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Ukrainian comedian sure of victory in presidential runoff
KIEV, Ukraine - Volodymyr Zelenskiy has no political experience, but that's no problem for the people of Ukraine who have already seen that working for him. In a striking example of fiction morphing i...
Apr 01, 2019
Canadian Denis Shapovalov jumps into top 20 in ATP Tour rankings
Canadian teen Denis Shapovalov has cracked the top 20 of the ATP Tour rankings for the first time. The 19-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., jumped to a career-best 20th from 23rd on Monday after reac...
Apr 01, 2019
Technical outage causing flight delays for airlines
NEW YORK - Major U.S. airlines are experiencing some delays Monday following a technical glitch at a third-part vendor. The issue has been resolved, but may cause some a disruption in travel plans. Th...
Apr 01, 2019
Canada marks fifth anniversary of end of Afghanistan mission
OTTAWA - When the Sept. 11 terror attacks hit the World Trade Centre towers in 2001, Anita Cenerini says her son, Thomas Welsh, knew right away he would likely be shipped off to war. He had joined the...
Apr 01, 2019
Canadian basketball icon Nash sticks up for Duke's Barrett with Twitter post
Canadian basketball icon Steve Nash is sticking up for Duke's RJ Barrett. Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., drew criticism on social media Sunday night after the freshman forwa...
Apr 01, 2019
Canada's Koe extends win streak to four games at world curling championship
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Experience won the day for Canada on Sunday afternoon at the world men's curling championship. Skip Kevin Koe struggled with draw weight early in a 9-5 win over Italy's Joel R...
Apr 01, 2019
Blue Jays RHP Luciano is first big leaguer born this century
TORONTO - While Major League Baseball no longer has a single player who was active during the previous century, it now has its first player born in this one. Blue Jays right-hander Elvis Luciano becam...
Apr 01, 2019
Alberta NDP promises balanced budget later than UCP, but says UCP math is wrong
EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley promised to balance the province's budget by 2023-24 as she unveiled her party's election platform Sunday, while also pledging to expand $25 per day ch...
Apr 01, 2019
In the news today, April 1
Six stories in the news for Monday, April 1 --- FEDERAL CARBON TAX STARTS TODAY IN FOUR PROVINCES Starting today people in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick will pay a l...
Apr 01, 2019
Brexit options: Stick close to EU, crash out, think again
LONDON - Britain is running out of time and options for Brexit. U.K. lawmakers have three times rejected the divorce deal struck between Prime Minister Theresa May's government and the European Union....
Apr 01, 2019