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Full board of France's Cesar film awards steps down
PARIS - The entire leadership of the Cesar Awards, France's version of the Oscars, has stepped down in a spat over both its opaque decision-making process and controversial director Roman Polanski, wh...
Feb 16, 2020

Leafs' Johnsson out at least eight weeks with knee injury; Rielly progressing
TORONTO - Andreas Johnsson is back in a crowded Toronto Maple Leafs sick bay. Head coach Sheldon Keefe announced Friday the 25-year-old winger requires surgery on his right knee and will be out of the...
Feb 16, 2020

McCabe, an ex-FBI official targeted by Trump, not charged
WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors have declined to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, closing an investigation into whether the longtime target of President Donald Trump's ire lied to fed...
Feb 16, 2020

CFL's Edmonton Eskimos keep team name following consultations
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League have decided to keep their team name despite concerns from some Inuit leaders. The club said consultations in the North p...
Feb 16, 2020

Minnesota Wild fire coach Bruce Boudreau
The Minnesota Wild fired coach Bruce Boudreau on Friday with the goal of correcting some inconsistencies and making a late-season push for a playoff spot. First-year general manager Bill Guerin said h...
Feb 16, 2020

Trump taking in Daytona 500 before heading West
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump will give the command for drivers at the Daytona 500 to start their engines Sunday as he looks to win over NASCAR fans. And he will soon be off and runni...
Feb 16, 2020

Trump taking in Daytona 500 before heading West
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump will give the command for drivers at the Daytona 500 to start their engines Sunday as he looks to win over NASCAR fans. And he will soon be off and runni...
Feb 16, 2020

Eastern Ontario rail blockade still in place as provincial police keep watch
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. - Members of the Mohawk First Nation are to meet Saturday with Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller at a CN rail crossing in Ontario. "The CN ...
Feb 16, 2020

Kansas leader decries attempts to tie abortion, Medicaid
TOPEKA, Kan. - A top Republican lawmaker in Kansas on Friday disputed the claims of GOP colleagues that a bipartisan plan to expand the state's Medicaid program would lead to taxpayers funding electiv...
Feb 16, 2020

Nurses' unions warn national standards for coronavirus protection too low
OTTAWA - The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions is warning that the federal public health agency's guidelines to protect front-line health-care workers from outbreaks of diseases like the novel...
Feb 16, 2020