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Official quits amid charges he paid women to give up babies
PHOENIX - An elected official in metro Phoenix has resigned months after being charged with running a human smuggling operation that paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to give up their babi...
Jan 07, 2020

Cousins, Vikings upend Saints 26-20 in OT in NFC playoffs
NEW ORLEANS - After tight end Kyle Rudolph emerged from a purple swarm of celebrating Vikings near the corner of the end zone, he took an opportunity to mock those who doubted quarterback Kirk Cousins...
Jan 07, 2020

Thomas, Hayton lead Canada over Russia in gold-medal game at world juniors
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Akil Thomas was in the crowd two years ago when little-used Tyler Steenbergen scored the winning goal for Canada at the world juniors. Having just turned 18,&n...
Jan 07, 2020

Ambrosie sees CFL's first international regular-season game being played in 2021
COLLINGWOOD, Ont. - Commissioner Randy Ambrosie can see the CFL going global in 2021. Ambrosie said Tuesday during the league's winter meetings he anticipates the CFL playing its first inter...
Jan 07, 2020

Police, Secret Service mum after new incident at Mar-a-Lago
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - There was an unspecified incident involving the Secret Service at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, but authorities would not say Tuesday what happened - the...
Jan 07, 2020

Iranian-Canadian man on day trip to U.S. day says he faced discrimination
VANCOUVER - Sam Sadr's first trip to the United States from his home in North Vancouver was supposed to be a relaxing getaway but he says his birth in Iran made him a target at the border, where ...
Jan 07, 2020

Iranian-Canadian man on day trip to U.S. day says he faced discrimination
VANCOUVER - Sam Sadr's first trip to the United States from his home in North Vancouver was supposed to be a relaxing getaway but he says his birth in Iran made him a target at the border, where ...
Jan 07, 2020

Company says work delay possible as it seeks meeting over B.C. pipeline dispute
SMITHERS, B.C. - A company building a natural gas pipeline though northwestern British Columbia says it could delay work in an area at the centre of a dispute with a First Nation,&...
Jan 07, 2020

Experts say climate change is driving up the risk of wildfires in Canada
OTTAWA - Canadian wildfire experts say Canada is very vulnerable to the kind of devastating wildfires ravaging Australia right now. More than 12.5 million hectares of bushland...
Jan 07, 2020

Quebec emerging as potential hub for Conservative leadership hopefuls
OTTAWA - The Conservative leadership race is heating up as contenders continue to jockey into position ahead of the release of the rules for the contest. And despite - or perhaps because of - the part...
Jan 07, 2020