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Impact win 1-0 to end Toronto FC's undefeated string at 18 regular-season games
TORONTO - Rudy Camacho's 14th-minute goal lifted the Montreal Impact to a 1-0 win Tuesday, ending Toronto FC's club-record unbeaten streak in MLS regular-season play at 18 games - one short of the lea...
Sep 01, 2020
Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer, guilty of war crimes, dies at 77
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The Khmer Rouge's chief jailer, who admitted overseeing the torture and killings of as many as 16,000 Cambodians while running the regime's most notorious prison, has died. Kain...
Sep 01, 2020
Health Canada reverses course, will review applications for COVID-19 home tests
OTTAWA - Health Canada has reversed course on home test kits for COVID-19, saying it will now review applications for such devices. In June, the department indicated it would not review such applicati...
Sep 01, 2020
Tatum scores 34 points and Celtics take 2-0 series lead over Raptors
LAKE BUENA VISA, Fla. - Jayson Tatum scored 34 points while Marcus Smart had 16 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, and the Boston Celtics edged the Toronto Raptors 102-99 on Tuesday in ...
Sep 01, 2020
Mastodon migrations north offer clues about today's animal movements: study
WHITEHORSE - The migration of extinct mastodon herds to Yukon and Alaska during warm periods between ice ages could hold clues and warning signs for today's animals moving north during a warming clima...
Sep 01, 2020
Police help defeat California bill on removing problem cops
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Police unions and other law enforcement organizations went into overdrive to thwart a measure that would have added California to the majority of states that can end the careers o...
Sep 01, 2020
Mnuchin says Trump still wants virus deal with Democrats
WASHINGTON - Pressed by Democrats to quickly negotiate a new coronavirus relief package, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday the administration remains willing to work on a bipartisan agree...
Sep 01, 2020
Program offering cash rebates to scrap heavy polluting vehicles comes to Alberta
The SCRAP-IT program, which has removed nearly 50,000 older model polluting vehicles from the roads in British Columbia, and is aiming to do the same in Alberta.SCRAP-IT Alberta offers a $300 cash reb...
Sep 01, 2020
Rocky residents can soon take advantage of Clean Energy Improvement Program
The borrowing bylaw passed in 2019 by the Town of Rocky Mountain House for the Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP) has increased the line of credit to encompass the entire four-year term of the pr...
Sep 01, 2020
Ex-Malian president Keita hospitalized at private clinic
BAMAKO, Mali - Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Malian president ousted in a military coup last month, was hospitalized late Tuesday at a private clinic, intensifying fears about the 75-year-old's health a...
Sep 01, 2020