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Conservatives postpone policy convention to focus on organizing leadership race
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they're postponing a policy convention that had been scheduled for mid-April to allow more time to organize an upcoming leadership race. The party announced the ...
Dec 22, 2019
In-game anti-racism pleas as Chelsea faces abuse at Spurs
LONDON - Chelsea defender Antonio Rdiger reported being targeted with monkey noises during a London derby at Tottenham on Sunday, forcing the stadium announcer to issue three warnings in an unpreceden...
Dec 22, 2019
Canada's Marielle Thompson wins ski-cross silver at World Cup in Italy
INNICHEN, Italy - Canada's Marielle Thompson won silver at a women's ski-cross World Cup on Sunday in Innichen, Italy. The product of Whistler, B.C., finished behind Switzerland's Fanny Smith and ahea...
Dec 22, 2019
Russia accuses doping whistleblower of modifying key data
Russia is blaming the World Anti-Doping Agency's star witness for modifying key laboratory data. His lawyer says that's nonsense. The Russian Investigative Committee, a major law enforcement agency, a...
Dec 22, 2019
Racism in stands mars Chelsea's 2-0 win at Tottenham in EPL
FIFA's protocol for dealing with discrimination at soccer games was implemented for the first time in the Premier League on Sunday with three stadium announcements during a London derby between Totten...
Dec 22, 2019
Boeing capsule launches to wrong orbit, skips space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Boeing's new Starliner capsule ended up in the wrong orbit after lifting off on its first test flight Friday, a blow to the company's effort to launch astronauts for NASA next y...
Dec 22, 2019
Racism in stands mars Chelsea's 2-0 win at Tottenham in EPL
FIFA's protocol for dealing with discrimination at soccer games was implemented for the first time in the Premier League on Sunday with three stadium announcements during a London derby between Totten...
Dec 22, 2019
Champagne quiet on what U.S. thinks of idea to hold off on trade deal with China
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is refusing to say how Washington responded to Canada's request that it hold off on signing a trade deal with China until Canadian pr...
Dec 22, 2019
Sixty-nine Canadians giving up holidays to help with Australian wildfires
TORONTO - Sixty-nine Canadians are giving up their holidays at home to join the battle for the first time against the deadly wildfires devastating vast tracts of several Australian states. The C...
Dec 22, 2019
Morneau takes shot at Tories over recession talk in wake of fiscal update
OTTAWA - The political war-of-words around the national economy took another turn on Sunday's political talk shows as the federal finance minister warned Conservatives to cease claims of a l...
Dec 22, 2019