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Trio of Calgary kids ask Canadian coffee chain to rethink popular contest
OTTAWA - Three young people in Calgary are challenging Tim Hortons to roll up the rim for the planet. Mya Chau and Eve Helman, both 12, and Ben Duthie, 16, are behind a change.org petit...
Feb 06, 2019
Conservatives won't use Heritage Minute branding on attack ad any more
OTTAWA - The Conservative party has removed all Heritage Minute branding from an online video released over the weekend that took aim at the Trudeau government for a handful of ethics breach...
Feb 06, 2019
Toronto Argonauts re-sign running back Brandon Burks to contract extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts re-signed American running back Brandon Burks to a contract extension through the 2020 season Monday. The five-foot-nine, 208-pound Burks was scheduled to bec...
Feb 06, 2019
Laptop likely holds key to missing $180 million in cryptocurrency: experts
HALIFAX - Experts in the cryptocurrency industry say there's a slim chance technicians will be able to recover the $180 million in digital assets believed to be in the laptop of the lat...
Feb 06, 2019
Hamilton guard Gilgeous-Alexander lives up to billing in Canadian debut
TORONTO - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had more than 50 friends and family members in the Scotiabank Arena crowd Sunday night to watch his first professional basketball game on home soil - a scenario&...
Feb 06, 2019
AP Explains: Racist history of blackface began in the 1830s
WASHINGTON - A racist photo on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's yearbook page and a subsequent admission from his attorney general that he wore blackface in 1980 has roiled Virginia politics. The photo i...
Feb 06, 2019
Liberal backbencher apologizes for not including women in notable calendar
WINNIPEG - A Liberal member of Parliament is apologizing for putting out a calendar that features notable Canadians - all of whom are men. Robert-Falcon Ouellette, who represents the riding of Winnipe...
Feb 06, 2019
Wild hockey brawl leads to suspensions of 15 players, both head coaches
HALIFAX - Two head coaches and 15 players have been suspended after an ugly university hockey brawl that spread from the ice to both squads' benches. Atlantic University Sport announced...
Feb 06, 2019
New schedule will shave months off construction of navy support vessel: Shipyard
OTTAWA - The Vancouver shipyard building the navy's new support ships says the decision to push one of those vessels to the front of the construction queue will shave months, rather than years, off it...
Feb 06, 2019
Hamilton Ticats sign all-star defensive back Brooks to contract extension
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed American defensive back Cariel Brooks to a two-year contract extension Wednesday. Brooks, 27, was scheduled to become a free agent next week. The five-fo...
Feb 06, 2019