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Melania Trump to accept White House Christmas tree on Monday
WASHINGTON - Christmas is coming to Donald Trump’s White House a bit early this year. Melania Trump is set to accept the official White House Christmas tree on Monday. First ladies typically rec...
Nov 16, 2017
Infrastructure bank could help build Indigenous projects, chairwoman says
OTTAWA - The chairwoman of a new federal agency that will help finance the construction of new highways, transit systems and electricity grids says it could also help fund multiple, smaller projects t...
Nov 16, 2017
Witness says he paid $160M in bribes to soccer officials
NEW YORK - A former marketing executive from Argentina testified Thursday at a U.S. trial that he and his company arranged to pay 30 soccer officials about $160 million in bribes over the course of se...
Nov 16, 2017
Retired Saskatchewan nun offers prayer for Riders in quest for Grey Cup
SASKATOON - A retired nun in Saskatoon suspects God could be wearing a Saskatchewan Roughriders jersey and a watermelon helmet when the Riders meet the Toronto Argonauts in this weekend’s Canadi...
Nov 16, 2017
Nova Scotia sailboat captain pleads guilty to two cocaine-related charges
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia sailboat captain has pleaded guilty to two drug charges after 250 kilograms of cocaine were found hidden in his vessel after it pulled into a small marina two months ago. The C...
Nov 16, 2017
Court Briefs, Nov 16
A man charged in relation to a break and enter at a home in Balmoral two years ago was sentenced in Red Deer Provincial Court on Wednesday. Danny Bergeson was handed two years less a day behind bars, ...
Nov 16, 2017
Student kicked off Kansas basketball team in anthem flap
WICHITA, Kan. - A Muslim student athlete who refused to observe the national anthem for religious reasons at a basketball game at a western Kansas college has been kicked off the team. That has ignite...
Nov 16, 2017
CAS rules FIFA wrong to fine Mexico for fans' gay slur chant
GENEVA - FIFA was judged wrong to fine Mexico’s soccer federation for fans chanting gay slurs at opposition goalkeepers at World Cup qualifying games. The Court of Arbitration for Sport judges h...
Nov 16, 2017
Franken apologizes to woman who says he kissed, groped her
WASHINGTON - Minnesota Sen. Al Franken personally apologized to the woman who has accused him of forcibly kissing her and groping her during a 2006 USO tour, saying he remembers their encounter differ...
Nov 16, 2017
Maple Leafs star centre Auston Matthews to miss fourth game with injury
TORONTO - Injured Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews will miss a fourth straight game tonight when Toronto hosts the New Jersey Devils. The 20-year-old participated in the optional morning skate but L...
Nov 16, 2017