to protest cuts made by Premier Doug Ford's governme...
Feb 22, 2020

SARS lessons help Canada prep for COVID-19, but hospital capacity a worry
OTTAWA - Canadian medical experts say the country's already overstretched emergency rooms would find it difficult to cope if a true outbreak of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, were to take hold in...
Feb 22, 2020

University of Michigan officials told of abuse decades ago
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - University of Michigan officials were warned more than four decades ago that one of its doctors was fondling patients during medical exams, but he continued working there despite a ...
Feb 22, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia: B.C.'s indigenous relations minister says the events in Wet'suwet'en territory over th...
Feb 22, 2020