3 d. ago NHL player expected to continue testimony at sex assault trial of ex

NHL player expected to continue testimony at sex assault trial of ex-world junior teammates in London, Ont.  CBC

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4 d. ago NHL players are all about pregame routine, whether it's naps, walking the dog or eating same meal

Before games, Dallas forward Matt Duchene has an identical routine

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8 d. ago Who’s a clever boy: the average dog has a mental age of about two. But what are they really thinking?

They can learn hundreds of words, count to five and read humans like a book, so why do we struggle to understand them? Scientists reveal the truth about our pets – and whether they ever feel guilty for eating our slippersThe thing that made me think my dog may be a genius was the word monkey. We’d developed a game where I’d hide her monkey toy – a sad, lifeless being, long lobotomised by my golden retriever puppy – and, when I asked her to find it, I realised she could differentiate the word monkey from other objects. A woman in the park had a similar story. On holiday in an unfamiliar cottage, she had misplaced the car keys. After hunting for them for over an hour, her dog, a border collie, overheard her and her husband talking about it, recognised the word “keys” and immediately went and found them.So maybe my dog, Rhubarb, isn’t a genius after all. Dogs, says Vanessa Woods, director of the Puppy Kindergarten project at Duke University in North Carolina, US, and writer of sev...

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9 d. ago Scott McTominay gets Real Madrid transfer pitch as Napoli insider insists Scot would walk into Man City's team

McTominay has been a revelation in Serie A and could yet finish his debut season with a Scudetto winner's medal

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2 w. ago What happens if a dog eats an Easter egg? Signs your dog has eaten chocolate and what to do according to a vet

Chocolate can be potentially life-threatening for our pets 🐶

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2 w. ago What happens if a dog eats chocolate? Chocolate poisoning symptoms, treatment and is white chocolate safe?

Dogs and chocolate don’t mix - here’s why and what you should do if the worst happens.

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2 w. ago North Koreans filmed stroking a dog beside large cooking pot in Russia spark fears Kim Jong Un's countrymen are eating local pets

The footage, filmed at a construction site in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, was released by a local official in an effort to squash growing panic online.

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2 w. ago Judge rejects defense that Gaudreau brothers contributed to own deaths

Judge refuses to throw out indictment in Gaudreau caseDefense had hoped to have charges reduced or dismissedNHL player, brother were killed when hit by car in AugustThe family of NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew listened in pain Tuesday as lawyers debated whether the men’s own drinking contributed to their deaths when they were hit by an allegedly drunken and enraged driver as they cycled at night.After nearly two hours of argument, a judge agreed the issue was moot under New Jersey criminal law – upholding all of the charges against the driver, including manslaughter and vehicular homicide. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Scott McTominay names ultimate Napoli desire that trumps everything else as he looks to walk in 2 icons' footsteps

The Scotland star - who swapped Manchester for Naples in the summer - has gone from strength to strength in Italy

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2 w. ago Prosecutor says whether the Gaudreaus drank before they were killed while cycling isn't relevant

Lawyers for the driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, are expected to argue in court Tuesday that the brothers contributed to the fatal crash by cycling while intoxicated

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3 w. ago Key 'red flag symptoms' that show your dog has eaten chocolate

Things to look out for include a temperature change and rapid breathing

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