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Laval Rouge et Or defensive standout Mathieu Betts tops CFL draft rankings
Laval Rouge et Or defensive lineman Mathieu Betts is the top-ranked player in the CFL Scouting Bureau’s December rankings for the 2019 Canadian draft. It’s the first time a U Sports produc...
Dec 06, 2018
Premiers head to Montreal for tough meeting with Trudeau
MONTREAL - Premiers arrived Thursday for a first ministers’ meeting still grumbling about the agenda set by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with one - Ontario’s Doug Ford - threatening to w...
Dec 06, 2018
Feds weigh role in Iraq as defence chief warns about long-term need for troops
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan pledged Canada’s enduring support for Iraq and the war against Islamic State group on Thursday - but stopped short of extending Canada’s military mi...
Dec 06, 2018
North Carolina Democrat drops race concession amid probe
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Democrat trailing in a North Carolina congressional race withdrew his concession Thursday as state election officials investigated allegations of absentee ballot fraud. Dan McCread...
Dec 06, 2018
Minnesota Orchestra conductor to step down in 2022
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Orchestra Music Director Osmo Vanska plans to step down when his contract ends in 2022. Vanska made the announcement at the orchestra board’s annual meeting Wednesday. He...
Dec 06, 2018
US stocks claw back from an early plunge on Fed report
U.S. stocks clawed most of their way back from a deep slide Thursday that at one point had wiped out the market’s gains for the year. An early plunge briefly knocked more than 700 points off the...
Dec 06, 2018
Foster's ex-girlfriend details abuse allegations on GMA
WASHINGTON - Reuben Foster’s ex-girlfriend tells ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he slapped her and pushed her during an incident in Tampa, Florida, that led to his arrest fo...
Dec 06, 2018
Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray is named the AP Player of the Year
Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray won The Associated Press college football Player of the Year on Thursday, becoming the second straight Sooners quarterback and fifth overall to win the award since it was...
Dec 06, 2018
Iditarod clears four-time champion in dog-doping scandal
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Iditarod officials have cleared a four-time champion of any wrongdoing in a dog-doping scandal that followed the sled dog race last year. Officials for the 1,000-mile (1,610 kilome...
Dec 06, 2018
'Yeah, I'm alive:' Boy survived training school beating 55 years ago
TORONTO - The mystery that has haunted Rick Brown since he watched the brutal beating of a young friend at an Ontario training school 55 years ago was finally solved this week: James Forbes survived t...
Dec 06, 2018