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Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney steps down in aftermath of playoff loss
TORONTO - Greg Vanney has stepped down from his roles as head coach and technical director of Toronto FC. The club made the announcement on Tuesday, in the aftermath of last week's playoff loss agains...
Dec 01, 2020
US construction spending jumps 1.3% in October
SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. construction spending jumped 1.3% in October, the fifth straight monthly increase, again on the strength of single-family home building. The Commerce Department reported Tues...
Dec 01, 2020
US factories grew more slowly last month; index dips to 57.5
WASHINGTON - American factories grew at a slower pace last month and there are concerns that surging coronavirus infections will endanger an economic recovery. The Institute of Supply Management, an a...
Dec 01, 2020
Victim scammed by fake cops asking for cash: Red Deer RCMP
City Mounties are warning the public of a concerning incident where fraudsters impersonated RCMP officers to defraud an individual.Earlier in November, Red Deer RCMP says they responded to a fraud com...
Dec 01, 2020
Car hits pedestrians in Germany; 2 killed, 15 injured
BERLIN - A car drove into a pedestrian zone in the southwestern German city of Trier on Tuesday, killing two people and seriously injuring 15 others, officials said. The driver was arrested and the ve...
Dec 01, 2020
Nasdaq seeks mandatory board diversity for listed companies
The Nasdaq stock exchange is seeking U.S. authority to require more diversity in the boardrooms of Nasdaq-listed companies, or to explain why they can not. It is the first major exchange to pursue suc...
Dec 01, 2020
BioNTech, Pfizer ask Europe to OK vaccine for emergency use
BERLIN - The German pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its U.S. partner Pfizer say they have submitted an application for conditional approval of their coronavirus vaccine with the European Medicines...
Dec 01, 2020
Canadians OK with vaccine wait and wolfdogs get a home: In The News for Dec. 1
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 1 ...What we are watching in Canada ...A ...
Dec 01, 2020
Guitar made in 1950s worth more than B.C. family imagined
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - When Renee Latheur decided to take an old guitar into a music store in Kamloops, B.C., she didn't expect the instrument that had sat in a closet for years to be worth thousands of dol...
Dec 01, 2020
Tory MPs keep talking on assisted dying bill as clock ticks down to Dec. 18 deadline
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs are refusing to be rushed into a vote on assisted dying legislation, despite a looming court-imposed deadline. The Liberal minority government has until Dec. 18 to pass Bill ...
Dec 01, 2020