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Federal report cites bias by San Francisco police
San Francisco police use force against blacks more often than other racial groups and pull…
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games NHL Ottawa 5 Toronto 4 (OT) Edmonton 7 Calgary 4 St. Louis 5…
Average US 30-year mortgage rate rises to 3.47 per cent
WASHINGTON – Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week as the prospect of a year-end…
Injured N.S. hockey player ‘improving’ as police continue probe of rough game
TRENTON, N.S. – A Nova Scotia hockey player badly injured during a rough game has…
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock…
Opportunities abound in changing Cleveland Indians name and brand, say experts
TORONTO – Professional sports teams have successfully changed their names before and there’s no reason…
Scores and Schedule
Thursday’s Game National League Division Series Los Angeles 4 Washington 3 (Los Angeles wins best-of-five…
China’s last Tiananmen prisoner set to be freed, but frail
BEIJING – China’s last-known prisoner held in relation to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests will…
Czechs vote in Senate runoffs; ruling coalition to do well
PRAGUE, Czech Republic – The three parties in the Czech Republic’s ruling centre-left coalition appear…
Five things to watch in ALCS between Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians
CLEVELAND – The Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians will play in the American League…
Canadian writers and musicians celebrate Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize for literature
Several Canadian writers and musicians are praising Bob Dylan’s selection as the Nobel Prize winner…
Clinton plots a ‘do no harm’ campaign amid Trump whirlwind
SAN FRANCISCO – How do you run for president during a political cyclone with no…
Visiting French PM endorses Clinton in U.S. vote, says world ‘rejected’ Trump
OTTAWA – France’s visiting prime minister plunged head-first Thursday into next month’s U.S. presidential election,…
American group scouting N.S. sites for sanctuary for previously captive whales
HALIFAX – A U.S.-based group is exploring the coasts of Nova Scotia in hopes of…
Recalls this week: Fiery phones, bikes, barstools, stollers
Samsung expanded its recall of its hazardous Galaxy Note7 phones after it received additional reports…
Russia: Syria meeting aims to isolate Nusra extremists
Russia’s U.N. ambassador says a key aim of a high-level meeting on Syria is to…
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Oct. 14 — FORMER ALBERTA PREMIER DIES IN…
Vegetation pruning along the Mission Creek Greenway
From October 17th for approximately two weeks, sections of the Mission Creek Greenway may be…
22 homes destroyed in northern Nevada wildfire
RENO, Nev. – A trio of wind-whipped wildfires burning along the Sierra Nevada on Friday…
Stein brings activism, but no wins, to outsider 2016 contest
RICHMOND, Va. – Green Party candidate Jill Stein wasted no time trying to swoop in…
Trump dossier now loaded with previously unknown detail
WASHINGTON – There’s nothing like a presidential campaign to shine a bright light into the…
Medlock’s seventh field goal lifts Blue Bombers to wild 35-32 win over Lions
VANCOUVER – Down by 10 late in the fourth quarter, Matt Nichols could sense a…
Hate crime charges filed in attack on Sikh man
RICHMOND, Calif. – Prosecutors in the San Francisco Bay Area have filed hate crime charges…
Indian guru stars in films to spread message to the masses
NEW DELHI – He claims to have 50 million followers and runs a spiritual empire…