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Trade-deadline additions of Stastny, Morrow paying big dividends for Jets
WINNIPEG - Being traded to the Winnipeg Jets this season has turned into a highlight for Paul Stastny and Joe Morrow. While the February moves disrupted their lives, they’ve been able to contrib...
Apr 24, 2018
Maple Leafs, Raptors, TFC create perfect storm of sports buzz in Toronto
TORONTO - The Raptors are hosting, but supporters of the Maple Leafs and Toronto FC will be welcome to Wednesday’s party at Air Canada Centre on a dream night for Toronto sports fans. The arena&...
Apr 24, 2018
Could Toronto van attack signal more reasoned social media? Experts are divided.
TORONTO - Within minutes after a white van hopped the sidewalk and began mowing down pedestrians on a Toronto street, photographs and videos of the incident began pouring onto social media platforms. ...
Apr 24, 2018
Volunteer, college student, grandmother, foreign nationals among van attack victims
TORONTO - A Toronto woman with a love of volunteering, an 80-year-old grandmother, a Jordanian man visiting relatives, a college student and two South Korean nationals were among those who died in a h...
Apr 24, 2018
Copperfield testifies on illusion where man says he was hurt
LAS VEGAS - David Copperfield insisted Tuesday he knew of no one being injured during 20 years of performing a signature vanishing act at the centre of a lawsuit by a British tourist who claims he was...
Apr 24, 2018
'Not me. No connection,' says man with similar name as accused van attack killer
TORONTO - It was a series of unfortunate events that led to the mixup, and Alex Minassian has spent the last 24 hours trying to set the record straight - he’s not the driver of a van that mowed ...
Apr 24, 2018
Evacuation order ended for Silver Lagoon, county still watching water levels closely
As of 3 p.m. Tuesday, Red Deer County says the voluntary evacuation of Silver Lagoon subdivision is rescinded but the boil water advisory for Silver Lagoon and Red Lodge Estates remains in effect unti...
Apr 24, 2018
B.C. law targets condo flipping, tax evasion, rental home protection
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s government wants to crack down on tax evasion in the condominium market and gives municipalities more control over rental housing as it looks for ways of easing a h...
Apr 24, 2018
Doctor sees healing power in psychedelic plant as Peru investigates deaths
VANCOUVER - A retired doctor who spent years treating drug addiction says he has seen the healing powers of a psychedelic plant that a Vancouver Island man was studying in Peru before he was killed by...
Apr 24, 2018
B.C. researchers get patent to develop potential vaccine for syphilis
VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of Victoria have been granted a patent to develop a potential vaccine against syphilis as rates for the sexually transmitted disease soar worldwide. Microbiol...
Apr 24, 2018