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Asbestos, Que., unveils four possibilities in short list for new town name
ASBESTOS, Que. - The town of Asbestos, Que., looking to shed its link to the hazardous substance, has narrowed the search for a new name to four contenders. Mayor Hugues Grimard announced on Monday&nb...
Sep 15, 2020
Hadwin, Conners, Hughes playing as Canadian threesome at US Open
MAMARONECK, N.Y. - An all-Canadian threesome will play the first two rounds of the U.S. Open together. Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., and Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas,...
Sep 15, 2020
Canadian Denis Shapovalov knocks off Guido Pella in first-round match
ROME - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is heading to the second round of the Italian Open. The No. 12 seed from Richmond Hill, Ont., beat world No. 37 Guido Pella of Argentina 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday at th...
Sep 15, 2020
Town identifies teen victims of weekend car crash in New Brunswick
BLACKVILLE, N.B. - The village of Blackville, N.B., has identified the three teenaged boys who were killed in a car crash over the weekend. Ty Croft and Denver Jardine, both 17, and 16-year-...
Sep 15, 2020
Peter Laviolette named coach of Washington Capitals
WASHINGTON - The Washington Capitals hired Peter Laviolette as coach Tuesday, turning to an NHL veteran who won the Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006 and saw a successful run with Nashv...
Sep 15, 2020
US tariffs on China ruled to be illegal by world trade body
GENEVA - The World Trade Organization said Tuesday that Trump administration tariffs on Chinese goods totalling more than $200 billion are illegal under the rules of the global trade body. The decisio...
Sep 15, 2020
Gravel Road Safety
When travelling across our prairie province, you will notice that we have many unpaved and gravel roads. Sadly, as of August 31, 2020, there have been 17 fatalities on gravel roads in Saskatchewan thi...
Sep 15, 2020
Multi-million settlement reached in Breonna Taylor lawsuit
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The city of Louisville will pay several million dollars to the mother of Breonna Taylor and install police reforms as part of a settlement of a lawsuit from Taylor's family, The Asso...
Sep 15, 2020
US industrial production up modest 0.4% in August
WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production slowed to a modest increase of 0.4% in August, far weaker than the strong bounce back recorded in previous months when factories were coming back to life. The s...
Sep 15, 2020
Legal advocates line up on both sides of Bill Cosby's appeal
PHILADELPHIA - Legal advocates are lining up on both sides of actor Bill Cosby's appeal as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court prepares to review his 2018 sex assault conviction. Cosby was the first celebr...
Sep 15, 2020