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Source: Lille to unveil Canada's Jonathan David as its newest signing
Canadian forward Jonathan David will be unveiled today as the newest member of France's Lille. A source, not authorized to speak because the signing has not yet been announced, confirmed the deal and ...
Aug 11, 2020
Sharon Stone writes memoir that doesn't 'pull any punches'
NEW YORK - Sharon Stone has taken on a new, real-life role - memoir writer. "I have learned to forgive the unforgivable," says Stone, whose "The Beauty of Living Twice" comes out in March. "My hope is...
Aug 11, 2020
Former N.S. teacher sentenced to 15 years for decades-old child sex assaults
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has sentenced a former teacher and hockey coach to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing boys in incidents dating back several decades. In passing the sen...
Aug 11, 2020
Quebec rights body says failures in child protection system preceded girl's death
MONTREAL - An investigation by Quebec's human rights commission into the death of a seven-year-old girl in Granby, Que., has identified failures at all stages of the clinical and legal ...
Aug 11, 2020
Global coronavirus cases top 20M as Russia approves vaccine
ROME - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide topped 20 million, more than half of them from the United States, India and Brazil, as Russia on Tuesday became the first country to approve ...
Aug 11, 2020
Asia Today: New Zealand reports 1st local cases in 102 days
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday that authorities have found four cases of the coronavirus in one Auckland household from an unknown source, the first r...
Aug 11, 2020
US producer prices up 0.6% in July, biggest jump since 2018
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices shot up an unexpected 0.6% in July, biggest gain since October 2018, with energy prices moving sharply higher. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the jump last m...
Aug 11, 2020
Woman who punched Nanaimo mountie in face poised to escape criminal record
NANAIMO - A woman pleaded guilty to punching a Nanaimo RCMP officer after police took issue with people drinking in public in the city's downtown.On Monday, Aug 10 Lauren Marie Brindisi, 20, was convi...
Aug 11, 2020
Charges likely in fatal attack at central Alberta medical clinic: RCMP
RED DEER, Alta. - Mounties say they anticipate charges will be laid after a man was killed in a violent attack at a medical clinic in central Alberta yesterday. A witness told media outlets that it wa...
Aug 11, 2020
Coronavirus breaks out again in New Zealand after 102 days
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday that authorities have found four cases of the coronavirus in one Auckland household from an unknown source, the first r...
Aug 11, 2020