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In the news today, Aug. 30
Five stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 30 --- ONTARIO ANTI-CARBON TAX GAS STICKERS COME INTO EFFECT TODAY A new law requiring Ontario gas stations to start posting anti-c...
Aug 30, 2019
Benjamin Tomlin, Canadian sentenced to 10 years in Cuban prison, was set up: lawyer
MONTREAL - A Canadian man sentenced to 10 years in a Cuban prison says he is innocent, and his lawyer says his client was likely set up following a night of partying...
Aug 30, 2019
Cities to parties: Fill housing gaps for seniors, Indigenous people
OTTAWA - Canada's cities want all the federal parties to promise to pour billions more into the national government's decade-long housing strategy to make sure that seniors, urban Indigenous people an...
Aug 30, 2019
Defence targets witnesses in case of teen charged with shooting German tourist
CALGARY - The Crown says it has proven its case against a teen charged with shooting a German tourist near Calgary last summer, but the defence says none of the prosecution's witnesses have ...
Aug 30, 2019
Smoak homers, Jays get to Cy Young candidate Soroka early in win over Braves
TORONTO - One shaky inning was all the Blue Jays needed to get past Canadian Cy Young candidate Mike Soroka. And while they made it look fairly easy - tagging Soroka with three straight...
Aug 29, 2019
Canada's Andreescu advances to third round at U.S. Open with win over Flipkens
NEW YORK - Add Kirsten Flipkens to the growing chorus of people who think Canadian Bianca Andreescu can win the 2019 U.S. Open. The 33-year-old Belgian said it before their second-round match Thursday...
Aug 29, 2019
Toronto FC's Michael Bradley unhappy at having to choose between club and country
Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley isn't happy about having to choose between club and country. And he tore a strip off Major League Soccer on Thursday, saying the league needs to respect FIFA's inter...
Aug 29, 2019
Coco's comeback: Gauff erases deficits to win US Open debut
NEW YORK - Here's how new all of this is to Coco Gauff: She didn't quite realize she only has to play every other day at the U.S. Open. "I'm still used to playing juniors," the American said with a ch...
Aug 29, 2019
Shapovalov downs Auger-Aliassime in all-Canadian match at U.S. Open
NEW YORK - Expectations were sky-high for a tough, competitive first-round U.S. Open rematch between rising Canadian stars Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov. The outcome was anything but that...
Aug 29, 2019
Coco's comeback: Gauff erases deficits to win US Open debut
NEW YORK - Here's how new all of this is to Coco Gauff: She didn't quite realize she only has to play every other day at the U.S. Open. "I'm still used to playing juniors," the American said with a ch...
Aug 29, 2019