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Finland a confident squad despite tough group at World Cup of Hockey
TORONTO - Finland is in a tough group at the World Cup of Hockey with the powerhouse Swedes, a strong Russian side and a North America team that is loaded with young talent. It’s a position that...
Sep 14, 2016

US official: Difficult to alter US elections through hacking
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama’s homeland security adviser said Wednesday that it would be very hard for someone to hack into America’s voting systems in a way that could alter an ele...
Sep 14, 2016
Bill Clinton to leave board of foundation health project
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Former President Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea will leave the board of a health project connected to the Clinton Foundation, should Hillary Clinton win the White House. Their ...
Sep 14, 2016
Republican hold on Mormon voters slips with Trump as nominee
SALT LAKE CITY - Mormons Manuel and Claire Saldana say they normally identify with Republican values and principles, but the Virginia couple is struggling to stay on board with the GOP after Donald Tr...
Sep 14, 2016
Alouettes quarterback Cato reaches uneasy truce with receivers Carter, Stafford
MONTREAL - Rakeem Cato looks to have forged an uneasy truce with Duron Carter and Kenny Stafford. The Montreal Alouettes quarterback sat well apart from the receivers during breaks in drills on Wednes...
Sep 14, 2016

Leitch dismisses critics of her immigrant-screening proposal as 'elites'
HALIFAX - Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch says she’s heard from Tories unhappy with her proposal to screen immigrants on their values, but predicts she will be elected leader bec...
Sep 14, 2016

The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Sept. 15 ____ CANADIAN HELD IN CHINA RELEASED: A Canadian man jailed in China on espionage charges has been released, a federal official said Thursday. Kevi...
Sep 14, 2016

In leaked emails, Powell calls Trump a 'national disgrace'
WASHINGTON - In a trove of newly leaked emails, former Secretary of State Colin Powell calls Donald Trump “a national disgrace” and suggests his own Republican Party is “crashing and...
Sep 14, 2016
Son of civil rights leader Marcus Garvey talks black history, Bob Marley in N.S.
HALIFAX - Nearly 80 years after his father delivered a speech in Nova Scotia that would help inspire Bob Marley lyrics, Julius Garvey says the message of the speech and song still ring true. “It...
Sep 14, 2016
The Latest: Trump 'didn't like' lack of diversity at RNC
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): 10:35 p.m. Donald Trump says he was bothered by the lack of racial diversity at the Republican National Convention - and again pu...
Sep 14, 2016