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New Mets manager Beltrán out amid sign-stealing scandal
NEW YORK - Carlos Beltrn is out as manager of the New York Mets before a single game, the latest fallout from the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal that has rocked Major League Baseball. The Mets ...
Jan 16, 2020
Boyhood and theatrics mark Paris Fashion Week men's shows
A giant beanstalk that penetrated a cloud-patterned sky-blue ceiling at Louis Vuitton's exhibition caused VIPs - including model Bella Hadid and actors Daniel Kaluuya and Ashton Sanders - marvel. And ...
Jan 16, 2020
Alberta says universities over-budget; need to freeze travel, hiring, hosting
Alberta's advanced education minister says post-secondary schools are going over budget and he's urging them to immediately freeze hiring and stop spending on travel and hosting.Demetrios Nicolaides s...
Jan 16, 2020 Demetrios Nicolaides
Experts see holes in international flight security rules, oversight
MONTREAL - Questions about how and when planes are permitted to fly have been raised in the aftermath of the deadly crash of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran last week that killed all 176 people&...
Jan 16, 2020
Flames' Tkachuk attempting to distance himself from feud with Kassian, Oilers
TORONTO - Matthew Tkachuk tried to pour cold water on his feud with Zack Kassian. It didn't really work. After not speaking to reporters following Wednesday's practice, the Ca...
Jan 16, 2020
Marc Gasol expects to return from hamstring injury for Raptors' next game
TORONTO - Marc Gasol's return to health has been an around-the-clock group effort. After sitting out 12 games with a hamstring injury, the Raptors centre is expected to play on Wednesday when Toronto ...
Jan 16, 2020
Climate is changing. Investing needs to, too, says BlackRock
NEW YORK - A changing climate means dramatic risks for the world - and for investments too, the chief of the world's largest investment manager said Tuesday. To prepare for and protect against those r...
Jan 16, 2020
Federal government to spend hundred of millions more to keep CF-18s fighting fit
OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more to ensure Canada's aging CF-18s can still fight while the country waits for replacement jets, which were...
Jan 16, 2020
Canada's nuclear watchdog eyes lessons from Boeing 737 Max air crashes
OTTAWA - Canada's nuclear safety regulator is looking to draw valuable lessons from an unexpected source - the recent Boeing 737 Max airplane accidents. A working group set up by the Canadian Nuc...
Jan 16, 2020
Prolific Canadian goal-scorer Evelyne Viens goes fifth overall in NWSL draft
BALTIMORE - Canadian forward Evelyne Viens went fifth overall to Sky Blue FC in Thursday's National Women's Soccer League draft. A prolific sniper at the University of South Florida, the native of&nbs...
Jan 16, 2020