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English soccer field invasions see players punched, pushed
LONDON - In an alleged moment of malice, a pitch invader punches a player. In an apparent attempt to join goal celebrations, a fan pushes an opposition player. Concerns about security at English socce...
Mar 10, 2019
Correction: Ethiopia-Plane-Crash-The Latest story
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - In a story March 11 about the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft after a crash in Ethiopia, The Associated Press reported erroneously that China grounded its models of the same plane fo...
Mar 10, 2019
Canadian driver Robert Wickens feted before IndyCar's season-opening race
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The IndyCar field surprised Robert Wickens with an early 30th birthday celebration before Sunday’s race at St. Petersburg. The Canadian is at a track for the first time si...
Mar 10, 2019
'A matter of principle:' Family of slain CFL player files lawsuit against bar
CALGARY - The family of a pro football player gunned down outside a Calgary bar has filed a lawsuit against the nightclub and its staff alleging they let a disagreement over a spilled drink escalate i...
Mar 10, 2019
'Don't talk to each other:' Inside Manitoba's child protection hearings
WINNIPEG - A nervous father walks into a courtroom and sits down. Over the next few minutes, he’s quiet as two lawyers discuss his children and decide on the Indigenous family’s future. &#...
Mar 10, 2019
Ontario mulls single-use plastics ban in waste diversion strategy
TORONTO - Ontario is weighing a ban on single-use plastics as part of a broader strategy to send less waste to landfills. Nearly a tonne of waste per person in Ontario is generated each year, and the ...
Mar 10, 2019
Canadians mourn as victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash identified
A mother and daughter from Edmonton, a renowned Carleton University professor and an accountant with the City of Calgary were among the 18 Canadians who died Sunday when an Ethiopian Airlines plane cr...
Mar 10, 2019
Indian elections to begin April 11 as Modi seeks re-election
NEW DELHI - India’s Election Commission announced Sunday that national elections will begin April 11, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party seeks a second term. About 9...
Mar 10, 2019
B.C.'s plans to expand civil forfeiture program called unconstitutional
VANCOUVER - Eight years have passed since David Lloydsmith learned British Columbia’s Civil Forfeiture Office wanted to seize his modest two-bedroom bungalow, but he says the panic and anger tha...
Mar 10, 2019
Thieves use heavy equipment to steal bank safe
EDMONTON - RCMP are investigating a dramatic bank heist in the community of Winfield, Alta. They say that during the wee hours of Friday morning bandits crashed a stolen picker truck through the front...
Mar 10, 2019