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Giants' Trent Miner, Bowen Byram among group using CHL playoffs as NHL audition
TORONTO - Vancouver Giants goaltender Trent Miner was only supposed to be taking notes this season. The 18-year-old rookie, who played the majority of last season in triple-A before a January callup t...
Apr 11, 2019
Canadians divided on banning handguns, assault-style firearms: consultation
OTTAWA - A newly released summary of federal consultations says Canadians have wildly diverging views on banning handguns and assault-style firearms. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked...
Apr 11, 2019
Military continues sex-misconduct fight with new guide for members, commanders
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces have a new manual on how to respond to sexual misconduct, aiming to close many of the gaps identified in the military's policies on abuse in its ranks. But some concerns r...
Apr 11, 2019
Ontario tightens purse strings, Tories don't plan to balance books until 2023-24
TORONTO - Ontario's books won't be balanced within the Progressive Conservatives' mandate, but the government's first budget serves up an era of gradual belt-tightening with a side of booze. The Torie...
Apr 11, 2019
Border chaos forces truckers to wait hours, sometimes days
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - To deal with a surge of migrating Central American families, the Trump administration has reassigned so many inspectors from U.S.-Mexico border crossings that truckers are wait...
Apr 11, 2019
Toronto Raptors rebuild has taken load off all-star guard Kyle Lowry
TORONTO - Kyle Lowry pulled the microphone out of its stand, then leaned way back in his chair in a picture of nonchalance before addressing the media on Thursday. If there's a prevailing th...
Apr 11, 2019
Daisy Bates, Johnny Cash statues headed to US Capitol
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed into law a bill that replaces the state's two statues in a U.S. Capitol display with statues of civil rights leader Daisy Bates and country ...
Apr 11, 2019
Toronto's BMO Field undergoes transformation into a hybrid playing surface
TORONTO - Like an electronic caterpillar, a special machine is inching its way across the BMO Field pitch these days. It's going 24 hours a day stitching green artificial fibres into the natural ...
Apr 11, 2019
Nipsey Hussle becomes face of downtown LA on day of memorial
LOS ANGELES - Nipsey Hussle's face was everywhere outside the Staples Center on Thursday, where a mood of festival and celebration stood in contrast to the sombre memorial inside . The late rapper's i...
Apr 11, 2019
Israeli spacecraft crashes in attempt to reach moon
YEHUD, Israel - An Israeli spacecraft lost contact with Earth and crashed just moments before it was to land on the moon late Thursday, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first pri...
Apr 11, 2019