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Feds green-light formal extradition process for Meng Wanzhou
OTTAWA - The federal Justice Department is giving the go-ahead for an extradition case to proceed against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who is wanted in the United States on fraud allegations.The dec...
Mar 01, 2019 (Submitted photo/Canadian Press)
Quebec premier says hockey game should have been stopped after racist taunts
MONTREAL - Racist taunts recently directed at a black hockey player were unacceptable and should not be tolerated, Quebec Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday. Legault raised the case of ...
Mar 01, 2019
Leafs defenceman Jake Gardiner out week-to-week with back injury
TORONTO - Defenceman Jake Gardiner will be out week-to-week with a back injury, the Toronto Maple Leafs said Wednesday. The Maple Leafs updated Gardiner's status on Twitter after earlier saying that G...
Mar 01, 2019
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson disappointed with Senators owner in arena dispute
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has expressed disappointment in Senators owner Eugene Melnyk now that a proposed new downtown arena for the NHL team is in jeopardy. Speaking after the National Capit...
Mar 01, 2019
Captain Christine Sinclair scores goal No. 179 in Algarve Cup win over Scotland
LAGOS, Portugal - Captain Christine Sinclair rescued Canada with an 81st-minute penalty in a 1-0 win over Scotland at the Algarve Cup on Friday. It was her 179th career international goal, moving...
Mar 01, 2019
Toronto FC still a team under construction as 2019 MLS season kicks off
TORONTO - Ask Toronto FC president Bill Manning what he heard from supporters in the off-season and the answer is simple. "They're saying we don't want to sit through another season where we're not ma...
Mar 01, 2019
Saudi Arabia revokes citizenship of Hamza bin Laden
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia announced Friday it had revoked the citizenship of Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida leader who has become an increasingly prominent figure in th...
Mar 01, 2019
Correction: People-Stephen King-Genealogical Research story
BOSTON - In headlines for a story Feb. 26 about a grant from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the grant came from Stephen King himself. A subsequ...
Mar 01, 2019
Quebec premier says hockey game should have been stopped after racist taunts
MONTREAL - Racist taunts recently directed at a black hockey player were unacceptable and should not be tolerated, Quebec Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday. Legault raised the case of ...
Mar 01, 2019
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson disappointed with Senators owner in arena dispute
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has expressed disappointment in Senators owner Eugene Melnyk now that a proposed new downtown arena for the NHL team is in jeopardy. Speaking after the National Capit...
Mar 01, 2019