Toronto mayor says he won’t resign
By ROB GILLIES Toronto Mayor Rob Ford tells to the media to get off his property as he leaves his home in Toronto on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. A judge…
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Ex-CFL star Ulysses ‘Crazy Legs’ Curtis dies at 87
TORONTO (AP) — Ulysses “Crazy Legs” Curtis, a two-time Grey Cup champion and the first black player for the Toronto Argonauts running back, has died. He was 87. The team…
WEST COAST STATES AND BC TO LINK CLIMATE POLICIES
By JASON DEAREN From left, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and California Gov. Jerry Brown listen to a speaker before signing an agreement to collectively combat climate…
EU, CANADA REACH LANDMARK FREE TRADE DEAL
By JUERGEN BAETZ European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, shakes hands with Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper to conclude a signing ceremony at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels,…
CANADA’S ALICE MUNRO WINS NOBEL LITERATURE PRIZE
By HILLEL ITALIE and MALIN RISING FILE – This June 25, 2009 file photo shows Canadian Author Alice Munro at a press conference at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Munro has…
QUEBEC SEEKS CURB ON RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS
By BENJAMIN SHINGLER Demonstrators take part in a protest against Quebec’s proposed “charter of values” in Montreal on Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. The plan by the ruling party, the separatist…
PILLS MADE FROM POOP CURE SERIOUS GUT INFECTIONS
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Dr. Thomas Louie, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Calgary, holds a container of stool pills in triple-coated gel capsules in his lab in Calgary,…
MAN USING CLUSTER BALLOONS LANDS IN NEWFOUNDLAND
In this photo provided by Mark McBreairty, a balloon cluster carrying Jonathan Trappe lifts off from Caribou, Maine, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. Unlike a conventional hot-air balloon, Trappe lifted off…