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Lebanese rock band takes centre stage in freedoms debate
BEIRUT - A popular Mideast rock band known for its rousing music and lyrics challenging norms in the conservative Arab world is once again at the centre of a heated debate about freedom of expression ...
Jul 26, 2019
Gulp! Arkansas photographer snaps images of snake eating bug
OZARK, Ark. - An amateur photographer has snapped some startling gone-in-a-gulp images of a venomous snake devouring an unlucky bug at Ozark National Forest in Arkansas. Charlton McDaniel of Fort Smit...
Jul 26, 2019
FC Cincinnati defender Nick Hagglund makes first trip back to Toronto
TORONTO - Nick Hagglund spent five seasons with Toronto FC, won the MLS Cup and became a father here. Traded to his hometown of Cincinnati in January, the 26-year-old defender still has a special plac...
Jul 26, 2019
Times change: Leafs' Andersen reflects on Toronto's off-season roster upheaval
TORONTO - Frederik Andersen's busy off-season has seen him fly home to Denmark, work to hone his on-ice skills in California, and attend a couple of weddings. For all the Mapl...
Jul 26, 2019
Man arrested near Taylor Swift's house held without bail
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. - An Iowa man police say came to Rhode Island with a backpack full of burglary tools to visit Taylor Swift has been held without bail pending a competency hearing. The Sun of Wes...
Jul 26, 2019
New heliport at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital opens
A new heliport atop of Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon opened ahead of schedule on Thursday.The new helipad is Saskatchewan's second rooftop helipad, the other is at the Regina General H...
Jul 26, 2019 STARS approaches the new Jim Pattison Children's Hospital heliport on July 25, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Father of suspect in 3 B.C. deaths expects son will go out in 'blaze of glory'
MILL BAY, B.C. - The father of a suspect in the deaths of three people in northern British Columbia says his son is in "very serious pain" and he expects a nationwide manhunt will end in the youn...
Jul 26, 2019
Feds take digital step to reshape benefits system for expat seniors
OTTAWA - The federal government has started on a path to trade, in bulk, information on expatriate seniors with other countries to save time and money when one of them dies. It's estimated about ...
Jul 26, 2019
Liberal government runs $1.4B budgetary deficit in first two months of 2019-20
OTTAWA - A new preliminary estimate says the federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $1.4 billion through the first two months of the current fiscal year. The Finance Departmen...
Jul 26, 2019
Canadian women's beach volleyball team remains unbeaten at Pan Am Games
LIMA, Peru - Canada's women's beach volleyball team improved to 2-0 on Thursday at the Pan American Games. Amanda Harnett of Burlington, Ont., and Marie-Christine Lapointe of St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Qu...
Jul 26, 2019