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Stonestreet stars as Chiefs coach's brother in spoof video
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - "Modern Family" star Eric Stonestreet plays the part of the bumbling younger brother of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid in a new spoof video that was released in advance of ...
Sep 06, 2019
Canada sees gains in part-time, youth employment as wage growth slows
OTTAWA - Canada's economy posted a job surge last month of 81,100 net new positions, the bulk of which were part time, in the services sector and picked up by young people.Statistics Canada says that ...
Sep 06, 2019 The Canadian Press
Hurricane watch in parts of Atlantic Canada as Dorian moves up U.S. east coast
HALIFAX - Hurricane Dorian has moved off North Carolina as a Category 1 storm and is on a path that would take it into Atlantic Canada on Saturday. The Canadian Hurricane Centre says a hurricane watch...
Sep 06, 2019
YouTube to pay $170M fine after violating kids' privacy law
WASHINGTON - Google will pay $170 million to settle allegations its YouTube video service collected personal data on children without their parents' consent. The company agreed to work with video crea...
Sep 06, 2019
‘Simply spectacular’: Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital promises new chapter for health care in Saskatchewan
It truly is a made in Saskatchewan vision come to life.Nearly five years after a historic groundbreaking, the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital is open and many say it will usher in a new, state-of-the...
Sep 06, 2019 An example of a pediatric intensive care room. It has space for families to stay with their children overnight. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Hurricane Dorian howling over North Carolina's Outer Banks
WILMINGTON, N.C. - Dorian howled over North Carolina's Outer Banks on Friday, lashing the low-lying barrier islands as a weakened Category 1 hurricane. Dorian's eye was 10 miles off Cape Hatteras, Nor...
Sep 06, 2019
April trial date set in R. Kelly's federal case in Chicago
CHICAGO - A judge Wednesday set an April 27 trial date in R. Kelly's federal case in Chicago that accuses the R&B star of child pornography and obstruction of justice. But Judge Harry Leinenweber ...
Sep 06, 2019
Father of suspected B.C. killer watches clip of video taken before son's death
VANCOUVER - The father of a man suspected of killing three people in northern British Columbia has watched part of a video that has been described as his son's "last will and testament." Alan Schmegel...
Sep 06, 2019
In the news today, Sept. 6
Four stories in the news for Friday, Sept. 6 --- CANADA'S ANDREESCU ADVANCES TO US OPEN FINAL Canada's Bianca Andreescu will attempt to make Canadian tennis history in the US Open women's si...
Sep 06, 2019
Italy's Conte forms new coalition of populists and Democrats
ROME - Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte forged a new coalition government Wednesday that teams up the populist 5-Star Movement and centre-left Democrats in an unusual alliance of rivals to banish for no...
Sep 06, 2019