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Canadian Alex Harvey sits 19th after two events at Tour de Ski
TOBLACH, Italy - Canada’s Alex Harvey finished 14th in the second stage of the seven-race Tour de Ski on Sunday, bouncing back from a 50th-place showing the day before to sit 19th overall. Harve...
Dec 30, 2018
Jean Dumontier, architect and artist of Montreal subway stations, dies
MONTREAL - Jean Dumontier, an architect who helped design Montreal’s subway and adorned its walls with his art, has died in his early 80s. A spokesperson for the city’s transit agency conf...
Dec 30, 2018
Emails reveal how Ottawa sought to explain PTSD treatment for man who killed cop
HALIFAX - Newly released documents offer a glimpse into how high-level government officials grappled to respond to the revelation that Veterans Affairs was funding the PTSD treatment of a Halifax man ...
Dec 30, 2018
'Aquaman' still rules, and others see a post-Christmas bump
LOS ANGELES - In the final weekend of 2018, “Aquaman” still led the pack at the box office, but other films like “Mary Poppins Returns,” ”The Mule” and “Secon...
Dec 30, 2018
Zach Boychuk leads Canada over Ice Tigers, into Spengler Cup final
DAVOS, Switzerland - Zach Boychuk scored twice in the first period and Canada went on to double up the Nuremberg Ice Tigers 4-2 on Sunday in semifinal action at the Spengler Cup. Cory Emmerton also sc...
Dec 30, 2018
'I want to be put back into the air,' the life and death of a BASE jumper
Mike Racicot kept a letter with one request should he die: “I want to be put back into the air.” The five-page handwritten missive the elite BASE jumper had left at his home in British Col...
Dec 30, 2018
Cabinet OKs plan for Mint to craft special toonies to mark D-Day anniversary
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Mint is creating two commemorative coins to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The Liberal cabinet approved the design of the new toonies, one of which will have multiple ...
Dec 30, 2018
Canada's Auger-Aliassime, Andreescu qualify for season-opening events
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard opened her tennis season with a straight sets victory over American Madison Brengle on Monday at the ASB Classic. Bouchard needed just over an h...
Dec 30, 2018
Jurors as conscripts: Four things to know if you're summoned to serve
Jurors convicted Curtis Healy of first-degree murder this fall after hearing a brutal account of how he raped and beat Dawns Baptiste, a Calgary mother of four, before killing her with a rock to her h...
Dec 30, 2018
'Knee-jerk reaction:' Lawyers worried about proposed changes to trial system
CALGARY - Legal experts say proposed changes to the Criminal Code after a high-profile acquittal in the fatal shooting of an Indigenous man are short-sighted. Key changes in a federal bill, which has ...
Dec 30, 2018