Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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Argos celebrate improbable CFL championship win at rally in Toronto
TORONTO - Cheering fans and jubilant members of the Argonauts packed Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square on Tuesday as the team celebrated its CFL-record 17th Grey Cup win. Veteran quarterback Ricky Ray ...
Nov 28, 2017
Trudeau apologizes for decades of LGBTQ discrimination by federal agencies
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Tuesday on behalf of the federal government for perpetrating decades of discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community. Dozens of people - incl...
Nov 28, 2017
Trump renewing his complaint about kneeling NFL players
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is renewing his complaints about NFL players who kneel during the national anthem. Players have been kneeling to protest racism and police brutality, particularly t...
Nov 28, 2017
Jay-Z leads Grammy noms with 8 as rap, R&B take centre stage
NEW YORK - Jay-Z is the leader of the 2018 Grammy Award nominations in a year where the top four categories are heavily dominated by rap and R&B artists, giving the often overlooked genres a stron...
Nov 28, 2017
Argonauts return home after stunning Calgary with late comeback to win Grey Cup
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts started the season with new management, a new coach, and low expectations after a last-place finish. They somehow managed to end the season as Grey Cup champions. The A...
Nov 27, 2017
Sen. Franken back to work amid sexual misconduct allegations
By Anne Flaherty, The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said he doesn't remember whether he touched women inappropriately while having his picture taken with them at campaign eve...
Nov 27, 2017
Terrorist travellers can be rehabilitated, leading expert insists
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - A leading researcher on terrorist travellers says returnees to Canada can be rehabilitated, since those who come back to their home countries are often di...
Nov 27, 2017 Iraqi security forces gather outside the Kurdish-held city of Altun Kupri on the outskirts of Irbil, Iraq, on Oct. 19, 2017. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Khalid Mohammed)
Torstar and Postmedia swap newspapers, close many of the titles
TORONTO - Torstar Corp. and Postmedia Network Inc. will close a number of community and daily newspapers including free dailies in Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Ottawa as part of a deal to swap tit...
Nov 27, 2017
Indonesia volcano forces mass evacuation, shuts Bali airport
KARANGASEM, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities ordered a mass evacuation of people Monday from an expanded danger zone around an erupting volcano on Bali that has forced the island's international air...
Nov 27, 2017
Twain's dramatic dog sled entrance fitting for Sunday's snowy Grey Cup
By Lori Ewing , The Canadian Press OTTAWA - It was a fitting entrance for Canada's country music queen on Sunday's snowy Grey Cup. Shania Twain entered a snow-covered TD Place Stadium on a dog sled fo...
Nov 26, 2017
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