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Fish buyer in P.E.I. opens plant to promote Canada's sustainable tuna fishery
A tuna buyer in Prince Edward Island has opened Canada's first federally licensed plant to process bluefin tuna for the world sushi market. Jason Tompkins of OneTuna, says after 18 years as a tuna buy...
Aug 12, 2019
South Korea to remove Japan from preferred trade list
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea said Monday that it has decided to remove Japan from a list of nations receiving preferential treatment in trade in what was seen as a countermeasure to Tokyo's...
Aug 12, 2019
Edmonton Eskimos beat Ottawa Redblacks 16-12 in CFL action Friday
EDMONTON - Quarterback Trevor Harris handed his old team its fifth loss in six games, as his Edmonton Eskimos defeated the Ottawa Redblacks 16-12 in CFL action Friday night. Harris led a seven-pl...
Aug 11, 2019
Autopsy of Epstein performed, but details yet to be released
NEW YORK - The details of how Jeffrey Epstein died in his Manhattan jail cell over the weekend have yet to be released, but medical officials have performed an autopsy on the high-profile inmate accus...
Aug 11, 2019
Fierce storm ends game early, giving Roughriders bizarre win over Als
MONTREAL - Mother Nature made CFL history Friday night. The Saskatchewan Roughriders beat the Montreal Alouettes 17-10 in the first-ever CFL contest called off early because of inclement weather at Mo...
Aug 11, 2019
Sean Red-Foley shines on mound as Toronto Blue Jays beat New York Yankees
TORONTO - Sean Reid-Foley is trying to prove he deserves to stay with the Toronto Blue Jays. The right-hander's performance against the New York Yankees on Friday could help his cause. ...
Aug 11, 2019
Nigeria rebounds to beat Canada in pre-FIBA World Cup friendly
WINNIPEG - Philip Scrubb knows missing 10 out of 11 shots late in a basketball game isn't a good thing, but he predicts it will become a distant memory for the Canadian national men's team. The guard ...
Aug 11, 2019
Virginia transgender bathroom case: Judge favours ex-student
NORFOLK, Va. - A federal judge in Virginia ruled Friday that a school board's transgender bathroom ban discriminated against a former student, Gavin Grimm, the latest in a string of decisions nationwi...
Aug 11, 2019
Police: El Paso shooting suspect said he targeted Mexicans
EL PASO, Texas - The man accused of carrying out last weekend's deadly mass shooting at a Walmart in the Texas border city of El Paso confessed to officers while he was surrendering and later explaine...
Aug 11, 2019
NewsAlert: Nadal cruises to victory over Medvedev in Rogers Cup final
MONTREAL - Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal has won his second straight Rogers Cup men's title, and fifth overall, with an emphatic 6-3, 6-0 victory over Russia's Daniil Medvedev. More coming. The Can...
Aug 11, 2019