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Canadian international Lindsay Agnew goes Down Under, joins Sydney FC
SYDNEY, Australia - Canadian international Lindsay Agnew has joined Sydney FC for the remainder of Australia's W-League season. The 24-year-old Agnew, who was born in Kingston, Ont., was waived by the...
Jan 28, 2020
Official: Remains of 2 US troops recovered from Afghan site
WASHINGTON - A U.S. defence official says the United States has recovered the remains of two American service members killed in the crash of an Air Force plane in Afghanistan. They were the only two p...
Jan 28, 2020
Deputy prime minister asks Opposition not to delay new NAFTA deal
OTTAWA - The minority Liberals made another pitch Sunday for cross-partisan co-operation on a key priority for the government in the upcoming sitting of the House of Commons: passing the new U.S....
Jan 28, 2020
RCMP secrets-case arrest triggered internal warnings, advisories to Mounties
OTTAWA - After the shocking arrest of one of their own on national-secrecy charges, rank-and-file Mounties were encouraged to get counselling if needed, decline to speak with the media ...
Jan 28, 2020
In #MeToo era, Kobe and other athletes often get a pass
DENVER - Folded conveniently into the narratives about his "complicated past" was the detail about Kobe Bryant that could've wrecked him. It was a rape allegation by a 19-year-old employee of a Colora...
Jan 28, 2020
Toronto-area mayors, police chiefs meet to discuss gun violence
TORONTO - Mayors and police chiefs from the Toronto area are meeting today to discuss a recent spike in gun violence throughout the region. Toronto Mayor John Tory says he called the meeting - wh...
Jan 28, 2020
UK to allow Huawei equipment in 5G networks but not in 'core' parts
LONDON - Britain decided Tuesday to give Huawei limited access to build parts of its new high-speed mobile network, in a setback for the United States, which has been pushing allies to ban the Chinese...
Jan 28, 2020
Birds flocking to national parks in the Canadian Rockies
BANFF, Alta. - It turns out tourists aren't the only ones who love the national parks in the Canadian Rockies. Despite recent studies showing bird populations are declining in many areas of North Amer...
Jan 28, 2020
As 106 reported dead from a virus outbreak, countries look to evacuate citizens
China has confirmed more than 4,500 cases of a new form of coronavirus, with 106 deaths. Nearly all of the fatalities have been in central Hubei province, but the new total includes the first death in...
Jan 28, 2020
Inquiry into Afghanistan vet who killed family, self, to continue in Nova Scotia
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An inquiry into an Afghanistan war veteran who shot and killed three members of this family before turning the gun on himself continues today in Nova Scotia. It's the second full d...
Jan 28, 2020