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China says trade talks with US to take place in October
BEIJING - U.S. and Chinese envoys will meet in early October for talks aimed at ending a tariff war, later than initially planned, China's Commerce Ministry announced Thursday. The announcement came a...
Sep 04, 2019

NHLPA executive board meets, still deliberating on CBA
NHL players have yet to decide whether to terminate the current collective bargaining agreement with less than two weeks before the deadline to do so. Roughly 50 players met Wednesday night in Chicago...
Sep 04, 2019

Administration switches off rule for thriftier light bulbs
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration turned its deregulatory focus Wednesday to light bulbs, scrapping a rule that would have phased out less energy efficient incandescent bulbs. The move slows a yea...
Sep 04, 2019

Judge orders Anheuser-Busch to halt 'corn syrup' labels
Big beer is still duking it out over corn syrup. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Anheuser-Busch to stop using Bud Light packaging that implies rival brews made by MillerCoors contain corn syrup. ...
Sep 04, 2019

NTSB: Autopilot flaw, driver inattention caused Tesla crash
DETROIT - A design flaw in Tesla's Autopilot semi-autonomous driving system and driver inattention combined to cause a Model S electric car to slam into a firetruck parked along a California freeway, ...
Sep 04, 2019

Rebecca Lee-Bentham to play against men in Mackenzie Tour event in Montreal
Coming off a three-year break from elite competition, Rebecca Lee-Bentham is finding ways to keep golf interesting. She'll be the only woman in the field when the Mackenzie Investments Open tees ...
Sep 04, 2019

Argos general manager Jim Popp not looking to shuffle CFL team's roster
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts are in the East Division basement, but GM Jim Popp isn't looking to shuffle his roster. Toronto (1-9) has dropped three straight to stand fourth in the East Division, f...
Sep 04, 2019

Conservation group: Bolivia fires ravaged big cat habitat
RIO DE JANEIRO - A conservation group says one of Latin America's key habitats for jaguars suffered extensive devastation during fires in Bolivia. The South America director for the New York-based Pan...
Sep 04, 2019

Some in flooded Quebec town angry new dike will block their waterfront views
MONTREAL - Some lakeside residents of a town northwest of Montreal that was severely flooded last spring after a dike ruptured are now upset the government's repairs to the structure will ob...
Sep 04, 2019

Federal Court of Appeal allows six legal challenges against Trans Mountain Pipeline to proceed
OTTAWA -- The Federal Court of Appeal has agreed to hear six of the 12 challenges to the second approval of Trans Mountain Pipeline project.In a decision released Wednesday afternoon, the court grante...
Sep 04, 2019 Oil installation -- The Canadian Press