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Economy, health care focus of televised Manitoba leaders debate
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister was the main target Wednesday night as the leaders of the province's four main political parties squared off in a 50-minute televise...
Aug 30, 2019
Supreme Court rejects Saskatchewan's request to delay carbon tax appeal
REGINA - Saskatchewan says the Supreme Court of Canada has denied the province's request to delay its appeal hearing over the carbon tax. The province says the Supreme Court recently issued an or...
Aug 30, 2019
Court reverses sole conviction in San Francisco pier killing
SAN FRANCISCO - A California state appeals court on Friday threw out the sole conviction against an immigrant who fatally shot a young woman on the San Francisco waterfront in 2015. Jose Inez Garcia-Z...
Aug 30, 2019
After US Open win, Federer bristles at idea he chose timing
NEW YORK - There was no slow start to this U.S. Open outing for Roger Federer, who bristled at the suggestion that he might have played a role in some favourable scheduling. After dropping the opening...
Aug 30, 2019
Vancouver Whitecaps remain resilient despite tough travel schedule
VANCOUVER - After a rough week-long road trip, coach Marc Dos Santos says his Vancouver Whitecaps are returning home to what feels like a bit of a rude dinner guest. While the 'Caps (6-13-9) drop...
Aug 30, 2019
Waterton Lakes sees slow recovery after a wildfire two years ago
It's a study in contrasts as Waterton Lakes continues to recover after a wildfire two years ago that burned through nearly 40 per cent of the national park.Mountainsides are covered in charred trees, ...
Aug 30, 2019 Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta
Calgary police arrest second suspect in 11-year-old homicide
Calgary police say they have a second man in custody in an 11-year-old homicide.Allan Richard Teather was shot and killed in the parkade of a condo complex in the city's southwest in January 2008.Thir...
Aug 30, 2019
Appeals court reinstates lawsuit in SC church shooting case
RICHMOND, Va. - A lawsuit over a faulty background check that allowed a South Carolina man to buy the gun he used to kill nine people in a racist attack at a Charleston church was reinstated Friday by...
Aug 30, 2019
Liberals drop candidate in Montreal riding over comments described as anti-Semitic
OTTAWA - The Liberal Party of Canada has dropped a Montreal-area candidate over past statements he made that were described as anti-Semitic by a Jewish advocacy group. Hassan Guillet will no...
Aug 30, 2019
MSNBC's O'Donnell retracts Trump story
NEW YORK - MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Wednesday retracted his story about supposed Russian ties to President Donald Trump's finances and apologized for reporting it - just as Trump's lawyer demande...
Aug 30, 2019