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Space-tourism dream edges toward reality in New Mexico
SANTA FE, N.M. - British billionaire Richard Branson and his space-tourism company Virgin Galactic announced new steps Friday toward offering thrill rides into the low reaches of space for paying pass...
May 10, 2019
After long injury absence, Karen Paquin happy to be back with Canada sevens team
Karen Paquin helped Canada hoist a trophy in Japan last month in her return from a long-term knee injury. Now the 31-year-old from Quebec City looks to do the same on home soil. Langford, B.C.,&n...
May 10, 2019
Markets Right Now: Late selling leaves stocks slightly lower
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4 p.m. Stocks ended mostly lower on Wall Street after a late wave of selling wiped out what was left of a modest midday ra...
May 10, 2019
N.L. Tory Leader boots candidate opposed to abortion and gay marriage
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Ches Crosbie, the leader of Newfoundland and Labrador's Progressive Conservative party, says a candidate opposed to legal abortion and same-sex marriage will not be in the Tory cauc...
May 10, 2019
US hikes tariffs on Chinese goods, Beijing vows retaliation
WASHINGTON - U.S. and Chinese negotiators resumed trade talks Friday under increasing pressure after President Donald Trump raised tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods and Beijing promised to reta...
May 10, 2019
Nadal beats Auger-Aliassime to advance in Madrid Open
MADRID - Overcoming lack of practice because of a stomach virus, Rafael Nadal cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 win over Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime at the Madrid Open on Wednesday. Nadal lost only fo...
May 10, 2019
Judge dismisses lawsuit over slain millionaire's residency
CONCORD, N.H. - A judge in New Hampshire dismissed a lawsuit Friday against a man relatives say killed his millionaire grandfather for inheritance money, saying the grandmother was not a resident of t...
May 10, 2019
Gerard Bouchard declares opposition to Quebec's 'radical' secularism bill
QUEBEC - A second prominent intellectual has told the Quebec government it is going down the wrong path with its secularism bill, saying there is no compelling reason to lump teach...
May 10, 2019
Blood-donor deferral period for men who have sex with men cut to three months
OTTAWA - Men who have had sex with men will be able to give blood after a deferral period of three months, down from a year, Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor said Wednesday. The decis...
May 10, 2019
Family of murdered Toronto physician 'destroyed,' court hears
TORONTO - Ana Fric says she would have given up on life after her daughter's brutal murder but her three young grandchildren give her a reason to live. Elana Fric Shamji was killed by her hu...
May 10, 2019