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Swimmer Benoit Huot announces retirement, won 20 Paralympic medals over career
Canadian swimmer Benoit Huot earned a boatload of medals over a two-decade career that included podium appearances at five straight Paralympic Games and at countless international meets. Reminisc...
Jan 31, 2019
Canada downs Panama 5-1 in Pan Am Games baseball qualifying opener
IBIUNA, Brazil - Wes Darvil homered to tie the game and Daniel Pinero scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch as Canada opened the Pan American Games baseball qualifying tournament with a 5-1 win...
Jan 31, 2019
An Olympic medalist's view on growing women’s hockey in wake of skills competition
Fiona Smith-Bell still has many fond memories of playing hockey during her time growing up in Edam and North Battleford.The 45-year-old retired Olympic medalist currently resides in Halifax. After wat...
Jan 31, 2019
Military searching for missing plane with two people on board in N.W.T.
YELLOWKNIFE - The military is searching for a plane missing in the Northwest Territories with two people on board. RCMP say contact was lost with the aircraft at 9 a.m. near Wha ti about 160 kilo...
Jan 31, 2019
Recommendations to prevent runway incursions at Toronto's Pearson airport
TORONTO - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has made recommendations to avoid runway incursions at Toronto's Pearson International Airport: - Air traffic controllers need to issue more emphati...
Jan 31, 2019
Father meets Broncos crash semi driver at sentencing hearing
This article was updated at 2019-01-31 16:04.A father who has been amongst the most vocal of parents affected by the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy has met face-to-face with the man responsible for the ...
Jan 31, 2019
President Trump dismisses tell-all book as 'made up stories'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is dismissing - and potentially bolstering sales of - a new tell-all book by a former White House aide, calling it "made up stories and fiction." Cliff Sims' book, ...
Jan 31, 2019
US new home sales jump nearly 17 per cent in November
WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes soared in November, defying higher mortgage rates. But they're still below year-ago levels. The Commerce Department said Thursday that new home sales jumped 16.9 p...
Jan 31, 2019
CFL forms strategic partnership with German league
TORONTO - The CFL's international push continued Thursday as the league announced a partnership with Germany. The CFL says it has formed a long-term strategic partnership with the German Foo...
Jan 31, 2019
Feds paid on high end for Trans Mountain pipeline, spending watchdog says
OTTAWA - Canada's parliamentary budget watchdog says the Liberal government paid the "sticker price" when it bought the Trans Mountain pipeline from Kinder Morgan for $4.5 billion. Parliamentary Budge...
Jan 31, 2019