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International shipping industry under the microscope as whale death toll grows
HALIFAX - The shipping industry is under increased scrutiny after two cargo ships were fined for sailing too fast through the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where the rising death toll amon...
Jul 29, 2019
Shooting at California garlic festival kills 3, injures 12
GILROY, Calif. - Three people were killed and 12 others injured Sunday after a shooting that sent panicked people running at an annual food festival in Northern California, according to a city officia...
Jul 28, 2019
Official: Attack at Afghan VP candidate's office kill 20
KABUL - An Afghan official says at least 20 people were killed during a complex attack Sunday against the office of the president's running mate. Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said Monday ...
Jul 28, 2019
8 dead, 60 hurt as quakes shake northern Philippine isles
MANILA, Philippines - Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday, killing at least eight people, inj...
Jul 28, 2019
Masoli, Evans scored TDs as Ticats hand Bombers first loss of CFL season
HAMILTON - Dane Evans helped the Hamilton Tiger-Cats knock the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from the ranks of the unbeaten, but at a potentially huge cost. Evans and Jeremiah Masoli ...
Jul 28, 2019
Women's K4 500-metre team wins Canada's first gold of Lima Pan American Games
LIMA, Peru - Canada's women's K4 500-metre canoeing team brought home the country's first gold medal of the Pan American Games on Sunday. The team of Alanna Braylougheed, Alexa Kaien Irvin, Andre...
Jul 28, 2019
Brown beats De Grasse in a close 100 metre race to win Canadian 100 title
MONTREAL - Aaron Brown wanted to beat Andre De Grasse at his best. And in a thrilling 100-metre final, that took officials peering at a photo finish a full five minutes to decide, he did. Brown&n...
Jul 28, 2019
Four bodies found in Markham, Ont., home; one man in custody
MARKHAM, Ont. - Police say one person is in custody after four bodies were found in a home north of Toronto on Sunday afternoon. York regional police did not say what charges the 20-year-old man ...
Jul 28, 2019
No floppy-haired leading man for TV's 'Four Weddings' take
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Hulu's "Four Weddings and a Funeral" pays homage to the 1994 film, but don't expect a Hugh Grant copycat in the limited series. Creator Mindy Kaling says she deliberately avoid...
Jul 28, 2019
Montana searchers find body of missing Oregon child
MEDFORD, Ore. - The body of a missing Oregon boy whose parents died in an apparent murder-suicide is believed to have been found in a remote area of Montana, police said. Police in Medford, Oregon, sa...
Jul 28, 2019