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Montreal police take to the streets to protest three-year wait for new contract
MONTREAL - Several thousand police officers held a march in Montreal during the city’s 375 birth celebrations on Wednesday to draw attention to the fact they’ve been without a contract for...
May 17, 2017
Freeman injured, Bautista bat flips and Braves beat Jays
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Braves scored six runs before making an out, and things turned ugly in the late innings after a bat flip by Jose Bautista. All of it was overshadowed by an injury to Freddie Free...
May 17, 2017
Sens score four first period goals, blowing out Pens in dominant Game 3 win
OTTAWA - Mike Hoffman noticed the chatter on social media about his team’s supposedly boring style of play, but he and the rest of the Ottawa Senators appear not to care as it continues to work....
May 17, 2017
Pirates pitcher Taillon tests positive for testicular cancer
PITTSBURGH - Tests on tissue removed from Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon last week confirmed he is dealing with testicular cancer. Pirates trainer Todd Tomczyk said Wednesday that Taillon ...
May 17, 2017
Red Deer College honours 2017 Community Award recipients
Red Deer College celebrated its annual Community Award recipients Wednesday night. The G.H. Dawe Memorial Award was bestowed upon Alfio Truant for his commitment to community and leadership. Truant, a...
May 17, 2017
Ohio high school students get pepper-sprayed for class
CLEVELAND - A group of Ohio high school students voluntarily got pepper-sprayed in the face - and called the painful experience a useful lesson. More than a dozen Barberton High School students agreed...
May 17, 2017
Man freed from prison faces possible deportation to Cuba
DENVER - The detention of a Cuban immigrant set to rejoin his family after he was mistakenly released from prison, then put back, has raised questions about whether more people from the island nation ...
May 17, 2017
Report: House GOP leader suggested Putin was paying Trump
WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy suggested last year to fellow top Republicans that Russian President Vladimir Putin was paying Donald Trump, according to a published report. A spokes...
May 17, 2017
Chicago man charged in fatal beating posted on Facebook
CHICAGO - A Chicago man is being held without bond in the fatal beating of another man that someone videotaped on a cellphone and later posted on Facebook. Prosecutors say the beating of 41-year-old C...
May 17, 2017
New death in Venezuela puts toll at level of 2014 unrest
SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela - Legions of national guardsmen and military helicopters began descending on a western Venezuela state Wednesday where an outbreak of looting and political violence left at le...
May 17, 2017