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Tokyo panel details venue changes, cost cuts for 2020 Games
TOKYO - The rowing and canoeing venue for the 2020 Olympics should either be moved to a site hundreds of miles (kilometres) away in northern Japan or downgraded to a temporary facility in Tokyo, a cit...
Nov 01, 2016
As De Boer is fired, Inter supporters blame Chinese owners
ROME - Now that Frank de Boer has been fired, Inter Milan fans are debating who was more responsible for the squad’s poor start to the season: the Dutch manager or the new Chinese owners. While ...
Nov 01, 2016
Obama says Clinton to face unfair gender attacks if elected
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama predicted that some of Hillary Clinton’s opponents will belittle her as overly emotional if she becomes the nation’s first woman president. Obama’...
Nov 01, 2016
Rapper behind song 'Sell Drugz' is accused of selling drugs
LEBANON, Pa. - A rapper whose songs include “Sell Drugz” has been charged with selling drugs in Pennsylvania. Twenty-nine-year-old Michael Persaud performs under the name Montana Millz. Th...
Nov 01, 2016
Back-to-back No. 1 picks, McDavid and Matthews come from very different places
TORONTO - Wayne Gretzky, arguably the greatest player in NHL history, felt he had to be there in person to witness the historic first ever NHL meeting between Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews. Now a...
Nov 01, 2016
N.S. jails moving to provide OD treatment 'immediately' as fentanyl threat grows
HALIFAX - The arrival of the highly potent opioid fentanyl in Nova Scotia is prompting the province’s jails to move more quickly on a plan to provide frontline staff with a potentially life-savi...
Nov 01, 2016
Thomson Reuters to cut 2,000 jobs worldwide as it speeds up streamlining
TORONTO - Thomson Reuters (TSX:TRI) says it’s eliminating 2,000 positions around the world as it speeds up efforts to streamline and simplify its global information services organization. The la...
Nov 01, 2016
Economy grew 0.2 per cent in August, reinforcing expectations of rebound
OTTAWA - The economy grew by 0.2 per cent in August, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, reinforcing expectations that the country is poised for a rebound in the third quarter. The measure of real gross d...
Nov 01, 2016
A look at key players in the Dakota Access pipeline fight
BISMARCK, N.D. - The Dakota Access pipeline, a $3.8 billion, four-state project designed to carry oil from North Dakota to Illinois, has become a rallying point for American Indian tribes and others d...
Nov 01, 2016
9 killed in car bomb blast at checkpoint in northern Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - A car bomb targeting a military checkpoint on a road leading to Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri exploded Tuesday, killing all nine people in the vehicle, police and...
Nov 01, 2016