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Parents charged in admissions scheme roll through US courts
LOS ANGELES - Colleges and companies moved swiftly to distance themselves from employees swept up in a nationwide college admissions scheme, many of them coaches accused of taking bribes and others pr...
Mar 14, 2019
Liberals must let Wilson-Raybould come back to committee, opposition says
OTTAWA - Opposition MPs plan to demand Wednesday that former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould be allowed to return to the justice committee with no limitations on what she can say about...
Mar 14, 2019
Coaches and parents in college scheme find jobs in danger
LOS ANGELES - Colleges and companies moved swiftly to distance themselves from employees swept up in a nationwide college admissions scheme, many of them coaches accused of taking bribes and others pr...
Mar 14, 2019
'It's a long war': Mustangs begin push for Canalta Cup against Klippers
The road to the Canalta Cup begins on Friday, March 15 for the Melfort Mustangs.The quarter-finals begin in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) as the Mustangs take on the Kindersley Klippers...
Mar 14, 2019 (Facebook/Broad Leaf Media)
Canadians Andreescu, Shapovalov notch upsets at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canada's contingent of tennis teenagers is continuing to make waves in the California desert. Wild card Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., continued her dream run ...
Mar 14, 2019
US-Russian crew blasts off to International Space Station
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Russian-American crew of three has blasted off to the International Space Station, making a second attempt to reach the outpost after October's aborted launch. A Russian Soyuz...
Mar 14, 2019
Criminal law at heart of SNC-Lavalin case rarely gets to a Canadian courtroom
OTTAWA - The criminal law at the heart of the SNC-Lavalin saga dogging the federal Liberals has led to charges in just seven cases in 20 years, leading some to call for a review of the legislatio...
Mar 14, 2019
Conversations beginning with Indigenous men and boys on cycle of abuse: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the long-term effects of abuse suffered by people who attended Indian Day Schools is increasingly coming out in the open. On...
Mar 14, 2019
Bianca Andreescu's success in Indian Wells 'just the beginning,' coach says
MONTREAL - It is said that a step back can sometimes help you move forward, and that was the approach Bianca Andreescu took last fall after months of physical and other setbacks. The 2019 season ...
Mar 14, 2019
His hearing restored, New Zealand prop relishing new challenge in Canada
Hard-running prop Morgan Mitchell has been a force on the field for the expansion Toronto Arrows this season. The New Zealander's rise in rugby is all the more remarkable given he was deaf up unt...
Mar 14, 2019