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Binnington, Bergeron, Strome earn NHL stars of the week honours
NEW YORK - St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington, Boston Bruins centre Patrice Bergeron and Chicago Blackhawks centre Dylan Strome have been named the N-H-L three stars of the week. ...
Feb 11, 2019
Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-sign veteran linebacker Lawrence to two-year deal
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed veteran linebacker Simoni Lawrence to a two-year contract Monday. Lawrence, 30, was scheduled to become a free agent Tuesday. Lawrence had 68 tackles,...
Feb 11, 2019
Edmonton Eskimos president Len Rhodes not seeking another term with CFL club
EDMONTON - Len Rhodes won't be seeing another term as the Edmonton Eskimos president and chief executive officer. Board chairman Brad Sparrow made the announcement Monday. Rhodes will leave the CFL cl...
Feb 11, 2019
As blackface, assault scandals rage, Virginia's governor, lieutenant stand firm
WASHINGTON - Two senior politicians at the centre of racial and sexual assault scandals roiling the Virginia state legislature say they're not going anywhere. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, who a...
Feb 11, 2019
Top Liberals to face renewed grilling on SNC-Lavalin as questions linger
OTTAWA - The federal attorney general is set to face a fresh round of questions about the simmering political controversy over engineering firm SNC-Lavalin. David Lametti, who assumed the cabinet...
Feb 11, 2019
Christian Bale says he felt like 'bullfrog' in Cheney role
BERLIN - Christian Bale says transforming himself into former Vice-President Dick Cheney made him feel "like a bullfrog." Bale has been nominated for a best actor Oscar for his part in "Vice," which a...
Feb 11, 2019
UK's May seeks compromise with Labour in EU divorce deal
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May sought a compromise Monday with opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn in hopes of securing his backing for a divorce deal with the European Union. The political m...
Feb 11, 2019
Canada's Olympic hockey team of non-NHLers reflect on experience a year later
Sean Burke still can't bring himself to watch the game. Once was enough. The general manager of Canada's men's hockey team at the Pyeongchang Olympics has no interest in reliving&n...
Feb 11, 2019
Cavs sign well-travelled Stauskas for rest of season
CLEVELAND - The Cavaliers have signed well-travelled guard Nik Stauskas, who was traded three times and released last week, for the rest of the season. The native of Mississauga, Ont., was briefly wit...
Feb 11, 2019
'They do not act:' Another lawsuit seeks to force federal species protection
The federal government is facing more legal problems over an alleged and ongoing failure to enforce its own environmental laws. "This is a chronic problem with both Environment Canada and (Fisheries a...
Feb 11, 2019