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Woman set to replace Puerto Rico governor rejects job
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The woman who is supposed to replace Puerto Rico's embattled governor amid a political crisis says she doesn't want the job. Justice Secretary Wanda Vzquez said Sunday in a Twi...
Jul 28, 2019
Switching sides: Jays trade Sogard across diamond to Rays
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays traded veteran utilityman Eric Sogard across the diamond Sunday, sending him to the visiting Tampa Bay Rays. Toronto is expected to receive a minor leaguer for the 33-y...
Jul 28, 2019
Deadline coming: Scientists tell environment minister to speed up conservation
Some of North America's top conservation scientists have written to the federal government urging it to speed up land protection in Canada. The 32 scientists from 23 universities and other o...
Jul 28, 2019
Scientists in Gulf of St. Lawrence see four of seven right whale calves born this year
HALIFAX - A recent scientific trip in the Gulf of St. Lawrence made multiple sightings of endangered North Atlantic right whales, including four of the seven calves born last winter. Amy Knowlton, a l...
Jul 28, 2019
Brown adds another Canadian title in 200, Debues-Stafford wins women's 1,500
MONTREAL - Aaron Brown won the 200 metres for his second victory at the Canadian track and field championships. The 27-year-old from Toronto crossed in 20.03 seconds, two days after he ...
Jul 28, 2019
Liberals complain to elections commissioner about groups' co-ordination
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are asking the elections commissioner to look into what they allege is possible improper co-ordination between two conservative pressure groups, a claim the groups' spoke...
Jul 28, 2019
Canada wins women's 4x100-metre relay bronze to end best-ever world championships
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - Canada won the bronze medal and set a national record in the women's 4x100-metre medley relay on Sunday to put an exclamation point on the country's most successful FINA ...
Jul 28, 2019
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - There was no winning ticket for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for...
Jul 28, 2019
Via's case for major rail project better without Montreal-Quebec leg: internal doc
OTTAWA - Via Rail's business case for a multibillion-dollar high-frequency-rail project between Toronto and Quebec City would receive a boost if it ditched the stretch fr...
Jul 28, 2019
Police going door to door in northern Manitoba hunt for B.C. homicide suspects
GILLAM, Man. - More personnel and equipment are being poured into the gruelling hunt for two B.C. homicide suspects in the bug infested and bog strewn landscape surrounding the tiny nor...
Jul 28, 2019