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Deadline looming for Canada-EU trade pact, as Europeans push resistant Walloons
OTTAWA - They’re listening carefully to the noisy argument spilling out of their neighbour’s house - but for the moment they’re giving the appearance of keeping their noses out of it...
Oct 20, 2016
Windy, stormy weather complicates clean-up operations for sunken B.C. tug
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Blustery, wet weather thwarted efforts Thursday to assess the fallout of a sunken tugboat leaking diesel in a remote region off British Columbia’s central coast. All small bo...
Oct 20, 2016
NFL reopens Brown investigation, Brown not going to London
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Josh Brown’s future with the New York Giants and possibly the NFL is in jeopardy after police released journal entries and emails in which the place-kicker admitted that ...
Oct 20, 2016
US confirms 11th death due to Takata air bags
DETROIT - A 50-year-old woman who died after a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata Corp.’s defective air bag inflators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Admin...
Oct 20, 2016
Stampeders look to run the table at home with win over sinking Argos
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders and Toronto Argonauts have very different motivations heading into their game at McMahon Stadium on Friday night. While the Stampeders (14-1-1) want to cap off an unde...
Oct 20, 2016
Timeline in capsizing of whale-watching boat off Tofino, B.C.
VICTORIA - Six people died when the whale-watching boat Leviathan II capsized just west of Tofino, B.C. Here is a timeline of events: Oct. 25, 2015: Leviathan II left Tofino at 1:30 p.m. on a whale wa...
Oct 20, 2016
Penn State former president calls aides' charges 'injustice'
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Former Penn State President Graham Spanier testified Thursday that he issued a statement the day two of his top lieutenants were charged in the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scan...
Oct 20, 2016
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Oct. 20 ____ TRUMP NOT SAYING IF HE’LL ACCEPT ELECTION RESULTS: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he won’t commit to honouring...
Oct 20, 2016
West Coast whale boat tragedy scars survivors, families and rescuers
VICTORIA - Entire communities have been honoured, individuals cited for heroism and boats blessed, but one year after the sinking of a whale-watching vessel off British Columbia that tossed 27 people ...
Oct 20, 2016
Former middleweight champ Lemeiux not taking little-known Rios lightly
MONTREAL - After two fights on the road, David Lemieux wanted one at home, even if it was against a little known but potentially dangerous opponent. The former middleweight champion from Montreal (35-...
Oct 20, 2016