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Conservatives snub surveys on climate policy; other parties give full responses
Environmental groups are wondering why the federal Conservatives brushed off two surveys on climate change policy when all other main parties provided detailed, lengthy answers. "I would prefer t...
Oct 01, 2019
Scheer won't say if costed platform will be out before next week's debates
OTTAWA - The federal leaders seem certain to take to debate stages this month with only some having revealed a full set of promises and their expected costs. Only the Liberals and the Greens have so f...
Oct 01, 2019
Trudeau, Scheer, May fight for votes in Toronto while Singh stick with B.C.
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh's love affair with British Columbia continues today, as the NDP leader spends an eighth straight day campaigning on the West Coast. He's due to have breakfast with families to p...
Oct 01, 2019
Afghan officials: Taliban attack kills at least 11 policemen
KABUL - The Taliban launched a multi-pronged attack on a district headquarters in a remote district in northern Afghanistan early on Tuesday, killing at least 11 policemen and triggering a gunbattle t...
Oct 01, 2019
Mike Reilly, B.C. Lions steal gritty 25-23 win from Montreal Alouettes
VANCOUVER - Coach DeVone Claybrooks has watched his B.C. Lions fall apart too many times this season. So when the squad held on for a 25-23 win over the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday, the rookie benc...
Sep 30, 2019
Bridge falls in Taiwan bay, injuring 10 on boats below
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A towering bridge over a bay in eastern Taiwan has collapsed sending an oil tanker truck falling onto boats in the water below. A disaster relief official said the collapse Tuesday se...
Sep 30, 2019
Tobias Rieder, Milan Lucic score against former team as Flames beat Oilers
CALGARY - Tobias Rieder thought he was in the way, but it turned out that he was in the right place at the right time. Rieder redirected defenceman TJ Brodie's shot past goalie Mikko Koskinen for his ...
Sep 30, 2019
Steelers break out of funk, stomp Bengals 27-3
PITTSBURGH - Different quarterback. Same result. Mason Rudolph threw for 229 yards and two touchdowns to pick up his first victory while filling in for Ben Roethlisberger as the Pittsburgh Steelers ea...
Sep 30, 2019
Collins resigns from Congress ahead of expected guilty plea
NEW YORK - Rep. Chris Collins, a Republican from western New York, submitted his resignation from Congress on Monday ahead of an expected guilty plea in an insider trading case in which he was accused...
Sep 30, 2019
NYPD officer was killed by friendly fire
New York City police said Monday that an officer killed while wrestling with an armed man was fatally struck by gunfire from his fellow officers. Police Commissioner James O'Neill said Officer Brian M...
Sep 30, 2019