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Man City beats Watford; Tottenham loses again in EPL
LONDON - Raheem Sterling’s second-half hat trick helped Manchester City build a four-point lead atop the English Premier League on Saturday. Tottenham’s second-half collapse put Spurs in d...
Mar 09, 2019
PMO denies Trudeau was hostile toward Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes
OTTAWA - A spokesman for the prime minister’s office says Justin Trudeau had “emotional” conversations with Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, but denies her claims the encounters w...
Mar 09, 2019
Toronto Wolfpack collapse in second half in 46-16 loss to Toulouse Olympique
TOULOUSE, France - Trailing by 10 at the break, Toulouse Olympique reeled off 40 unanswered points in the second half Saturday as the Toronto Wolfpack suffered a rare loss in a 46-16 setback in Betfre...
Mar 09, 2019
Transat flight from Montreal makes emergency landing in New Jersey
MONTREAL - Some 189 Air Transat passengers travelling from Montreal to Florida had a few scary moments Saturday morning after their plane was forced to make an emergency landing at a New Jersey airpor...
Mar 09, 2019
Plane makes emergency landing, passengers evacuated
NEWARK, N.J. - Smoke reported on board an Air Transat flight forced an emergency landing Saturday at a New Jersey airport, where the 189 passengers were evacuated by emergency slides. Air Transat Flig...
Mar 09, 2019
Suspect surrenders, hostages unharmed after armed siege in Quebec bank
MONTREAL - A man who surrendered to police after a hostage-taking in a Quebec bank was released from hospital on Saturday and is expected to face charges, according to police. Quebec provincial police...
Mar 09, 2019
Ebola treatment centre in Congo is attacked again; 1 dead
KINSHASA, Congo - Heavily armed assailants again attacked an Ebola treatment centre in the heart of eastern Congo’s deadly outbreak on Saturday, with one police officer killed and health workers...
Mar 09, 2019
Time on his hands: John Scott changes the time on Toronto's clock towers
Every spring and fall, John Scott climbs up clock towers across Toronto to change time. “The keymaster, the time master - I’ve been called a lot of titles,” says the 61-year-old. ...
Mar 09, 2019
Quebec's major police forces working under cloud of suspicion after suspensions, leaks
MONTREAL - The past two years have not been easy for Quebec’s three major police forces, whose officers have been working in a climate of suspicion, scandal and now an allegation of criminal wro...
Mar 09, 2019
India returns key diplomat to Pakistan as tensions ease
NEW DELHI - India said Saturday that it was returning a key diplomat to Pakistan’s capital amid an easing of tensions between the nuclear neighbours, but also demanded that its archrival take co...
Mar 09, 2019