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One dead, one missing as large avalanche engulfs snowmobilers in southeast B.C.
INVERMERE, B.C. – Two snowmobilers are dead after being swept into a nearby lake, when a group sledders triggered an avalanche in the East Kootenays. Avalanche Canada says the pair were among a ...
Jan 14, 2019
Florida man finds boa constrictor under car's hood
MIAMI - A Florida man got a slithery shock when he popped open the hood of his car and found a boa constrictor resting on the engine. Ernst Dimanche tells WSVN he had just dropped his kids off at scho...
Jan 14, 2019
Van Morrison sings at friend's funeral in Northern Ireland
LONDON - Van Morrison has performed one of his best-loved songs at the funeral of his longtime friend, the historian and politician Ian Adamson. Morrison sang “Into the Mystic” - one of hi...
Jan 14, 2019
Actress McGowan pleads no contest to misdemeanour drug charge
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Actress Rose McGowan pleaded no contest Monday to a misdemeanour drug charge in Virginia after cocaine was found in a wallet she left behind at Dulles International Airport two yea...
Jan 14, 2019
Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano named first star for NHL last week
NEW YORK - Calgary Flames defenceman Mark Giordano, St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington and Pittsburgh Penguins winger Jake Guentzel have been named the NHL’s three stars for last week....
Jan 14, 2019
Military court ruling to remain in place pending Supreme Court hearing
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to temporarily suspend a lower court’s bombshell ruling in a sexual-assault case that the military justice system is unconstitutional. A five-jud...
Jan 14, 2019
More fire-fighting tugs en route to container ship burning off Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - More help is on the way for a Halifax-bound container ship that has been burning off Canada’s East Coast since Jan. 3. A spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard says two more fire-fighting ...
Jan 14, 2019
Company behind Toronto Defiant Overwatch League team raises another $22 million
TORONTO - OverActive Media, the esports company behind the expansion Toronto Defiant Overwatch League franchise, has raised more than $22 million in its latest round of equity funding. Monday’s ...
Jan 14, 2019
Receiver Diego Jair Viamontes goes first overall in LFA/CFL draft
Diego Jair Viamontes will forever have a place in Canadian football history. The receiver with Mayas of Mexico’s Liga de Futbol Americano Profesional was the first player taken in the first-ever...
Jan 14, 2019
Offensive lineman Nolan MacMillan signs extension with Ottawa Redblacks
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks have signed Canadian offensive lineman Nolan MacMillan to a one-year contract extension. The Redblacks’ first draft pick in franchise history (ninth overall in 2013...
Jan 14, 2019