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Ottawa hid vital information, claim ailing diplomats who served in Cuba
OTTAWA - Five Canadian diplomats and their family members who became mysteriously ill while posted to Cuba are suing Ottawa for more than $28 million. In a statement of claim filed Wednesday in Federa...
Feb 06, 2019
Doctors getting smaller payment increases, doctors per person rising: Institute
OTTAWA - The Canadian Institute for Health Information says doctors in Canada are seeing smaller payment increases at the same time that the number of doctors per Canadian is rising. The not-for-profi...
Feb 06, 2019
Big hats and simple elegance for Tom Ford at NY Fashion Week
NEW YORK - Tom Ford says these tumultuous times pointed him in the opposite direction at New York Fashion Week on Wednesday night with a collection of gentle, non-aggressive elegance done in simple si...
Feb 06, 2019
Did America’s Fattest President Get Stuck In The Bathtub?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Rumors abound that the 27th president of the United States, William Howard Taft, got stuck in a bathtub at the White House due to his portly size. Specific...
Feb 06, 2019
An Ocularist’s Glass Eyeball Collection
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The first prosthetic eye is estimated to have been produced in the 29th-century B.C. The eye belonged to a woman in what is now Iran. Historians believe it...
Feb 06, 2019
Morgan Rielly scores decisive goal for Leafs in Battle of Ontario win over Sens
TORONTO - The fans left happy after a back-and-forth game Mike Babcock deemed “way too entertaining for the coach.” And his team won. Trailing 2-1, the Maple Leafs scored three goals in fo...
Feb 06, 2019
Images suggest Iran launched satellite despite US criticism
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran appears to have attempted a second satellite launch despite U.S. criticism that its space program helps the country develop ballistic missiles, satellite images rele...
Feb 06, 2019
Lindros urges MPs to recommend national protocol for sports-related concussions
OTTAWA - Former hockey great Eric Lindros brought his star power to Parliament Hill on Wednesday, urging MPs to develop a single national protocol for preventing and treating sports-related concussion...
Feb 06, 2019
Toronto Maple Leafs honour legendary broadcaster Bob Cole during Senators game
TORONTO - The Maple Leafs paid tribute to legendary broadcaster Bob Cole on Wednesday night. A video honouring the 85-year-old play-by-play icon was shown on the video screen during the first period o...
Feb 06, 2019
Former Jays skipper Gibbons to take break, hopes to return to game in 2020
TORONTO - Looking relaxed and refreshed in an off-season where he doesn’t have to worry about baseball plans, former Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said Wednesday that he’s loving life and...
Feb 06, 2019