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Blue Jays get bad injury news on Tepera, Axford before 13-6 loss to Phillies
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Toronto Blue Jays were defeated 13-6 by the Philadelphia Phillies in spring training action on Thursday as the team was dealt a battery of bad news on the injury front. Accordin...
Mar 21, 2019

Bianca Andreescu rallies for dramatic win over Irina-Camelia Begu
MIAMI - Canadian teen Bianca Andreescu has posted yet another dramatic victory. In her first match since an improbable run to the BNP Paribas Open title on Sunday, the 18-year-old from Mississauga, On...
Mar 21, 2019

'Thrones' actress Emilia Clarke says she's had 2 aneurysms
NEW YORK - "Game of Thrones" actress Emilia Clarke revealed Thursday that she has had two life-threatening aneurysms, and two brain surgeries, since the show began. An unknown actress before landing t...
Mar 21, 2019

Manitoba Mountie who survived shot to head faces shooter at sentencing hearing
MINNEDOSA, Man. - Two Manitoba RCMP officers spoke of anger and loss at the sentencing hearing of a man who tried to kill them. Cpl. Graeme Kingdon told a provincial court sentencing hearing that...
Mar 21, 2019

Canadian Mfiondu Kabengele leads Florida State to win over Vermont
It did not take long for a Canadian to make a major impact on the first full day of March Madness. Florida State forward Mfiondu Kabengele of Burlington, Ont., posted a double-double (21 points, 10 re...
Mar 21, 2019

Cambridge University rescinds offer of fellowship for Jordan Peterson
A controversial Toronto psychology professor is lambasting a prestigious British university after it opted to rescind a visiting fellowship on the basis of his work. Jordan Peterson published a blog p...
Mar 21, 2019

Donny and Marie Osmond announce end of Las Vegas residency
LAS VEGAS - Donny and Marie Osmond say they will end their Las Vegas show later this year, concluding an 11-year run on the Strip. The brother-sister duo made the announcement during an appearance on ...
Mar 21, 2019

Curling's longstanding 10-versus-eight debate continues to simmer
At the 1999 World Curling Federation's annual general meeting in Saint John, N.B., then-president Gunther Hummelt begged member federations to vote in eight-end games. Curling had just returned t...
Mar 21, 2019

A timeline of events in the SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - A chronology of the SNC- Lavalin controversy, according to public documents, reports and testimony to the House of Commons justice committee: Feb. 19, 2015 - The RCMP lays corruption and frau...
Mar 21, 2019

Kenney promises vote on equalization in 2021 if no pipeline progress
CALGARY - The leader of Alberta's United Conservatives is promising a referendum on equalization if there's no major progress on market-opening pipelines. Jason Kenney says if he becomes premier&...
Mar 21, 2019