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Youngest ever Liverpool team taken to school in League Cup
BIRMINGHAM, England - The youngest ever Liverpool team to play a competitive game was taken to school in the English League Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday. With its best players in Qatar for the Club Wo...
Dec 17, 2019
Nothing wrong with using voters list to mail Jagmeet Singh's Christmas cards
OTTAWA - Canada's election watchdog says the NDP did nothing wrong when it used the national voters list to send Christmas cards from Jagmeet Singh. Still, a spokesman for the NDP leader is apolo...
Dec 17, 2019
Canada's show jumping team dropped from Tokyo 2020 for anti-doping violation
Canada's show jumping team has been dropped from next summer's Tokyo Olympics because of an anti-doping violation at the Pan American Games. Nicole Walker of Aurora, Ont., is appealing her disqua...
Dec 17, 2019
RCMP secrets case 'dragging on,' disappointed defence lawyer says
OTTAWA - The lawyer for an RCMP intelligence official accused of violating secrecy laws expressed concern in court today about the pace of the legal proceedings. Lawyer Ian Carter, who represents the ...
Dec 17, 2019
Canada argues in court: National measures needed to address climate crisis
EDMONTON - Lawyers for the federal government are defending Canada's carbon tax by saying the climate crisis requires national measures. The law that brought in the federal levy is being cha...
Dec 17, 2019
Babe Ruth's 500th homer bat sells for more than $1 million
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. - Babe Ruth has hit another one out of the ballpark. The bat used by the legendary baseball player to hit his 500th home run was auctioned on Saturday for more than $1 million. S...
Dec 17, 2019
Babe Ruth's 500th homer bat sells for more than $1 million
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. - Babe Ruth has hit another one out of the ballpark. The bat used by the legendary baseball player to hit his 500th home run was auctioned on Saturday for more than $1 million. S...
Dec 17, 2019
The Grim Reaper: Former tough guy details unconventional path in new book
The worst beating of Stu Grimson's career turned into a moment of clarity for one of hockey's premier tough guys. Playing in just his fourth NHL game, Grimson and the Calgary Flames wer...
Dec 17, 2019
No bond for ex-Mexico security official charged with bribery
DALLAS - A judge on Tuesday ordered Mexico's former top security official to remain held without bond in a Texas jail as he awaits trial for allegedly accepting a fortune in drug-money bribes for lett...
Dec 17, 2019
Canada looking at military engineers, on-the-ground training for peacekeeping
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says Canada is exploring the possible deployment of military engineers as the Liberal government considers ways to step up its support to United Nations peaceke...
Dec 17, 2019