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Day parole revoked for Calgary man who strangled wife, hid body in basement wall
RED DEER, Alta. - A man who strangled his wife and concealed her body in a wall of their Calgary home is going back to prison. The Parole Board of Canada, at a hearing in Red Deer, Alta., decided to r...
Oct 08, 2019
Clemons plans to explore analytics options in his new role as Argonauts GM
TORONTO - Analytics will be a priority for Michael (Pinball) Clemons in his new role as general manager of the Toronto Argonauts. Clemons plans to connect with the Raptors and Maple Leafs - both ...
Oct 08, 2019
Hut 8 Mining opens Toronto Stock Exchange
TORONTO, ON. - Hut 8 Mining (TSX: HUT) is celebrating a historic day on the Toronto Stock Exchange.The bitcoin mining company, which has operations in Medicine Hat and Drumheller, officially opened th...
Oct 08, 2019 Andrew Kiguel, Chief Executive Officer, Hut 8 Mining Corp. (HUT), joined Chris Birkett, Director, Toronto Stock Exchange, to open the market. - Photo courtesy TMX Group
Man charged in Los Angeles with 1985 death of TV director
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors have charged a man in the cold-case killing of a TV director who worked on "The Incredible Hulk," ''The Six Million Dollar Man" and other shows more than three decades ago. T...
Oct 08, 2019
Montreal Impact star Ignacio Piatti's future seemingly up in the air
MONTREAL - Contract negotiations between Ignacio Piatti and the Montreal Impact have taken a bizarre and unexpected turn. A team spokesperson said the star midfielder met with Impact management on Tue...
Oct 08, 2019
Olympic gold medallist Bruny Surin to run for city council seat in Laval, Que.
LAVAL, Que. - Olympic gold-medal sprinter Bruny Surin is entering a different kind of race - this time, for a spot as a city councillor in Laval, Que. Surin has announced he'll run in a Nov....
Oct 08, 2019
List of Canadians who have won the Nobel Prize
Here is a list of Canadians who have won the Nobel Prize: 1923: Frederick G. Banting, Nobel Prize in medicine for the "discovery of insulin." 1949: William F. Giauque, Nobel Prize in chemistry for "co...
Oct 08, 2019
Olympic gold medallist Bruny Surin to run for city council seat in Laval, Que.
LAVAL, Que. - Olympic gold-medal sprinter Bruny Surin is entering a different kind of race - this time, for a spot as a city councillor in Laval, Que. Surin has announced he'll run in a Nov....
Oct 08, 2019
'Stuff of which dreams are made:' Physical cosmology looks to explain the universe
WINNIPEG - When James Peebles was acknowledged by the University of Manitoba for his work in physical cosmology, the research was described as "the stuff of which dreams are made." The Canadian-A...
Oct 08, 2019
April trial date set for Avenatti in Stormy Daniels' case
NEW YORK - An April trial date has been set for attorney Michael Avenatti to face charges that he ripped off his star client, Stormy Daniels. U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts set the April 21 trial d...
Oct 08, 2019