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AP source: McConnell says he can't yet block new witnesses
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. That's accordin...
Jan 28, 2020
Case of stolen identity leaves Sask. family out hundreds of thousands of dollars
A case of stolen identity has cost one Saskatchewan farming family hundreds of thousands of dollars.Andrew and Laurie Johnson run Johnson Livestock near Peebles, a community about 125 kilometres south...
Jan 28, 2020 The Johnson family. (submitted photo)
Funding for women's group under review after call for ban on man-woman relationships
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it will re-evaluate the $120,000 annual public funding it gives to the province's biggest women's federation after its president suggested that heterose...
Jan 28, 2020
Kobe helicopter tried to climb to avoid clouds before crash
CALABASAS, Calif. - The pilot of the helicopter that crashed near Los Angeles, killing former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and eight others, told air traffic controllers in his last radio message that he...
Jan 28, 2020
AP source: Jet evacuates Americans from China outbreak zone
SANTA ANA, Calif. - An airplane evacuating as many as 240 Americans from a Chinese city at the centre of a virus outbreak departed Wednesday before dawn, and is en route to the U.S., a U.S. State Depa...
Jan 28, 2020
Oilers' Zack Kassian says a win is best revenge against Flames' Matthew Tkachuk
Edmonton Oilers winger Zack Kassian, fresh off a two-game suspension for pummelling Calgary's Matthew Tkachuk, thinks winning will be the best revenge when the teams meet again Wednesday. Kassian feel...
Jan 28, 2020
Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth single again, divorce finalized
LOS ANGELES - Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are officially single. Court records show that a Los Angeles judge on Tuesday finalized the divorce that ended the brief marriage of the 27-year-old Americ...
Jan 28, 2020
Officials concerned rumours spreading after Canada's third case of coronavirus
VANCOUVER - A third case of a new coronavirus that's behind deaths in China has been confirmed in Canada by health officials in British Columbia, who say a man in his 40s ...
Jan 28, 2020
'No-brainer:' Collaros says coming back to Winnipeg an easy choice
WINNIPEG - It didn't take long for quarterback Zach Collaros to know he wanted to return to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. After helping the Bombers capture their first Grey Cup since 1990 with a 33-12 vi...
Jan 28, 2020
Sheriff: Man stirs the pot by lighting joint in court
LEBANON, Tenn. - The rapper Afroman famously sang about how getting high on marijuana prevented him from going to court. A Tennessee man decided to combine the two when he lit a marijuana cigarette in...
Jan 28, 2020