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N.L. Premier Dwight Ball to step down, says he will seek a 'more private life'
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's premier has announced he is stepping down after more than four years leading the province. Dwight Ball said in a video released Monday that he has asked ...
Feb 19, 2020

Mickey Wright, golf great and early LPGA force, dies at 85
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Mickey Wright, the golf great with a magnificent swing who won 13 majors among her 82 victories and gave the fledgling LPGA a crucial lift, died Monday of a heart attack. She w...
Feb 19, 2020

Canadian men could be looking at new qualifying route for Rugby World Cup
TORONTO - It looks like Canada may face a different qualification path for future Rugby World Cups. Canada coach Kingsley Jones says World Rugby is looking at using the Americas Rugby Championshi...
Feb 19, 2020

Mickey Wright, golf great and early LPGA force, dies at 85
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Mickey Wright, the golf great with a magnificent swing who won 13 majors among her 82 victories and gave the fledgling LPGA a crucial lift, died Monday of a heart attack. She w...
Feb 19, 2020

'Leaning Tower of Dallas' is online star after implosion
DALLAS - A social media sensation dubbed the "Leaning Tower of Dallas" was born when a portion of a building survived an implosion in Dallas. After the implosion Sunday failed to bring down the core o...
Feb 19, 2020

New presidential elections key to solving Venezuelan crisis: Colombian envoy
OTTAWA - Fleeing Venezuelans - all 1.4 million of them - will always be welcome in his country, says Colombia's ambassador to Canada, but his real hope is that they are able to one day retur...
Feb 19, 2020

Sen. Oh breached Senate ethics code repeatedly with expenses-paid China trip
OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics officer says Conservative Sen. Victor Oh breached the upper house's ethics code four times when he accepted an all-expenses paid trip to China in 2017. More...
Feb 19, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia: The Conservatives have put a motion of no-confidence in the government on the House of...
Feb 19, 2020

Oilers recall top prospect defenceman Evan Bouchard from Bakersfield
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have called up defenceman Evan Bouchard from the American Hockey League's Bakersfield Condors and have placed defenceman Oscar Klefbom on injured reserve. The Oiler...
Feb 19, 2020

Chiefs say RCMP and pipeline firm must leave before they meet with government
VANCOUVER - A Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief says the chiefs won't meet with the federal government over their opposition to a natural gas pipeline until both the RCMP and Coastal GasLink leave their t...
Feb 19, 2020