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Nick Nurse continues push for Americans living abroad to vote in U.S. election
TORONTO - Website traffic for voter registration by Americans living abroad is triple what it was for the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse. Nurse and...
Oct 19, 2020
Trump says Sudan to be removed from terrorism list
CAIRO - President Donald Trump on Monday said Sudan will be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism if it follows through on its pledge to pay $335 million to American terror victims...
Oct 19, 2020
Judge puts Wisconsin capacity limit order back into effect
MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin judge on Monday reimposed an order from Gov. Tony Evers' administration limiting the number of people who can gather in bars, restaurants and other indoor venues to 25% of ...
Oct 19, 2020
Nova Scotia restaurants boycott lobster in support of Mi'kmaq self-regulated fishery
HALIFAX - Restaurants in Nova Scotia are cutting lobster from their menu in support of Mi'kmaq fishers, who have been targeted with violence in a dispute with commercial harvesters. Matt Boyle, co-own...
Oct 19, 2020
Challenges wanted. Former NHLer, broadcaster, Nick Kypreos likes the climb
TORONTO - Asked for his take on the Maple Leafs' recent free-agent shopping spree, Nick Kypreos pauses. "If I knew they were signing 40-year-olds, I certainly would have tried a comeback a few years a...
Oct 19, 2020
Non-essential travel restrictions at Canada-U.S. border extended to at least Nov. 21
WASHINGTON, Wash. - Restrictions on non-essential travel between Canada and the United States are being extended until at least Nov. 21. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair confirmed the news toda...
Oct 19, 2020
Vancouver Canucks sign forwards Gaudette, Hawryluk to one-year contracts
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed forwards Adam Gaudette and Jayce Hawryluk to one-year contracts. Gaudette signed a one-way contract worth US$950,000. The 24-year-old had 33 points (12 go...
Oct 19, 2020
Companies have modest hiring plans, low wage growth expectations, Bank of Canada says
OTTAWA - Canadian workers and companies expect wage growth to stay low over the coming year over heightened uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bank of Canada says in two new reports. The cent...
Oct 19, 2020
6 Russian military officers charged in vast hacking campaign
WASHINGTON - Six Russian military officers sought to disrupt through computer hacking the French election, the Winter Olympics and U.S. businesses, according to a Justice Department indictment unseale...
Oct 19, 2020
Regional airlines reject prospect of government stake in carriers
OTTAWA - Regional airlines are demanding immediate action from Ottawa to prop up the beleaguered sector, but reject the idea of a federal stake in carriers. John McKenna, president of the Air Transpor...
Oct 19, 2020