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Memorial Cup Flashback: Jeff Larmer sets tournament points record with powerhouse Kitchener
Most players would be disappointed to return to junior after starting a career in the NHL. But Jeff Larmer considered it the best demotion of his life. Larmer, from Peterborough, Ont., was drafted by ...
May 27, 2017
No surprise libertarian Tory leadership candidate Maxime Bernier comes from Beauce
Back in the early settler days, Quebec City residents would quickly spot the Beauce farmers among them because they were covered in mud from the long trek up the shores of the Chaudiere River - often ...
May 27, 2017
B.C. is using taxpayer money to outlast plaintiffs in health-care trial: critic
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is being accused of using a vast supply of taxpayers’ dollars to win a legal war of attrition against advocates for two-tier health care by the man wh...
May 27, 2017
Islamic State claims responsibility for Egypt attack
MINYA, Egypt - The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for the attack on a bus carrying Christians on their way to a remote desert monastery south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, wh...
May 27, 2017
Trump makes G-7 deal on trade, takes rain check on climate
TAORMINA, Italy - Seven wealthy democracies ended their summit Saturday in Italy without unanimous agreement on climate change, as the Trump administration plans to take more time to say whether the U...
May 27, 2017
UK police show photo of concert bomber, ask public for info
MANCHESTER, England - British police on Saturday released surveillance-camera images of the Manchester concert bomber on the night of the attack as they appealed for more information about his final d...
May 27, 2017
Sri Lanka says finding survivors among 99 missing doubtful
AGALAWATTE, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka’s military said Saturday that it is doubtful any missing people will be found alive two days after torrents of mud triggered by heavy rain covered homes in sout...
May 27, 2017
PM Trudeau and U.S. President Trump talk trade, security at G7 summit
TAORMINA, Italy - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met one-on-one with Donald Trump Saturday on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Sicily, where they talked all around an elephant in the room the size and...
May 27, 2017
Andrew Scheer narrowly beats Bernier to become federal Conservative leader
TORONTO - Andrew Scheer, an apple-cheeked social conservative and former House of Commons Speaker seen by some as a pragmatic, mainstream echo of Stephen Harper, survived a 13-ballot battle Saturday w...
May 27, 2017
US plans test of defence system to shoot down an ICBM
WASHINGTON - Preparing for North Korea’s growing threat, the Pentagon will try to shoot down an intercontinental-range missile for the first time in a test next week. The goal is to more closely...
May 27, 2017