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Alouettes, Redblacks tie 20-20 to cap CFL pre-season play
Montreal Alouettes quarterbacks Antonio Pipkin and Vernon Adams Jr., each threw a touchdown, while Ottawa Redblacks pivots Will Arndt and Danny Collins threw for over 100 yards and an interc...
Jun 06, 2019
Cole Watson's touchdown catch earns Argos exhibition win over Ticats
HAMILTON - Dakota Prukop's 43-yard touchdown pass to Cole Watson in the fourth quarter led the Toronto Argonauts to a 30-23 exhibition win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Thursday night. Watson's ...
Jun 06, 2019
Enbridge seeks court ruling on Great Lakes oil pipeline deal
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Enbridge Inc. said Thursday it will go to court after failing to strike a deal with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on building an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the channel that co...
Jun 06, 2019
'Dr. John,' funky New Orleans 'night-tripper' musician, dies
NEW ORLEANS - Dr. John, the New Orleans musician who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, died Thursday, his family said. He was 77. In ...
Jun 06, 2019
Education of Nunavut high school students, adult learners found wanting: auditor
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is failing to prepare its high school and mature students for further education or for the working world, says a highly critical report from the federal auditor general...
Jun 06, 2019
Plant-based burger maker Beyond Meat beats forecasts in 1Q
Beyond Meat's shares soared after the plant-based meat company beat Wall Street's expectations in its first earnings report since its IPO in May. The El Segundo, California-based company lost $6.6 mil...
Jun 06, 2019
US and Mexico: More talks, no deal yet to avert tariffs
WASHINGTON - U.S. and Mexican officials laboured for a second day Thursday to avert import tariffs that President Donald Trump is threatening to impose as he tries to strong-arm Mexico into stemming t...
Jun 06, 2019
Extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou set for early next year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she ...
Jun 06, 2019
Extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou set for early next year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she ...
Jun 06, 2019
Canadian veterans prepare to return to Juno Beach for 75th anniversary of D-Day
OTTAWA - Albert Roy was a fresh-faced 20-year-old from St. Jean Baptiste, Man., when Canadian, American and British troops stormed ashore on D-Day to begin the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi c...
Jun 06, 2019