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Forensic audit reveals key factors in Westerner Park's financial crisis
Inaccurate revenue projections for the Canadian Finals Rodeo and a lack of qualified financial staff are two key findings of a scathing forensic audit into what has led to fiscal difficulties for Red ...
Sep 25, 2020
Montreal Impact eager to return to winning ways against N.Y. Red Bulls
MONTREAL - An unusual, gruelling season is beginning to take its toll on the Montreal Impact. The club will play its sixth game in less than a month on Sunday when the Impact kick off agains...
Sep 25, 2020
Liberals strike deal with NDP to avert federal election
OTTAWA - The minority Liberal government has reached a deal with the New Democrats over legislation to support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, securing the backing needed to survive a confidence...
Sep 25, 2020
As campaign heats up, Trump woos Latino, Black voters
ATLANTA - With fewer than 40 days left before the election, President Donald Trump unveiled his second policy plan in as many days as he tries to chip away at his Democratic rival's support among Blac...
Sep 25, 2020
GOP expecting Trump to tap Barrett for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - Republicans are expecting President Donald Trump to announce Saturday that he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court as he aims to put a historic stamp on the high cou...
Sep 25, 2020
Probe into 'discarded' ballots becomes campaign outrage fuel
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The news release from a U.S. attorney in Pennsylvania was provocative: Nine mailed-in military ballots had been "discarded" by the local election office in a swing county of one of t...
Sep 25, 2020
Virus cases rise in US heartland, home to anti-mask feelings
MISSION, Kan. - It began with devastation in the New York City area, followed by a summertime crisis in the Sun Belt. Now the coronavirus outbreak is heating up fast in smaller cities in the heartland...
Sep 25, 2020
Active cases of COVID-19 down another 65 provincially
Alberta is reporting 153 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing total cases in the province since March 5 to 17,343.Active cases are down another 65 to 1,497, this after decreasing by 58 from Wedne...
Sep 25, 2020
Alberta announces carbon levy-funded programs to reduce oilpatch methane emissions
Alberta has announced where it will spend part of the money it recently earmarked to reduce methane emissions from the oilpatch.Environment Minister Jason Nixon says $25 million will be spent helping ...
Sep 25, 2020
Gateway Casino gets first federal loan for big employers, worth $200 million
OTTAWA - A federal program aimed at giving loans to some of the largest companies in the country is rolling the dice with $200 million to a casino chain. The loan is the first from what the government...
Sep 25, 2020