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Former women's hockey rivals Ouellette, Chu announce birth of daughter
MONTREAL - Two former opponents in the biggest rivalry in women’s hockey are now proud parents. Caroline Ouellette, Canada’s captain at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, and Julie Chu, who c...
Nov 13, 2017
Canada seeks updated climate change predictions for new building codes
OTTAWA - The National Research Council says Canada’s homes and highways were built with assumptions about weather patterns that are no longer relevant, thanks to climate change. Now the NRC is a...
Nov 13, 2017
Braves hire former Dodgers, Blue Jays exec Anthopoulos as GM
ATLANTA - The remake of the Atlanta Braves’ management was completed Monday when Alex Anthopoulos was named general manager and John Hart was removed as team president. Anthopoulos, a former Dod...
Nov 13, 2017
Home-schooler, religious groups cautiously optimistic about Quebec school bill
MONTREAL - A Quebec education bill that gives the province greater powers to enforce compulsory school attendance is getting a passing grade from the communities it most affects. Representatives from ...
Nov 13, 2017
Rand Paul back in the Senate, walking gingerly after assault
WASHINGTON - Walking gingerly, Sen. Rand Paul returned to the Senate on Monday following an attack in his yard that left him with six broken ribs. The Kentucky Republican cast votes with his arms at h...
Nov 13, 2017
VerticalScope confirms user information stolen from six hacked websites
Toronto-based VerticalScope Inc. says six of the community websites it administers were hacked last month in the latest of a recent series of data breaches affecting Canadian online user information. ...
Nov 13, 2017
3 missing Chinese students, believed to be victims of ransom scam, found: police
TORONTO - Police say three people believed to be victims of a scam targeting Chinese students have been located. Toronto police say they believe the disappearances were linked to a scam in which Chine...
Nov 13, 2017
Russian TV network registers as foreign agent in US
WASHINGTON - Russian state-funded TV channel RT has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent after pressure from the U.S. government, documents released Monday show. The Justice Depar...
Nov 13, 2017
Ex-tennis star Jelena Dokic: Father beat and spit at her
SYDNEY, Australia - Former tennis star Jelena Dokic says from a young age her father regularly beat and kicked her. He would pull her hair, spit in her face and belittle her with vile insults. Dokic, ...
Nov 13, 2017
Colin Kaepernick named GQ magazine's citizen of the year
NEW YORK - Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been named GQ’s magazine’s “Citizen of the Year” for his activism. Kaepernick began kneeling instead of standing during t...
Nov 13, 2017