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Continental Cup in Vegas mixing and matching curlers in new team scramble
Kaitlyn Lawes playing third for Rachel Homan, Ben Hebert throwing lead stones for U.S. skip John Shuster and Sweden’s Niklas Edin calling games with Scotland’s Jennifer Dodds as his vice a...
Jan 15, 2019
Judge bars citizenship question from 2020 census
NEW YORK - A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Tuesday from asking about citizenship status on the 2020 census, the first major ruling in cases contending officials ramrodded the question...
Jan 15, 2019
Broadway legend Carol Channing has died at age 97
NEW YORK - Carol Channing, the lanky, ebullient musical comedy star who delighted American audiences over almost 5,000 performances as the scheming Dolly Levi in “Hello, Dolly!” on Broadwa...
Jan 15, 2019
Netflix raising prices for 58M US subscribers as costs rise
SAN FRANCISCO - Netflix is raising its U.S. prices by 13 to 18 per cent, its biggest increase since the company launched its video streaming service 12 years ago. Its most popular plan will see the la...
Jan 15, 2019
'Miracle' flight survivors mark decade of thankfulness
NEW YORK - It’s been 10 years, but there isn’t anything Tripp Harris doesn’t remember about the cold January day he cheated death on US Airways flight 1549. The jolt when the plane c...
Jan 15, 2019
UK's May faces no-confidence vote after Brexit plan crushed
LONDON - British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and triggering a no-confid...
Jan 15, 2019
The 17th-Century Plan To Trade With Aliens On The Moon
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Oliver Cromwell is one of the most controversial figures in the history of Britain. Following the English Civil War and the execution of King Charles I, he...
Jan 15, 2019
Analysis: China pulling out all stops in Canada tensions
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping’s government is sparing no expense to its international reputation in its determination to force Canada to back down over the case of a Chinese telecommuni...
Jan 15, 2019
Winnipeg Blue Bombers linebacker Adam Bighill agrees to three-year extension
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed star linebacker Adam Bighill to a three-year extension. Bighill, who could have become a free agent next month, was named the CFL’s most outstand...
Jan 15, 2019
Film about legendary goaltender Terry Sawchuk to hit screens in March
TORONTO - A biopic tracing the brutal life and extraordinary career of goaltender Terry Sawchuk is hitting the big screen in March. “Goalie” stars Mark O’Brien as the Winnipeg-born h...
Jan 15, 2019