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Franklin refreshed, re-energized and looking to lead Argonauts after trying 2018
TORONTO - James Franklin went home after last season and looked squarely in the mirror. The Toronto Argonauts quarterback had just endured a miserable 2018 that saw the starting job fall into his lap ...
May 27, 2019
'Aladdin' soars, but 'Booksmart' barely passes at box office
LOS ANGELES - Moviegoers voted with their dollars and chose the familiar over the new this Memorial Day weekend. The Walt Disney Co.'s live-action remake of "Aladdin" crushed the competition at the bo...
May 27, 2019
Wildfire threatens another northern Alberta community
RED EARTH CREEK- Another northern Alberta community is facing a looming wildfire threat.Provincial fire authorities have issued an emergency alert for Trout Lake because of a blaze 14 kilometres south...
May 27, 2019
New poll suggests one-third don't want politicians to wear religious symbols
OTTAWA - While most Canadians firmly back the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and strongly support the idea of diversity, a new poll suggests a third of Canadians would ban their elected...
May 27, 2019
San Jose's Wondolowski scores career goals No. 149 and 150 in win over Toronto
TORONTO - In the leadup to Sunday's game against the San Jose Earthquakes, Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney described in detail how Chris Wondolowski became the MLS goal king. A poacher's finish from...
May 27, 2019
Weather Network forecasts starkly different summer conditions across Canada
The weather this summer could be starkly different across the country, according to the latest long range forecast from The Weather Network. Chief meteorologist Chris Scott predicts the...
May 27, 2019
In the news today, May 27
Four stories in the news for Monday, May 27 --- INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO GRILL TECH GIANTS Tech giants will be in the hot seat this week as politicians from Canada and 10 other countr...
May 27, 2019
Scheer accuses Trudeau of 'stacking the deck' to get re-elected
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the Liberals' decision to name an anti-Conservative union to a panel that will decide which media outlets receive government funding is t...
May 27, 2019
Romania ruling party boss gets 3 1/2 years in prison for graft
BUCHAREST, Romania - A Romanian court has sentenced the country's most powerful politician to 3 1/2 years in prison for official misconduct in a graft case. Monday's sentencing of Social Democratic Pa...
May 27, 2019
UK Brexit Party scores big as Conservatives, Labour falter
LONDON - Veteran euroskeptic Nigel Farage said Britain should get set to leave the European Union without a divorce deal, after an election across the bloc saw his Brexit Party and pro-EU forces carve...
May 27, 2019