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Court sides with filmmaker who took on Vancouver aquarium's captivity practice
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s Appeal Court has ruled in favour of a filmmaker whose documentary criticized the Vancouver Aquarium’s practice of keeping beluga whales and dolphins in capti...
Nov 15, 2017
Ontario premier says she never received Grassy Narrows mercury report
TORONTO - Ontario’s government has had a report in hand about mercury contamination upstream from the Grassy Narrows First Nation for more than a year, but the premier says she didn’t see ...
Nov 15, 2017
Terry Crews compares alleged sexual assault to being a POW
LOS ANGELES - Terry Crews compares being sexually assaulted to being a prisoner of war and calls the perpetrators of such attacks “terrorists.” Crews told “Good Morning America”...
Nov 15, 2017
Veteran quarterback Ricky Ray fulfilling Trestman's pre-season faith in him
TORONTO - The day he became the Toronto Argonauts head coach, Marc Trestman went out on a limb and endorsed Ricky Ray as his starter. It was a bold move considering injuries had limited Ray to just 12...
Nov 15, 2017
Italy coach fired as FA chief resists calls to step down
ROME - Two days after Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup, the head of the country’s football federation fired national coach Gian Piero Ventura - while ignoring angry calls to quit his ow...
Nov 15, 2017
Junior hockey team in British Columbia is still waiting for $7.5 million
KIMBERLEY, B.C. - A junior hockey team in southeastern British Columbia says it has yet to receive a multimillion-dollar donation it was promised last month, but the man behind the pledge says it will...
Nov 15, 2017
NAFTA round: Lead ministers for Canada, U.S., Mexico will not attend this time
WASHINGTON - Call it the calm between two storms. NAFTA negotiators are gathering in Mexico City this week for what’s expected to be a transition round, nestled between the tumult of early talks...
Nov 15, 2017
Alberta legislature passes contentious bill strengthening gay-straight alliances
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s government has passed a bill strengthening rules around gay-straight alliances in schools. The NDP used its majority in the house today to pass B...
Nov 15, 2017
The Tallest Man in the World Ever: Robert Wadlow
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Tallest Man Only 18 people in history are known to have reached a height of 8 feet or more. Measuring in at 8 feet 11.1 inches from head to toe, Robert...
Nov 15, 2017
Former NHLer McKegney gets intermittent jail sentence for impaired driving
BELLEVILLE, Ont. - A former National Hockey League player has been given an intermittent jail sentence for impaired driving east of Belleville, Ont. Fifty-nine-year-old Anthony McKegney of Kingston, O...
Nov 15, 2017