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Montreal's Mirabel cargo airport to get $107 million for expansion
MIRABEL, Que. - Montreal's Mirabel airport does not have enough space to expand its flagship air cargo business. On Tuesday, the federal government and local airport authority sought to change that, a...
Sep 03, 2019
Canadian filmmakers explore female bonds, mother-daughter relationships at TIFF
TORONTO - For Nicole Dorsey, director and writer of stylistic, psychological drama "Black Conflux," creating of the film's main character, Jackie, was about relaying her own experiences as a teenager....
Sep 03, 2019
Serena turns ankle in US Open win; Djokovic quits his match
NEW YORK - Serena Williams was in pain - "acceptable" pain, her coach called it - after rolling her right ankle during the second set of a U.S. Open victory. That was the bad news. On a day that defen...
Sep 03, 2019
Second degree murder charges reduced to manslaughter during Twigg, Scout trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Moments after Simon Danny Scout and Rylan James Twigg were arraigned on second-degree murder charges in Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge Monday (Sept. 3), the Crown announced it w...
Sep 03, 2019 The home where Lethbridge Police say Kenrick First Rider was killedÂ
Svitolina beats Konta to reach US Open semifinals
NEW YORK - Elina Svitolina reached the semifinals for the second straight Grand Slam tournament, beating Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday at the U.S. Open. Svitolina followed up on her run to the fin...
Sep 03, 2019
Astros ace Verlander tosses no-hitter against Blue Jays, Houston wins 2-0
TORONTO - Justin Verlander had one thing on his mind after tossing a no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. "Where is Toro?" the Houston Astros right-hander shouted through an ear-to-...
Sep 03, 2019
Former teammates confident Cup hero Devante Smith-Pelly will get another shot
TORONTO - Brett Connolly says he owes the Stanley Cup ring on his finger to Devante Smith-Pelly. Some 15 months after that magical playoff run, Connolly simply hopes his former teammate...
Sep 03, 2019
Atwood, Rushdie among Booker Prize finalists
NEW YORK - Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments," her highly anticipated sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale," is among six works shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction. Other finalists announced Tuesda...
Sep 03, 2019
Canadian 'keeper Milan Borjan savours life in Belgrade, looks to lift up Canada
TORONTO - Milan Borjan speaks English, Spanish, Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian - variations of which cover Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Montenegro - understands Turkish and has a little Romanian and...
Sep 03, 2019
Italy: 5-Stars' activists OK deal for coalition of rivals
ROME - Activists from Italy's populist 5-Star Movement voted overwhelmingly in an online ballot Tuesday to approve a deal for a governing coalition with the rival, mainstream Democrats that would thwa...
Sep 03, 2019