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After winning it all, Toronto FC reduced to role of spoiler as season wraps up
Eliminated from playoff contention, Toronto FC has been reduced to the rank of spoiler for the final three games of the MLS regular season. And as luck would have it, Toronto (9-16-6) faces two teams ...
Oct 16, 2018
Pip Pip Hooray: Pippa Middleton gives birth to baby boy
LONDON - Pippa Middleton, the sister of Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, has given birth to a baby boy. A spokeswoman for Middleton and her husband James Matthews said Tuesday that their first baby had...
Oct 16, 2018
Federal government moves to transform inmate segregation in federal prisons
OTTAWA - Eleven years after a teenager killed herself after spending more than three years in segregation in prison, Ottawa is moving to ban the practice of isolating prisoners who pose risks to secur...
Oct 16, 2018
Alberta Party candidate's run for office disqualified
EDMONTON – An Alberta Party candidate will not be allowed to run in the next provincial election after he attended an event critical of an Indian supreme court ruling which lifted a ban on women...
Oct 16, 2018
Justice watchdog: FBI official accepted reporter's tickets
WASHINGTON - A senior FBI official accepted two tickets to a sports event from a television reporter who regularly covered the bureau, the Justice Department’s inspector general said Tuesday. Th...
Oct 16, 2018
US airstrike in Somalia kills about 60 al-Shabab fighters
NAIROBI, Kenya - The U.S. military on Tuesday announced its deadliest airstrike against the al-Shabab extremist group in Somalia in nearly a year, killing about 60 fighters. The U.S. Africa Command sa...
Oct 16, 2018
Laws won't let us give moose, deer to food banks: Newfoundland hunters
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A hunters’ group hopes to help feed the hungry by donating moose and other game meat to food banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, but they say the province won’t al...
Oct 16, 2018
NewsAlert: Streamlined pardon process for marijuana possession convictions on the way
OTTAWA - The federal government promises it will soon be quicker - and less expensive - to obtain a criminal pardon for simple pot possession convictions of the past. Public Safety Minister Ralph Good...
Oct 16, 2018
Shots fired at O'Chiese First Nation
O’CHIESE FIRST NATION- Rocky Mountain House RCMP are investigating after shots were fired at a residence on the O’Chiese First Nation. The incident happened at around 9 a.m. Monday. It was...
Oct 16, 2018
In The Rings: Curling Canada plans to revisit residency rules over next year
Curling Canada high-performance director Gerry Peckham acknowledges that the current residency setup for elite Canadian curlers is an issue that is “timely and incredibly relevant.” It see...
Oct 16, 2018