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Bautista's bat-flip ball sells at auction for more than $28,000
Jose Bautista's bat-flip ball has sold at auction for more than $28,000. Lelands Auction House's website showed Saturday morning that the ball - which was hit into the stands at Rogers ...
Feb 02, 2019
Murder trial hears of Richard Oland's wealth - and son's mounting debts
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - While Dennis Oland was dealing with mounting debt in 2011, his father Richard was living the life of a multi-millionaire, travelling the world in pursuit of new sailboats and the pa...
Feb 02, 2019
Peruvian emigre gives US voice to Venezuela hard-liners
MIAMI - An emigre who once fled a right-wing strongman in Peru has made his U.S.-based television program a forum for hardline opponents of Venezuela's leftist President Nicolas Maduro - including som...
Feb 02, 2019
Antoine Vermette announces retirement after 14 NHL seasons
TORONTO - Antoine Vermette has retired from the NHL after 14 seasons. The 36-year-old made the announcement through the NHL Players' Association on Thursday. Vermette scored 228 goals and re...
Feb 02, 2019
Gatineau mayor slams city councillor's statements on Islamophobia
GATINEAU, Que. - The mayor of Gatineau, Que., says he's requesting that a city councillor be stripped of some of her duties after she reportedly said the word "Islamophobia" doesn't exist for her. Max...
Feb 02, 2019
Officer involved in previous McArthur arrest charged with insubordination
TORONTO - A Toronto police officer who was involved in a previous arrest of serial killer Bruce McArthur is set to appear before a disciplinary tribunal next week on charges of insubordination and neg...
Feb 02, 2019
Gone but not forgotten: Some of Sebastian Giovinco's most memorable moments
TORONTO - Italian striker Sebastian Giovinco, sold to Saudi Arabia club Al-Hilal FC on Wednesday, scored 83 goals (adding 64 assists) in 142 appearances for Toronto FC across all c...
Feb 02, 2019
Coerced sterilizations not only an Indigenous concern, Commons committee hears
OTTAWA - Indigenous women are probably not the only ones who have been coerced into being sterilized without wanting to be, an assistant deputy minister at Health Canada told the House of Commons...
Feb 02, 2019
Wiarton Willie predicts early spring; Shubenacadie Sam says there’s more winter to come
There's conflicting predictions from Canada's two most famous forecasting groundhogs, with Wiarton Willie heralding an early spring while Subenacadie Sam claims there will be six more weeks of winter....
Feb 02, 2019
Democratic presidential candidates say Northam should resign
JUPITER, Fla. - Most 2020 Democratic presidential candidates quickly joined the call for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to resign following the discovery of a racist photo in which he appeared more than ...
Feb 02, 2019