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Toronto FC coach Vanney hopeful some injured players will be ready for final
Toronto FC head coach Greg Vanney is pleased with how his injury-depleted team has responded over the last few rounds of CONCACAF Champions League play. He’s hoping to get some of those banged-u...
Apr 12, 2018
Heather Locklear pleads not guilty to battery of deputies
VENTURA, Calif. - Heather Locklear has pleaded not guilty to charges she attacked deputies who answered a domestic violence call at her Southern California home. Locklear’s attorney entered the ...
Apr 12, 2018
Oilers CEO and vice chair Bob Nicholson confirms Chiarelli back as GM
Edmonton Oilers CEO and vice chair Bob Nicholson still has full confidence in general manager Peter Chiarelli. The same can’t exactly be said for head coach Todd McLellan and his staff. Nicholso...
Apr 12, 2018
Wynne wants answers on Toronto cannabis store location near school
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is looking into how a decision was made to place one of the province’s first government-run cannabis stores less than a kilometre from a school, as school board of...
Apr 12, 2018
B.C. professor arrested and jailed in Slovakia since November
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An anthropology professor from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C., has been in jail in Slovakia since last November, accused of child pornography, sexual violence and arms t...
Apr 12, 2018
People asked to steer clear of wayward beluga whale spotted in N.B.
POINTE-DU-CHENE, N.B. - A conservation group is urging people not to interact with belugas after a wayward whale was spotted in southeastern New Brunswick. A photo of a beluga was taken this month nea...
Apr 12, 2018
Wiggins, Joseph, Thompson, Olynyk represent Canadian talent in NBA playoffs
TORONTO - A thrilling final day of the NBA regular season featured a battle between Canadians Andrew Wiggins and Jamal Murray for a spot in the post-season. The Minnesota Timberwolves went on to edge ...
Apr 12, 2018
More than a dozen Canadians charged in global child sex abuse investigation
TORONTO - A sweeping global child exploitation investigation has led to more than 150 arrests around the world and either charges or convictions against 16 Canadians, Toronto police said Thursday. The...
Apr 12, 2018
Swedish Academy head resigns amid turmoil at Nobel group
STOCKHOLM - The head of the Swedish Academy that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature resigned Thursday after an internal dispute at the prestigious institution brought criticism from the Nobel board ...
Apr 12, 2018
Bomb blast at packed Somalia stadium kills 5 football fans
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A bomb exploded at a packed football stadium in southern Somalia and killed five spectators while wounding several others, police said Thursday evening. The Somalia-based, al-Qaid...
Apr 12, 2018