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Canada women win opening match but men beaten by Samoa at Dubai 7s
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Bianca Farella scored two early tries and Canada staved off a Russian rally in the second half to win its opening match 24-19 at the Dubai Sevens on Thursday. The Canadia...
Dec 05, 2019
Mic'd up four-year-old hockey player near top of YouTube's 2019 most viewed list
Celine Dion? Kim Kardashian-West? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau? They've got nothing on a four-year-old named Mason. Jeremy Rupke runs a YouTube channel called Coach Jeremy that features videos on hoc...
Dec 05, 2019
Random House to publish Trump impeachment report
NEW YORK - A leading publisher will release a book edition next week of the House Intelligence Committee's findings on President Donald Trump. Random House told The Associated Press on Wednesday that ...
Dec 05, 2019
Supreme Court won't hear appeal from former Nazi death squad member
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of an elderly man whose Canadian citizenship was revoked for lying about his membership in a Second World War Nazi death squad. Helmu...
Dec 05, 2019
Gabrielle Union, NBC meet over 'America's Got Talent' firing
LOS ANGELES - Gabrielle Union and NBC both said Wednesday that they have had a "productive" first conversation on her firing from "America's Got Talent" and her allegations that she was removed over h...
Dec 05, 2019
New Orleans is home to mystical academy in new Marvel comic
NEW ORLEANS - The city known for 19th century Voodoo queen Marie Laveau and for the tarot card readers who tell fortunes in its historic French Quarter is about to play host to a different kind of sor...
Dec 05, 2019
November sweeps victory makes NBC the king of network TV
NEW YORK - NBC's victory during the November ratings sweeps period means there's a new king of broadcast television - at least for now. The network ended CBS' 18-year winning streak in November, a per...
Dec 05, 2019
Vaping backlash: Nova Scotia first to ban flavoured e-cigarettes an juices
Nova Scotia has joined a growing list of provinces clamping down on vaping. Health Minister Randy Delorey announced today the province will be the first to ban sales of flavou...
Dec 05, 2019
US trade gap narrows 7.6% to $47.2 billion in October
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in October as imports fell faster than exports. The politically sensitive trade gap with China dropped. The Commerce Department said Thursday that the gap ...
Dec 05, 2019
Booksellers get holiday bonuses from James Patterson
NEW YORK - Bookstore employees from Mystic, Connecticut to Houston and San Francisco all have a happy holiday story to share: a $500 bonus from bestselling author James Patterson. Patterson announced ...
Dec 05, 2019