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Manitoba and Saskatchewan offer financial support to be chosen as CFL hub
WINNIPEG - A bidding war erupted Monday as the governments of Manitoba and Saskatchewan offered up public money to convince the Canadian Football League to set up a one-city, abbreviated season. Manit...
Jul 21, 2020
Trump, Congress square off over virus aid as crisis worsens
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump acknowledged a "big flareup" of COVID-19 cases, but divisions between the White House and Senate Republicans and differences with Democrats posed fresh challenges f...
Jul 21, 2020
US accuses Chinese hackers in targeting of COVID-19 research
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Tuesday accused two Chinese hackers of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of trade secrets from companies across the world and more recently targeting firm...
Jul 21, 2020
Toronto FC ties New England 0-0, advances at MLS is Back Tournament
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Toronto FC tied the New England Revolution 0-0 Tuesday morning to book its ticket to the round of 16 at the MLS is Back Tournament Toronto remained atop Group C with...
Jul 21, 2020
Going in the water again: 'Jaws' boat clone supports sharks
The Orca is headed back to the waters of New England, but this time, its mission isn't to hunt sharks. It's to help save them. A group of ocean advocates and movie buffs is turning an old lobster fish...
Jul 21, 2020
Prepare for remote voting in Commons this fall: committee
OTTAWA - The parliamentary committee that oversees the way the House of Commons works says the chamber should spend the summer getting ready for MPs to participate and vote from outside Ottawa. The gr...
Jul 21, 2020
Questions remain after police find body thought to be dad of dead Quebec girls
ST-APOLLINAIRE, Que. - Many questions remain in the case of a Quebec father whose body was found hours after the funeral for his two young daughters. Provincial police announced on Twi...
Jul 21, 2020
Transportation Safety Board to examine fatal helicopter crash site in N.L.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Members of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada are expected to arrive in Newfoundland later today to investigate a fatal helicopter crash near Thorburn Lak...
Jul 21, 2020
Portman group will bring NWSL to Los Angeles in 2022
Actress Natalie Portman and venture capitalist Kara Nortman lead a group that will bring an expansion National Women's Soccer League team to the Los Angeles area in 2022. The team, tentatively named A...
Jul 21, 2020
Spike Lee doc of David Byrne's Broadway show to open TIFF
NEW YORK - The 45th Toronto International Film Festival will be a much diminished event this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it has an opening-night film. Spike Lee's filmed version of David...
Jul 21, 2020