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Nine months after hamstring injury, De Grasse makes return at Drake Relays
TORONTO - It’s been nine long months since Andre De Grasse folded his sinewy frame into the starting blocks of a race. The 23-year-old from Markham, Ont., finally makes his competitive return Sa...
Apr 27, 2018
Toddler dies after falling into septic tank southwest of Calgary
PRIDDIS- A two-year-old boy has died after falling into an underground sewage tank in a rural area southwest of Calgary. RCMP were called to a home near Priddis on Thursday along with fire crews and e...
Apr 27, 2018
Fast-rising water flooding parts of Fredericton: 'Time to get prepared'
FREDERICTON - Crews packed sandbags around the New Brunswick legislature Friday as flood waters rose fast in the capital, submerging neighbourhoods along the St. John River and forcing a handful of re...
Apr 27, 2018
Pilot likely disoriented in plane crash that killed former Premier Jim Prentice
CALGARY — The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says the pilot of a plane that crashed, killing former Alberta premier Jim Prentice, was probably disoriented. The Cessna Citation jet went down s...
Apr 27, 2018
Turn down that loud music if you're cruising Miami Beach
MIAMI - Police will be cracking down on drivers blasting loud music as they cruise around Miami Beach. The Miami Herald reports a special police squad will begin pulling over cars with loud music blar...
Apr 27, 2018
Sailboat captain jailed 13 years for smuggling cocaine into Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - A potential payoff of more than $500,000 motivated a Canadian sailboat captain to smuggle 250 kilograms of cocaine into Nova Scotia from a small Caribbean island, a judge said Friday as he s...
Apr 27, 2018
Japanese actress accuses director, starts #MeToo group
TOKYO - A Japanese actress who won a settlement last week from a director she said sexually harassed her said Friday that she plans to use the money to start a #MeToo group for Japan’s entertain...
Apr 27, 2018
Lobster fishery restrictions imposed to safeguard access to U.S. market: LeBlanc
MONCTON, N.B. - The federal fisheries minister made his case Friday to lobster fishermen that rules aimed at protecting the endangered right whale should remain - with the alternative being a “d...
Apr 27, 2018
Britain's new prince is first Louis in more than a century
LONDON - The new prince has a name - in fact three. The infant son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has been named Louis Arthur Charles, Kensington Palace announced Friday. The palace said the bab...
Apr 27, 2018
Canadian Premier League unveils logo, manifesto with team reveals set to follow
TORONTO - While still a year away from kicking off, the Canadian Premier League is ready for its reveal. It started Friday with the unveiling of the domestic men’s soccer league’s emblem, ...
Apr 27, 2018