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Leafs fan, 11, gets massive Twitter response to disappointing birthday
CORNER BROOK, N.L. - Some high-profile athletes are rallying around a young Toronto Maple Leafs fan after the boy's dad tweeted that the 11-year-old had a disappointing birthday. Leafs forwards M...
Nov 06, 2019
Court to hear case on whether asylum agreement with U.S. violates charter
Dozens of protesters gathered outside a federal court on Monday called for Canada's asylum agreement with the United States to be suspended, arguing the U.S. is not a safe country for r...
Nov 06, 2019
Black man beaten by men, including off-duty Toronto cop, to testify at trial
OSHAWA, Ont. - A young black man who prosecutors allege was beaten by an off-duty Toronto police officer and the officer's brother nearly three years ago is expected to testify today at the two men's ...
Nov 06, 2019
House Democrat Richard Neal talks new NAFTA with Liberals in Ottawa today
OTTAWA - An influential American lawmaker is in Ottawa today for meetings with the Trudeau Liberals on the push to ratify the new North American free trade deal. Richard Neal, chairman ...
Nov 06, 2019
Liberal Tucson, Arizona rejects plan to be sanctuary city
TUCSON, Ariz. - After Arizona passed a law that required local police to check the immigration status of people suspected to be in the country illegally, the state's second-largest city wanted to send...
Nov 06, 2019
Police: Attack kills 15 at southern Thailand security post
HATYAI, Thailand - Gunmen fired at security personnel at checkpoints in Thailand's insurgency-wracked south, killing 15 volunteer officers and wounding five others, police said Wednesday. Some of the ...
Nov 06, 2019
Matthew Tkachuk scores OT winner for Flames in 4-3 victory over Coyotes
CALGARY - Matthew Tkachuk scored the overtime winner for the Calgary Flames in a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday. Trailing 3-1 late in the third period, Calgary's Tkachu...
Nov 05, 2019
Jaden Schwartz finishes off 3-on-0 to lift Blues over Canucks in OT
VANCOUVER - Jaden Schwartz scored at 3:28 of overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. The winner came on a 3-on-0 after Vancouver's Tyler Myers fired a...
Nov 05, 2019
Ex-NFL player Winslow Jr takes plea deal before rape retrial
VISTA, Calif. - Former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. pleaded guilty Monday to raping an unconscious teen in 2003 and to sexual battery involving a 54-year-old hitchhiker in a deal that spared him the ...
Nov 05, 2019
Mackenzie Blackwood leads Devils to 2-1 shootout win over Jets
WINNIPEG - Nikita Gusev and Jesper Boqvist scored in the shootout to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday. Nico Hischier scored in regulation for the Devils (4...
Nov 05, 2019