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Her knees 'broken beyond repair,' Vonn retiring after worlds
Lindsey Vonn transcended her sport in a way only a handful of Olympic athletes could even imagine. She was about more than skiing. She was about more than medals. She was about more than winning. She ...
Feb 01, 2019
Virginia governor's 1984 yearbook page shows racist imagery
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's page in his 1984 medical school yearbook contains a photo of a person in blackface and another wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood next to different pictures of t...
Feb 01, 2019
'Joy sprang out of our grief:' Parents of misidentified Bronco describe mix-up
MELFORT, Sask. - The parents of a Humboldt Bronco hockey player misidentified after a deadly crash on a Saskatchewan highway say they weren't convinced the battered body lying in the funeral...
Feb 01, 2019
RCMP release more photos of suspected gunman in transit officer shooting
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP have released more photos of the suspected gunman in a shooting that injured a transit officer in Surrey, B.C. Police say they are still searching for Daon Gord...
Feb 01, 2019
Scheer criticizes Trudeau on immigration, argues system's integrity damaged
SURREY, B.C. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the prime minister damaged the integrity of Canada's immigration system when he tweeted two years ago that Canadians will welc...
Feb 01, 2019
Opera singer Daniels, husband arrested on sex assault charge
DALLAS - A renowned opera singer and University of Michigan professor is in police custody on allegations that he and his husband in 2010 sexually assaulted a singer in Houston. Countertenor David Dan...
Feb 01, 2019
McGill puts off decision on changing contentious Redmen team name
Montreal's McGill University said Wednesday that it needs more time to decide what to do about its sports teams' contentious Redmen name. Principal Suzanne Fortier said in a statem...
Feb 01, 2019
'Not out of the woods:' Alberta easing oil production cuts as price improves
EDMONTON - Alberta is easing mandatory production cuts as the price of oil increases, but industry players remain concerned about the underlying problem that drove the curtailment in th...
Feb 01, 2019
McGill puts off decision on changing contentious Redmen team name
Montreal's McGill University said Wednesday that it needs more time to decide what to do about its sports teams' contentious Redmen name. Principal Suzanne Fortier said in a statem...
Feb 01, 2019
New-look Toronto Wolfpack start season with same goal of Super League promotion
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack have a new coach in Brian McDermott and a new marquee back in Ricky Leutele among a half-dozen reinforcements. But the goal for the transatlantic rugby league ...
Feb 01, 2019