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Warning line intended to prevent injury a distraction for hockey players: study
CALGARY - Researchers say a warning line intended to get hockey players to keep their heads up around the boards has the opposite effect. The orange metre-wide line painted on the ice along the base o...
Aug 29, 2017
B.C. bull takes horns, hooves and hot temper for unauthorized adventure
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - China shops, beware - a bull is on the loose in British Columbia’s southern Interior. RCMP say the 635 kilogram bull escaped last week from the BC Livestock Yard in Kamloops, ab...
Aug 29, 2017
Large storm to remain offshore of Atlantic Canada, three-metre swells expected
HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre says a large storm system that’s tracking towards Atlantic Canada is expected to remain well offshore, but up to three-metre swells are expected in some a...
Aug 29, 2017
US consumer confidence improves again in August
WASHINGTON - American consumers give today’s economy the highest grade in more than 16 years. The Conference Board said Tuesday that consumers’ assessment of current economic conditions hi...
Aug 29, 2017
Quebec, Airbnb reach agreement to collect lodging tax in the province
MONTREAL - Airbnb and the Quebec government announced an agreement Tuesday that will see the home-sharing platform begin collecting a lodging tax on short-term rentals in the province as of October. I...
Aug 29, 2017
Mentally ill N.S. man who killed his mother, grandparents denied greater freedom
HALIFAX - More than two years after a mentally ill Nova Scotia man killed his mother and two grandparents, a team of mental-health professionals argued Tuesday he should be granted unescorted day pass...
Aug 29, 2017
US home prices surge in June, led by Seattle
WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices climbed higher in June with gains that are eclipsing income growth - creating affordability pressures for would-be buyers. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-...
Aug 29, 2017
Class ring lost on Cape Cod 47 years ago returned to owner
DENNIS, Mass. - A college class ring lost in the surf at a Massachusetts beach nearly half a century ago is back on the finger of its owner. The Cape Cod Times (http://bit.ly/2wl24so ) reports that Pa...
Aug 29, 2017
Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch opens doors as shelter
HOUSTON - Joel Osteen opened his Houston megachurch to those seeking shelter from floodwaters Tuesday after social media critics slammed the televangelist for not offering to house people in need whil...
Aug 29, 2017
Trump mixes up blonde Finnish journalists
WASHINGTON - It appeared to be a case of all blondes look alike for President Donald Trump, at least during a White House news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto (SOW’-lih NEE̵...
Aug 29, 2017