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FBI vetting Guard troops in DC amid fears of insider attack
WASHINGTON - U.S. defence officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, prompting the FBI t...
Jan 17, 2021
Kevin Na wins the Sony Open, Taylor finishes in three-way tie for 11th place
HONOLULU - Three shots behind with six holes to play, Kevin Na birdied three straight holes and finished with an up-and-down birdie from behind the 18th green for a 5-under 65 and a one-shot victory i...
Jan 17, 2021
Documents show Biden plans Day 1 order nixing Keystone XL
WASHINGTON - One of Joe Biden's first actions once he becomes U.S. president Wednesday will be to slam the door yet again on Canada's politically fraught Keystone XL pipeline expansion, transition doc...
Jan 17, 2021
After losing Mahomes, Chiefs and Henne hold off Browns 22-17
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Chiefs had lost Patrick Mahomes to a concussion and were in danger of losing the game. Then their defence and Chad Henne - their defence and Chad Henne?! - kept thei...
Jan 17, 2021
Steve Molnar, former Roughriders fullback, dies at age 73
Saturday was a sad one for Roughrider fans as iconic fullback Steve Molnar died at age 73.Molnar, originally from Saskatoon, played for the team from 1969 to 1978. He backed up the legendary George Re...
Jan 17, 2021
Small numbers of protesters gather at fortified US capitols
Small groups of right-wing protesters - some of them carrying rifles - gathered outside heavily fortified statehouses around the country Sunday as National Guard troops and police kept watch to preven...
Jan 17, 2021
Small numbers of protesters gather at fortified US capitols
Small groups of right-wing protesters - some of them carrying rifles - gathered outside heavily fortified statehouses around the country Sunday as National Guard troops and police kept watch to preven...
Jan 17, 2021
New video marks Canada's contributions to first Gulf War on 30th anniversary
OTTAWA - Canada's contribution to the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation is being commemorated in a new video released on the 30th anniversary of the start of what is now known as the first Gu...
Jan 17, 2021
COVID-19 hospitalizations drop in Quebec and Ontario; cases spike in New Brunswick
MONTREAL - A decline in the number hospitalizations in Ontario and Quebec on Sunday provided some small glimmers of a hope in a day marked by a rising COVID-19 death toll and record-breaking cases in ...
Jan 17, 2021
Victoria firefighters use homeowners' jackhammer to rescue cat trapped in tiny pipe
VICTORIA - A Victoria firefighter says using a jackhammer and other home repair tools to save a cat stuck in a tiny basement drainpipe ranks as the strangest rescue call he's been on in his 20-year ca...
Jan 17, 2021