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Toronto FC looking to bounce back after disappointing showing in Ottawa
TORONTO – Expect a different Toronto FC on Wednesday as the MLS club looks to…
Judge faulted for nixing in-court voice recording of cop’s testimony
TORONTO – A man convicted of various drug and related offences won a new trial…
The Latest: Police union protests discipline of officers
CLEVELAND – The Latest on the firing of a Cleveland police officer involved in the…
Husky Energy releases 5-year plan bracing for low oil prices, forecasts growth
CALGARY – Husky Energy (TSX:HSE) released a new five-year plan Tuesday that braces for lower…
Ontario to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2019, ensure equal pay for part-time workers
TORONTO – Ontario will increase minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next 18…
Game 1 hero Jake Guentzel an out of nowhere star for the Penguins
PITTSBURGH – Penguins winger Jake Guentzel was such an unknown commodity that his own captain…
Police: Man yelled racial slurs before machete attack
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A white man in California was charged Tuesday with a hate crime…
Series of bombings kill nearly 40 people across Baghdad
BAGHDAD – A massive bombing by the Islamic State group outside a popular ice cream…
Providers have to invest to meet growing demand for mobile use: Bell CEO
WINNIPEG – Internet and mobile providers must invest in infrastructure to keep up with a…
Chief of Defence Staff orders acceptance of sex assault panel recommendations
OTTAWA – Canada’s top soldier accepted an internal report Tuesday that condemned the military for…
Uber fires autonomous car researcher involved in lawsuit
DETROIT – Uber has followed through on threats to fire star autonomous-car researcher Anthony Levandowski,…
French prez seeks clean gov’t as 2 ministers fight suspicion
PARIS – Two ministers of newly elected President Emmanuel Macron — who promised a squeaky-clean…
Syria: UN envoy says new France-Russia relation is helpful
PARIS – The U.N. envoy for Syria says a renewed relationship between France and Russia…
Orridge says groundwork for success in place for next CFL commissioner
TORONTO – Jeffrey Orridge has some friendly advice for his successor: Stay the course. Orridge…
El Salvador’s prisons chief charged with embezzling $5.6M
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Prosecutors in El Salvador have charged the head of the…
Supreme Court suspends wrong lawyer over ‘mistaken identity’
WASHINGTON – When the Supreme Court suspended a prominent Massachusetts lawyer and threatened him with…
Serbia summons Macedonian ambassador over wiretapping
BELGRADE, Serbia – Serbia’s foreign ministry summoned Macedonia’s ambassador on Tuesday to explain why a…
Canada Post unveils Nunavut stamp as part of 150th celebratory series
IQALUIT, Nunavut – The creation of the northern territory of Nunavut on April 1, 1999,…
Flooding has closed Hudson Bay Railway track in northern Manitoba
WINNIPEG – Extreme flooding has forced the closure of the Hudson Bay Railway track in…
Justices side with Mexican immigrant in deportation case
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a Mexican immigrant who faced deportation…
US starts giving arms to Syrian Kurds ahead of Raqqa assault
WASHINGTON – The United States started Tuesday to deliver weapons to Kurdish fighters closing in…
Cop who killed Tamir Rice fired for job application omission
CLEVELAND – The police officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice was fired Tuesday for…
Text of grieving mother’s letter to President Donald trump
PORTLAND, Ore. – Asha Deliverance, the mother of a 23-year-old man stabbed to death on…
Woods found asleep at the wheel, no alcohol in his system
Police found Tiger Woods asleep at the wheel on the side of a six-lane Florida…