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Oil industry shuts platforms, rigs, refineries before storm
NEW YORK - The energy industry braced Wednesday for catastrophic storm surges and winds as Hurricane Laura cuts a dangerous path toward the coastlines of Texas and Louisiana. Oil and gas producers hav...
Aug 26, 2020

Heeding warnings, Gulf Coast residents flee coming hurricane
ENNIS, Texas - Thousands of Gulf Coast residents fled inland from an approaching hurricane deemed "unsurvivable" by forecasters as hotels and shelters filled quickly, exacerbating the struggles of peo...
Aug 26, 2020

B.C. parents encouraged to get informed about back-to-school plans
VICTORIA - Back-to-school plans have been posted online for all 60 districts in British Columbia with an aim to offer all instruction in classrooms. However, deputy education minister Scott MacDo...
Aug 26, 2020

Canadian featherweight T.J. Laramie to make his UFC debut in September
Canadian featherweight T.J. (The Truth) Laramie will make his UFC debut Sept. 19 in Las Vegas against Darrick Minner. The 22-year-old from Windsor, Ont., is the only Canadian to earn a UFC c...
Aug 26, 2020

Canada's Kadeisha Buchanan helps Lyon to Women's Champions League final
BILBAO, Spain - Canadian Kadeisha Buchanan is one win away from a fourth straight UEFA Women's Champions League title with Lyon. The French powerhouse advanced to Sunday's final against Germany's...
Aug 26, 2020

Block this: Canucks getting almost entire bench blocking shots against Vegas
EDMONTON - To gauge the Vancouver Canucks' chances of taking the series lead against the Vegas Golden Knights, just trace your finger down the list of blocked shots. On Tuesday, for the firs...
Aug 26, 2020

'I thought I did something wrong:' Video shows Mountie entering home with axe
STANLEY MISSION, Sask. - The RCMP in Saskatchewan is reviewing the behaviour of an officer captured on video yelling, swearing and carrying an axe into a home where a man inside had self-harmed. Jonas...
Aug 26, 2020

No COVID-19 related fatalities reported in Alberta Wednesday
There were zero COVID-19 linked deaths in the province of Alberta for August 25, while there was an increase of 127 cases on Tuesday.The rise in case numbers comes as there were 9,239 tests processed ...
Aug 26, 2020

Kanye West sues Ohio election chief over petition denial
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rapper Kanye West sued Ohio's election chief Wednesday in an effort to be placed on the November presidential ballot after the Secretary of State deemed him unqualified as an independ...
Aug 26, 2020

'I'm angry': some parents, teachers anxious as Quebec schoolkids head back to class
MONTREAL - Olga Maria Ruiz is reluctantly sending her 11-year-old daughter back to school in Montreal this year, armed with a few extra masks and reminders not to hug her classmates and teachers. As m...
Aug 26, 2020