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France to try former IAAF boss Diack and his son
PARIS - Lamine Diack, once one of the most influential men in Olympic sport, has been ordered to stand trial in France for his alleged role in a system of corruption, extortion and doping coverups dur...
Jun 26, 2019
High rollers: Eldorado buys Caesars in deal valued at $17B
A casino juggernaut was formed Monday when Eldorado Resorts announced it is buying Caesars in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $17.3 billion. The acquisition will put about 60 casino-resorts in 16 stat...
Jun 26, 2019
Eric Trump says he was spit on at Chicago cocktail lounge
CHICAGO - President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump says the U.S. Secret Service took an employee of a Chicago cocktail lounge into custody after she spit on him. Eric Trump told Breitbart News in a tel...
Jun 26, 2019
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques returns to Earth, sets Canadian space record
LONGUEUIL, Que. - David Saint-Jacques returned to Earth on Monday after more than six months aboard the International Space Station. The native of Saint-Lambert, Que., has set a record ...
Jun 26, 2019
In the news today, June 26
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, June 26 --- CHINA SEEKS SUSPENSION OF CANADIAN MEAT The Chinese Embassy said Tuesday it has asked Canada to suspend all meat exports,&n...
Jun 26, 2019
Pea-based pants may be next frontier as Lululemon looks at crops for clothes
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. wants customers to have more pea in their yoga pants. The athleisure retailer presented the idea at Protein Industries Canada's (PIC) pitch day Monday in a ta...
Jun 26, 2019
MMIW commissioners reconcile Canada Day with their genocide finding
WINNIPEG - When Michle Audette was growing up, Canada Day was not a celebration. It left her feeling bitter. The daughter of a Quebecois father and an Innu mother, Audette didn't see herself in the sc...
Jun 26, 2019
'Somewhere to go:' Sex trafficking victim calls for more safe houses
REGINA - For years, Beatrice Wallace blamed herself. Not only did she feel shame and guilt, but the 46-year-old Regina mother kept it hidden. Her "dirty little secret," as she calls it, was working th...
Jun 26, 2019
Trudeau leans on Trump to help Canadians detained in China at G20 summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving for a major international summit in Japan this morning, hoping to make progress, or at least find allies, in a multi-front dispute with China. The G20...
Jun 26, 2019
Seoul: US, N Korea in talks to set up 3rd Trump-Kim summit
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean and U.S. officials are holding "behind-the-scenes talks" to arrange a third summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the fa...
Jun 26, 2019