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Judy Foote named lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
OTTAWA - Long-time Liberal MP Judy Foote has been named lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, months after leaving politics to focus on her family and her health. Prime Minister Justin Tru...
Mar 22, 2018
Trump team may shift strategy after legal shake-up
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s lead lawyer in the special counsel’s Russia investigation has resigned. The move on Thursday has shaken up the legal team just as Trump intensifies at...
Mar 22, 2018
Canada wins two more and secures playoff spot at women's world curling playdowns
NORTH BAY, Ont. - When the North Bay Memorial Gardens had emptied out and with the midnight hour approaching, two members of the Canadian team returned to the ice for a late-night practice session. Th...
Mar 22, 2018
Cosby wants judge ousted over wife's sex-assault advocacy
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby’s lawyers on Thursday asked the judge in his upcoming sexual assault retrial to step aside, arguing the judge could be seen as biased because his wife is a social worke...
Mar 22, 2018
Sealed and delivered: Royal wedding invitations dispatched
LONDON - Time to check that mailbox. Kensington Palace said Thursday that invitations for the wedding between Prince Harry and his American fiance Meghan Markle have been dispatched. Some 600 people h...
Mar 22, 2018
Campbell-Pascall joins chorus for one women's hockey league, resigns from CWHL
Talk of a single women’s professional hockey league has accelerated, but the two North American organizations don’t appear close to a merger. That the championship games of the Canadian Wo...
Mar 22, 2018
Panthers using school tragedy as motivation: 'We have a mission and a goal'
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Listing off the factors that have helped the Florida Panthers turn around what looked to be another lost season, Dale Tallon points to speed, skill, camaraderie and youthful exubera...
Mar 22, 2018
Italian champion Juventus to face MLS all-stars in 2018 in Atlanta
NEW YORK - Italian champion Juventus will face the MLS all-stars in 2018, the league announced Thursday. The storied soccer club from Turin will play the all-stars at the 71,000-capacity Mercedes-Benz...
Mar 22, 2018
Montreal police say boy who disappeared March 12 likely fell into river
MONTREAL - A young boy who has been missing since March 12 more than likely died in a tragic drowning accident after falling into a river, Montreal police said Thursday. Insp. Ian Lafreniere said 10-y...
Mar 22, 2018
Toronto Wolfpack still feeling effects of a tumultuous pre-season
Like a bad hangover, a tumultuous pre-season is still taking its toll on the Toronto Wolfpack. A string of injuries disrupted coach Paul Rowley’s preparations as the transatlantic rugby league t...
Mar 22, 2018