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Surging Impact face tough test at home against offensive-minded Fire
MONTREAL - Coach Mauro Biello feels the Montreal Impact are hitting their stride at just the right time. The Impact are looking for their first three-game win streak of the season as they host the Chi...
Aug 15, 2017
Two Toronto cops who mocked woman with Down syndrome appear before tribunal
TORONTO - Two Toronto police officers who were recorded mocking a 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome should lose their jobs over their comments, the woman’s mother said Tuesday as the pair fac...
Aug 15, 2017
Crash test monies: federal documents raise questions about $5.4M barrier
OTTAWA - Documents show Transport Canada went ahead with building a $5.4-million crash barrier at one of its vehicle test sites last year without knowing if it was worth the money. The auditor general...
Aug 15, 2017
Jordin Sparks, Thomas Rhett to serve as Miss America judges
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The Miss America pageant has announced that former “American Idol” Jordin Sparks and country music star Thomas Rhett will be among this year’s celebrity judges....
Aug 15, 2017
Irish prime minister to march with Trudeau in Montreal's Pride parade
OTTAWA - Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s taoiseach, or prime minister, will join Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Montreal’s Pride parade during a three-day visit that gets underway Saturday. The ...
Aug 15, 2017
Injured hiker rescued from hiking trail
An injured hiker needed medical assistance getting off a hiking trail Sunday. Emergency crews were called out to a trail near Windy Point by Abraham Lake around 6:30pm. According to Deputy Fire Chief,...
Aug 15, 2017
Man sentenced to life in prison for deadly Iowa jail escape
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - A man who pleaded guilty to murder and 11 other counts for killing a western Iowa sheriff’s deputy and wounding another during a jail escape was sentenced Tuesday to life ...
Aug 15, 2017
A brief history of Canada-US trade talks, as countries meet to write new chapter
WASHINGTON - A protectionist new government has been elected in North America, railing against free trade, and warning it will rip up a regional agreement. Across the border, baffled media pundits bem...
Aug 15, 2017
Safety council: Motor vehicle deaths dip slightly in 2017
WASHINGTON - Preliminary data show U.S. motor vehicle deaths and injuries were down slightly in the first six months of 2017, although they were still significantly higher than they were two years ago...
Aug 15, 2017
Science Says: Lightning is zapping fewer Americans, not more
WASHINGTON - Lightning - once one of nature’s biggest killers -is claiming far fewer lives in the United States, mostly because we’ve learned to get out of the way. In the 1940s, when ther...
Aug 15, 2017