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Peck becomes 12-dog Canadian Challenge champion for third time
Just before 5 a.m. this morning Aaron Peck, of Grand Prairie, crossed the finish line to be declared the 2020 Canadian Challenge 12-dog sled race winner. Peck completed the more than 500-kilometre rac...
Feb 21, 2020 Aaron Peck is the winner of the 12-dog Canadian Challenge race. (Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race/Facebook)
Wells Fargo to pay $3B to resolve probes into fake accounts
LOS ANGELES - Wells Fargo agreed Friday to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil investigations into a long-running practice whereby company employees opened millions of unauthorized bank accoun...
Feb 21, 2020
Two dead, others seriously injured in massive pileup south of Montreal: police
MONTREAL - Two people are confirmed dead in a crash that involved about 200 vehicles on Highway 15 in La Prairie south of Montreal, provincial police say. The confirmation came from the Sret du Qubec,...
Feb 21, 2020
Warrington staves off Toronto rally to hand the Wolfpack a fourth straight loss
WARRINGTON, England - The Warrington Wolves needed two late penalties and a try Friday to stave off the Toronto Wolfpack for a hard-earned 32-22 win in Super League play. Toronto (0-4-0) deserve...
Feb 21, 2020
NHLers weigh in on QMJHL fighting debate: 'The game's changing'
A veteran of nearly 130 career fights, Kyle Clifford can see a day when dropping the gloves in the NHL has serious repercussions beyond a five-minute penalty. Just not any time soon. "It'd be a w...
Feb 21, 2020
Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville claims Tournament of Hearts playoff berth
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville secured the fourth and final playoff spot at the Canadian women's curling championship Friday. McCarville defeated Prince Edward Island 6-5 ...
Feb 21, 2020
Armani rails against baring trends by fellow designers
MILAN - How much to show and how much not to show, that is the fashion question this season. It may be reductive to say that runway shows are about how women dress. But the conversation has sharpened ...
Feb 21, 2020
Trudeau says time for blockades to end, Indigenous leaders to work with government
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says after two weeks, barricades on rail lines and other major transportation routes have to come down.He said injunctions to clear tracks must be obeyed and the...
Feb 21, 2020 Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs receive a welcome at the Mohawk Community Centre near Belleville, Ont., on Feb. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Parent pleads guilty in college admissions scheme
BOSTON - A woman charged in the college admissions scandal pleaded guilty Friday to paying $400,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles, as a fake soccer recruit. Xiaoning Su...
Feb 21, 2020
Bloomberg says 3 women can be released from NDAs
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg said Friday that he's willing to release at least three women from nondisclosure agreements that prevented them from speaking publicly abo...
Feb 21, 2020