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Yanks most valuable in MLB at $4 billion, Forbes estimates
NEW YORK - The New York Yankees are the most valuable franchise in baseball at an estimated value of US$4 billion, according to Forbes. The Los Angeles Dodgers are second at $3 billion, followed by th...
Apr 11, 2018
A timeline of key events in the case of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur
A timeline of key events in the case of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur based on information released by Toronto police: ___ September 2010 - Skandaraj Navaratnam, 40, disappears from TorontoR...
Apr 11, 2018
Los Angeles prosecutors review Kevin Spacey sex assault case
Los Angeles County prosecutors say they are reviewing a sexual assault case against Kevin Spacey. District Attorney’s office spokesman Greg Risling said Wednesday that sheriff’s investigat...
Apr 11, 2018
'Cannot happen again:' Changes called for after bus crash at deadly intersection
TISDALE, Sask. - Rural politicians in Saskatchewan want changes made at a remote intersection where 16 people lost their lives after a semi truck and a bus carrying a junior hockey team collided. Half...
Apr 11, 2018
Nearly half of existing mortgages face renewal in 2018: CIBC report
TORONTO - Nearly half of all existing mortgages in Canada will need to be renewed this year, substantially more than in prior years, according to a new report, amid rising interest rates and new rules...
Apr 11, 2018
CJFE reviewing mandate after statement that led to several departures
TORONTO - A Canadian media group that advocates for journalists around the world says it is reviewing its mandate after a recent statement on the conflict in the Middle East that led to the resignatio...
Apr 11, 2018
Dispatcher honoured during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear headsets. April 9-13 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. "Telecommunicators are the invisible back bone of public safety. They provide a critical ser...
Apr 11, 2018
Drug testing plan considered for some food stamp recipients
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is considering a plan that would allow states to require certain food stamp recipients to undergo drug testing, handing a win to conservatives who’ve long s...
Apr 11, 2018
Fire engulfs chicken barn, killing 14,000 chicks in Metro Vancouver
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - A commercial poultry barn in Metro Vancouver has been destroyed by a fire that has killed 14,000 chicks. Port Coquitlam fire chief Nick Delmonico says the 90-metre wooden barn w...
Apr 11, 2018
Quebec unprepared to deal with Humboldt-type bus crash in rural area: surgeon
MONTREAL - Last Friday night, a few hours after a bus crashed in rural Saskatchewan killing 15 people, a prominent Montreal doctor who is also chief surgeon of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team could...
Apr 11, 2018