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Third-party advertiser disavows 'mass immigration' message on billboards
OTTAWA - The third-party advertising group behind billboards promoting Maxime Bernier and his stance on immigration is now distancing itself from the message, saying it never signed off on the controv...
Aug 28, 2019
Canada's Conners hopes impressive season leads to Presidents Cup spot
While signing autographs at the 2018 Valero Texas Open, Corey Conners told a group of young fans he'd give away his hat to the first person that could say what his name was. It was a contes...
Aug 28, 2019
Olympic gold medallist Sylvie Frechette to run as Conservative in Quebec
OTTAWA - Olympic synchronized swimming gold medallist Sylvie Frechette says she is comfortable with the social conservative views of her new boss, Tory leader Andrew Scheer. Frechette a...
Aug 28, 2019
Olympic gold medallist Sylvie Frechette to run as Conservative in Quebec
OTTAWA - Olympic synchronized swimming gold medallist Sylvie Frechette says she is comfortable with the social conservative views of her new boss, Tory leader Andrew Scheer. Frechette a...
Aug 28, 2019
Top women's hockey players announce series of tournaments
Growing up, Kendall Coyne Schofield recalled how her dreams of playing hockey ended at college, or maybe the Winter Games - something the two-time U.S. Olympian forward eventually would achieve. Playi...
Aug 28, 2019
Weinstein pleads not guilty to new indictment, trial delayed
NEW YORK - Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to a new indictment Monday that includes revised charges of predatory sexual assault, a development that caused the judge to delay the start ...
Aug 28, 2019
Fall Preview: The women behind Elsa on 'Frozen 2'
NEW YORK - Years after "Frozen" came out, some of us still can't walk through our home without accidentally prompting "Let it Go" to erupt from some unseen toy. Elsa never really left us. But she's ba...
Aug 28, 2019
Case of defunct QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange could shift to Toronto court
HALIFAX - The accounting firm investigating the multimillion-dollar implosion of the QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange wants to move the ongoing bankruptcy proceedings from Halifax to Toronto. Ernst ...
Aug 28, 2019
Missy Elliott honoured at MTV VMAs; Swift wins top prize
NEWARK, N.J. - Missy Elliott, the rapper-singer-songwriter-producer-dancer whose music videos have moved the needle over the last two decades, was honoured at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, where Ta...
Aug 28, 2019
Tory leader Scheer contradicted on abortion by Quebec lieutenant Alain Rayes
OTTAWA - Even though he has contradicted his leader publicly on the subject of abortion rights, the Conservatives' Quebec lieutenant says he and party leader Andrew Scheer have always been clear ...
Aug 28, 2019