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Ottawa ditches longer deadlines for answering veterans' requests for service
OTTAWA - The federal government has backed off a controversial plan to give bureaucrats more time to respond to disabled veterans seeking benefits and support for their service-related injuries. Yet w...
May 02, 2019
Hockey legend Red Kelly dies at 91
TORONTO - Hockey Hall of Famer Leonard (Red) Kelly, who won eight Stanley Cups during a stellar 20-season, has died at 91. A statement from Kelly's family said the former Red Wings and Maple Leaf...
May 02, 2019
Suspect in Nazi bomb plot kicked out of Army
LOS ANGELES - An Army veteran who converted to Islam and is accused of plotting terrorist attacks in California in retaliation for killings at New Zealand mosques was demoted and discharged from the m...
May 02, 2019
Authorities annoyed by disaster selfie-seekers in flooded Montreal areas
Montreal first responders are warning against so-called disaster tourism after noting a spike in selfie-seekers in neighbourhoods threatened by swollen rivers. An operations chief with the Montre...
May 02, 2019
Leafs' star centre Auston Matthews has surgical hardware removed
Toronto Maple Leafs says centre Auston Matthews underwent a procedure on Thursday to "remove surgical hardware from a 2014 surgery." The team said the procedure won't affect Matthews' off-season train...
May 02, 2019
Trump to present Medal of Freedom to Tiger Woods next week
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tiger Woods next week. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders says an awards ceremony will be held in the Rose ...
May 02, 2019
Caster Semenya dealt another setback over testosterone rules
Track and field's governing body said Thursday it plans to enforce its new rules on testosterone levels in female runners more widely than sports' highest court is recommending, dealing another setbac...
May 02, 2019
Trump to present Medal of Freedom to Tiger Woods next week
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tiger Woods next week. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders says an awards ceremony will be held in the Rose ...
May 02, 2019
Caster Semenya dealt another setback over testosterone rules
Track and field's governing body said Thursday it plans to enforce its new rules on testosterone levels in female runners more widely than sports' highest court is recommending, dealing another setbac...
May 02, 2019
The winter of political philanthropy: parties rake in cash in first quarter
OTTAWA - The long Canadian winter of 2019 was good for at least one thing: filling the war chests of the country's political parties. The Conservative Party of Canada's first-quarter haul of...
May 02, 2019