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Minassian's former classmates hope for answers at upcoming Toronto van attack trial
TORONTO - Evan Mead still wracks his mind trying to understand what his former classmate was thinking when he drove a van down a Toronto sidewalk mowing down pedestrians. Mead, 28, spent three years i...
Nov 08, 2020
Medvedev beats Zverev to win his 1st Paris Masters final
Daniil Medvedev won the Paris Masters for the first time by beating Alexander Zverev 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 Sunday for his eighth career title and third at a Masters event. The third-seeded Russian secured jus...
Nov 08, 2020
'It only takes one:' COVID-19 cases continue to surge among First Nations in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - David Monias has barely slept in weeks. The Pimicikamak Cree Nation chief says his phone rings off the hook day and night from people fearful the COVID-19 pandemic is silently spreading int...
Nov 08, 2020
Browns place QB Baker Mayfield on COVID-19 list during bye
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Browns didn't escape the bye week completely unscathed. Quarterback Baker Mayfield was placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list Sunday after a staff member tested positive for the...
Nov 08, 2020
Five ways Joe Biden’s projected victory could affect Canada
OTTAWA - The projected election of Democrat Joe Biden as the next president of the United States is expected to have wide-ranging implications for Canadian politics and policy.Of course, the results h...
Nov 08, 2020
Veterans connect with students online in lead-up to pandemic-era Remembrance Day
Gulf War veteran Bob Crane has been busy in the weeks leading up to Remembrance Day, adjusting his classroom presentations to an array of online platforms.Crane, a retired Army major who volunteers as...
Nov 08, 2020
Tokyo holds 1-day gym meet to show Olympics may be possible
TOKYO - The good news for the Tokyo Olympics is that Japan on Sunday held a one-day exhibition gymnastics meet in front of several thousand fans with 22 athletes participating from Russia, China and t...
Nov 08, 2020
Amidst a tough and sad year, a Halifax choir creates a concert of communal lament
HALIFAX - In a year of pandemic, mass murder and military tragedies, a choir on Canada's East Coast has created a concert that gives singers, a poet and their online audience an outlet for communal la...
Nov 08, 2020
Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool
WASHINGTON - In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of colour who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that ...
Nov 08, 2020
Veterans connect with students online in lead-up to pandemic-era Remembrance Day
Gulf War veteran Bob Crane has been busy in the weeks leading up to Remembrance Day, adjusting his classroom presentations to an array of online platforms. Crane, a retired Army major who volunteers a...
Nov 08, 2020