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Navy Probe finds no racism intent in hand gestures
WASHINGTON - Hand gestures flashed by West Point cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen during the televised Army-Navy football game were not racist signals, military investigations have concluded. A Nav...
Dec 20, 2019
Missing heavy icebreaker back on drawing board: Coast Guard
OTTAWA - Call it the case of the missing icebreaker. The fate of the Canadian Coast Guard's next heavy icebreaker has been wrapped in mystery since the federal government quietly removed the $1.3-bill...
Dec 20, 2019
Regimental funeral in Winnipeg for RCMP officer who died in highway crash
WINNIPEG - More than 1,000 police officers, first responders and members of the public have gathered at a funeral for a Winnipeg Mountie killed in a highway crash. Const. Allan Poapst, who served with...
Dec 20, 2019
Manitoba government's oversight of commercial vehicles inadequate: auditor
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government's oversight of the trucking industry and other large commercial vehicles is inadequate in part due to infrequent inspections and improper checks before operator...
Dec 20, 2019
Blue Jays sign right-handed pitcher Roark to 2-year, $24-million deal
TORONTO - Tanner Roark wasn't dissuaded by the small ballparks and big hitters of the American League East when he signed with the Blue Jays in free agency. The veteran right-hander sho...
Dec 20, 2019
Judge refuses injunction request from Montreal caleche drivers ahead of deadline
MONTREAL - A judge has refused an injunction request by Montreal caleche drivers seeking to save their industry ahead of a Dec. 31 deadline that spells the end of horse-drawn carriages in th...
Dec 20, 2019
Wisconsin governor rejects 'Making a Murderer' pardon bid
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday he will not consider a pardon request from a man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager whose story was documented in the 2015 Netfli...
Dec 20, 2019
Canada's GHG emissions forecast inching lower, says environment minister
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is narrowing the gap between what it promised to achieve under the Paris Agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and what it projects will actually happ...
Dec 20, 2019
Canadian international midfielder Jessie Fleming up for Honda Sport Award
Canadian international midfielder Jessie Fleming is one of four finalists for the 2020 Honda Sport Award for Soccer. The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the Collegiate Women Sports Aw...
Dec 20, 2019
UK charges US diplomat's wife over teen's death in crash
LONDON - An American diplomat's wife who left Britain after being involved in a fatal road accident that killed a British teenager has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, British pro...
Dec 20, 2019