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Nova Scotian Darling hopes to lead Fightin' Blue Hens to March Madness
Nate Darling was only allowed to shoot hoops in his driveway between certain times while growing up in Halifax. The neighbours didn't take kindly to the rhythmic "thunk" of the ball at all hours....
Mar 07, 2020
Women's world hockey championship cancelled over coronavirus concerns
The women's world hockey championship in Halifax and Truro, N.S., has been cancelled due to concerns over the spreading coronavirus, International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel has told T...
Mar 07, 2020
Stung by Iran tragedy, Canada leading bid to better protect airliners
WASHINGTON - Canada is taking a lead role in what Transport Minister Marc Garneau said Thursday he hopes will become an international effort to better protect civilian airliners around the world from ...
Mar 07, 2020
Minassian admits planning, carrying out deadly Toronto van attack
TORONTO - A man who killed 10 people when he drove a van into crowds of pedestrians on a busy Toronto sidewalk in 2018 admitted to planning and carrying out the attack, court heard on Thursday. T...
Mar 07, 2020
Canada's Kingsbury claims ninth straight moguls Crystal Globe with win in Russia
KRASNOYARSK, Russia - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury picked up his ninth straight World Cup overall moguls title with a win in Saturday's dual moguls in Russia. Kingsbury defeated Thomas Gerken Schofield o...
Mar 07, 2020
Cosmetics company Lush calls for end of Safe Third Country deal with U.S.
OTTAWA - Cosmetics company Lush has launched a campaign calling on Canadians to pressure Parliament to back out of an agreement with the U.S. governing refugee claims. It's part of the company's ...
Mar 07, 2020
'If we stand back and do nothing, we get the Trudeau tax:' Manitoba premier
WINNIPEG - Caught between a federal government demanding a rising carbon tax and some Progressive Conservative supporters opposed to any such levy, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister offered a compromis...
Mar 07, 2020
Canadian Coles-Lyster part of UCI's investigation on sexual assault allegations
In the weeks and months after Maggie Coles-Lyster alleges she was sexually assaulted, the Canadian cyclist buried herself in her sport. The 21-year-old from Maple Ridge, B.C., was just 18 when she joi...
Mar 07, 2020
R. Kelly pleads not guilty; feds say new charges planned
CHICAGO - R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday pleaded not guilty to an updated federal indictment that includes child pornography charges and allegations involving a new accuser, while prosecutors sai...
Mar 07, 2020
Warren ends presidential campaign, centring race on 2 men
WASHINGTON - Elizabeth Warren ended her once-promising presidential campaign on Thursday after failing to finish higher than third place in any of the 18 states that have voted so far. While the Massa...
Mar 07, 2020