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Impact win 1-0 to end Toronto FC's undefeated string at 18 regular-season games
TORONTO - Rudy Camacho's 14th-minute goal lifted the Montreal Impact to a 1-0 win Tuesday, ending Toronto FC's club-record unbeaten streak in MLS regular-season play at 18 games - one short of the lea...
Sep 1, 2020

Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer, guilty of war crimes, dies at 77
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The Khmer Rouge's chief jailer, who admitted overseeing the torture and killings of as many as 16,000 Cambodians while running the regime's most notorious prison, has died. Kain...
Sep 1, 2020

Health Canada reverses course, will review applications for COVID-19 home tests
OTTAWA - Health Canada has reversed course on home test kits for COVID-19, saying it will now review applications for such devices. In June, the department indicated it would not review such applicati...
Sep 1, 2020

Tatum scores 34 points and Celtics take 2-0 series lead over Raptors
LAKE BUENA VISA, Fla. - Jayson Tatum scored 34 points while Marcus Smart had 16 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, and the Boston Celtics edged the Toronto Raptors 102-99 on Tuesday in ...
Sep 1, 2020

Mastodon migrations north offer clues about today's animal movements: study
WHITEHORSE - The migration of extinct mastodon herds to Yukon and Alaska during warm periods between ice ages could hold clues and warning signs for today's animals moving north during a warming clima...
Sep 1, 2020

Police help defeat California bill on removing problem cops
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Police unions and other law enforcement organizations went into overdrive to thwart a measure that would have added California to the majority of states that can end the careers o...
Sep 1, 2020

COVID-19 in schools inevitable, cost to reduce class sizes unrealistic: Kenney
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he's accepted all along that COVID-19 infections in schools are inevitable and that's no reason to keep classrooms shuttered.His remarks come after a school in Okotok...
Sep 1, 2020

Mnuchin says Trump still wants virus deal with Democrats
WASHINGTON - Pressed by Democrats to quickly negotiate a new coronavirus relief package, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday the administration remains willing to work on a bipartisan agree...
Sep 1, 2020

Ex-Malian president Keita hospitalized at private clinic
BAMAKO, Mali - Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Malian president ousted in a military coup last month, was hospitalized late Tuesday at a private clinic, intensifying fears about the 75-year-old's health a...
Sep 1, 2020

Storm kickoff development season with uncertainty in the air
For the first time since early March, the Grande Prairie Storm are back on the ice at Revolution Place.The last time the Storm were on the ice, the team had just dropped game six of their first round ...
Sep 1, 2020