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University sets record for people dressed like penguins
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - An Ohio university has apparently set a world record for the number of people dressed in penguin costumes. The Vindicator reports 972 Youngstown State University students, alumni an...
Oct 29, 2017
Puerto Rico says it's scrapping $300M Whitefish contract
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The head of Puerto Rico’s power company said Sunday the agency will cancel its $300 million contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings amid increased scrutiny of the tiny Mo...
Oct 29, 2017
Liberals warned to be careful before approving China bid for Calgary's Aecon
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are facing warnings to proceed cautiously and in as transparent a manner as possible as they weigh a Chinese state-owned company’s bid to take over Aecon constructi...
Oct 29, 2017
Wozniacki defeats Williams for career best win at WTA finals
SINGAPORE - Caroline Wozniacki won the biggest title of her career when she beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 in the WTA Finals on Sunday. The Dane completed the victory with a backhand down the line on a ...
Oct 29, 2017
Athletics catcher Maxwell arrested in Arizona on gun charge
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell was arrested in Arizona after a food delivery person alleged he pointed a gun at her. Maxwell was the only player in Major League Baseball t...
Oct 29, 2017
New Ontario election advertising limits kick in Nov. 9, six months before campaign
TORONTO - The start of Ontario’s election campaign is a little over six months away, but the battle for voters’ hearts and minds is already being waged as a new advertising landscape looms...
Oct 29, 2017
Nunavut to elect new government Monday as former premier steps down
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A total of 72 candidates in Nunavut’s general election will be nervously watching the returns in Monday’s vote, but the territory’s sitting premier won’t be ...
Oct 29, 2017
'Our existence is our resistance:' Young women of colour leading social activism
HALIFAX - They are young. They are women. And they are racialized. Young women of colour are at the vanguard of Halifax’s social justice movement, part of a new generation of social activists. K...
Oct 29, 2017
Montreal construction boom spawned by strong economy and political stability
MONTREAL - Cranes crowd the Montreal skyline these days as a strong economy and political stability are fuelling a construction frenzy throughout the downtown core and beyond. Although tame by Toronto...
Oct 29, 2017
Manitoba judges visit Indigenous leaders to try to boost access to justice
WINNIPEG - Five Manitoba judges, including the chief justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench, are to meet with First Nations leaders this week to try to find ways to improve the justice system for...
Oct 29, 2017