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Minister of Sport hints at big changes for handling of abuse cases
TORONTO - There could be a major shift in the way sexual abuse and harassment cases are handled in Canadian amateur sport. Kirsty Duncan, Canada's Minister of Science and Sport, hinted Monday tha...
Feb 13, 2019
Observers 'gobsmacked' at new revelation about lost QuadrigaCX currency
HALIFAX - The revelation that the embattled QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange recently lost track of more than $460,000 in crypto-coins has left some industry observers reeling with di...
Feb 13, 2019
As women celebrate historic Congress, consensus is the hardest roads lie ahead
WASHINGTON - Just up Pennsylvania Avenue from Capitol Hill, where a roof-raising posse of congresswomen wearing white upstaged Donald Trump during last week's state of the union, a drizzle-s...
Feb 13, 2019
CBC's Joe Schlesinger remembered for compassionate reporting, esteemed career
TORONTO - Longtime CBC foreign correspondent Joe Schlesinger, who spent decades covering war zones and global events that shaped history, has died after a lengthy illness. A spokesman f...
Feb 13, 2019
Privacy commissioner finds doctors snooped in Humboldt Broncos patient records
REGINA - Saskatchewan's privacy commissioner has found several people inappropriately gained access to the electronic health records of the Humboldt Broncos team members involved in a deadly...
Feb 13, 2019
Bezos probe concludes mistress' brother was Enquirer source
WASHINGTON - Private investigators working for Jeff Bezos have concluded that the brother of the Amazon CEO's mistress leaked the couple's intimate text messages to the National Enquirer, a person fam...
Feb 13, 2019
Evolving faster: scientists may have pushed back when complex life appeared
EDMONTON - A closer look at some unimaginably ancient fossils suggests complex life may have evolved much earlier than thought. In a paper published today, a team of researchers say th...
Feb 13, 2019
A look at nine CFL teams' strengths, weaknesses after start of free agency
TORONTO - There was plenty of player movement Tuesday on a wild opening day of CFL free agency. Here's a look at the strengths, weaknesses and needs of the nine league teams as they continue with thei...
Feb 13, 2019
Odd couple of the deep: B.C. dolphins hang out with killer whales
VANCOUVER - Drone flights have revealed an odd couple of the deeps. Scientists from the Vancouver Aquarium have released video of dolphins hanging around pods of killer whales, two species that a...
Feb 13, 2019
Quebec winter carnival vows to improve parade after first event deemed a flop
MONTREAL - Quebec City's winter carnival is promising to improve its next parade after scathing online reviews claimed organizational failures at the most recent event left childre...
Feb 13, 2019