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Ontario to allow all frontline police officers to carry stun guns 27 Aug 2013 | 04:35 pm
TORONTO — The provincial government is going to allow all frontline police officers to carry stun guns following the fatal shooting of a Toronto teenager last month. Currently, only supervising and s...
Viking on the Mississippi in 2015? 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
When I first broke the story here at portsandbows.com that Viking River Cruises had an active committee working on the possibility of a river ship on North American waters, I had the impression it mig...
Cancer victim’s Iron Man journey inspires crowd 27 Aug 2013 | 06:20 am
VANCOUVER — As the midnight cutoff neared, the crowd remained. It was still several rows deep at the home stretch. And when Sindy Hooper crossed the finish line at 11:24 p.m., under the glow of spotl...
Dino lives a ‘dream come true’ with Team Canada 27 Aug 2013 | 05:58 am
CALGARY — Think about this scenario. You are a 21-year-old hockey player, minding your own business on a Sunday evening when your phone rings. On the other end, it’s your university hockey coach tell...
Elite team indulges in some ‘Pure Canadiana’ in Calgary 27 Aug 2013 | 05:40 am
CALGARY — Pure Canadiana, it was: $1.5 billion worth of elite professional hockey players wearing gloves and running shoes, carrying sticks, hitting a little orange ball around on an international-siz...
It’s time to deliver Canadians from Canada Post’s failing monopoly 27 Aug 2013 | 05:38 am
Sometime next month, it is reported, the Royal Mail will officially be put up for sale, after nearly five centuries in state hands. The public offering is expected to raise more than $3 billion, makin...
Robocalls court filings shed new light on case 27 Aug 2013 | 05:37 am
OTTAWA — An Elections Canada investigator alleges he had reason to believe that Michael Sona admitted he was involved in misleading robocalls in the 2011 federal election and also alleges that the for...
Canadians Bouchard, Dancevic win opening matches at US Open 27 Aug 2013 | 05:36 am
NEW YORK — Canadians Eugenie Bouchard and Frank Dancevic won opening matches within seconds of each other to advances into the second round of the US Open on Monday. Bouchard, of Montreal, Que., mana...
Riders ressurect memory of dreaded ’81 season 27 Aug 2013 | 05:10 am
REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders are starting to remind people of a team that failed to make the playoffs. The year was 1981. Following back-to-back 2-14 seasons, the Roughriders posted a 9-7 re...
Venus Williams upsets Kirsten Flipkens at US Open 27 Aug 2013 | 04:14 am
NEW YORK — Venus Williams had been 14-0 in the first round of the U.S. Open, though she never had to face an opponent ranked in the top 30 at that stage. Williams was usually the seeded player, but a...
