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Calgary Stampeders bounce back with 26-16 win over Toronto Argonauts
CALGARY - Juwan Brescacin hauled in a pair of touchdown passes from quarterback Nick Arbuckle to lead the Calgary Stampeders to a 26-16 win over the Toronto Argonauts at McMahon Stadium on Thursday. T...
Jul 18, 2019
Uncompetitive nomination races weaken parties, democracy, study says
OTTAWA - The opaque path federal parties take to select candidates for elections was detailed in a report Wednesday that warned of profound consequences for Canadian democracy ...
Jul 18, 2019
Hernández, Gurriel lead Blue Jays to 10-4 win over Red Sox
BOSTON - Toronto pitcher Jacob Waguespack spent the day before his first major league start as a tourist in Fenway Park, signing his name inside the Green Monster and FaceTiming his high school coache...
Jul 18, 2019
Mitch Marner mum on contract talks with Maple Leafs at his charity event
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Mitch Marner's summer has already included wakesurfing tricks and throwing a big-time charity event. What's yet to materialize for the restricted free agent winger is a new c...
Jul 18, 2019
Trump to nominate Eugene Scalia for labour secretary
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will nominate lawyer Eugene Scalia, the son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to be his new labour secretary. Trump tweet...
Jul 18, 2019
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99
WASHINGTON - John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court's leading liberal, died Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Flori...
Jul 18, 2019
B.C. posts $1.5B surplus as tax revenue increases and real estate market cools
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government ended its fiscal year with an operating surplus of $1.5 billion as the province collected more revenue from taxation and less money from a softening rea...
Jul 18, 2019
Work on rock slide continues in B.C.'s Fraser River says federal government
CLINTON, B.C. - The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans says work to clear a massive rock slide in British Columbia's Fraser River continues. A joint update from the B.C. governm...
Jul 18, 2019
NBA star James Harden buys interest in Houston Dynamo and Dash soccer teams
Houston Rockets star James Harden has joined the ownership group of the Houston Dynamo, Houston Dash and BBVA Stadium. The 29-year-old Harden joins an ownership group led by Gabriel Brener, who p...
Jul 18, 2019
Nuclear industry push for reduced oversight gaining traction
WASHINGTON - Fewer mock commando raids to test nuclear power plants' defences against terrorist attacks. Fewer, smaller government inspections for plant safety issues. Less notice to the public and to...
Jul 18, 2019