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'Fiscal reckoning': Alberta to outline $20B-plus deficit in financial update
EDMONTON - Albertans are to get a look at the province's biggest deficit in history when the government releases its financial update today. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has been warning that the...
Aug 27, 2020
Party leaders on New Brunswick's campaign trail scattered across province today
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's political party leaders are scattered across the province today for campaign announcements. Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs will be ...
Aug 27, 2020
Flyers give up 3-goal lead, recover to beat Islanders in OT
TORONTO - Phillippe Myers scored 2:40 into overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday, tying the second-round playoff series at a game apiece. The ...
Aug 26, 2020
Five MLS games called off as player protest racial injustice
Major League Soccer players boycotted five games Wednesday night in a collective statement against racial injustice. The action came after all three NBA playoff games were called off in a protest over...
Aug 26, 2020
WNBA games postponed following shooting of Jacob Blake
The WNBA postponed its three games Wednesday night following the shooting of Jacob Blake over the weekend. The move came hours after the NBA decided to postpone its three playoff games with its player...
Aug 26, 2020
Lightning pound Bruins 7-1, take 2-1 lead in second-round playoff series
TORONTO - Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning thumped the Boston Bruins 7-1 on Wednesday to take a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff s...
Aug 26, 2020
Typhoon barrels into N. Korea after causing damage in South
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A typhoon that grazed South Korea, ripping off roofs and knocking out power to more than 1,600 households, made landfall in North Korea early Thursday. South Korean authori...
Aug 26, 2020
New Zealand mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The judge impose...
Aug 26, 2020
Hrudey says NHL should have postponed playoff games after NBA boycott
TORONTO - Hockey analyst Kelly Hrudey wanted the NHL to respond in a meaningful way after NBA teams boycotted their playoff games Wednesday in the wake of the weekend shooting of a Black man...
Aug 26, 2020
Tellez hits 2 homers in Blue Jays 9-1 win over Red Sox
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Rowdy Tellez drove in four runs with two homers and a double, and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox 9-1 on Wednesday night. Vladimir Guererro Jr. hit a pair of doubles,...
Aug 26, 2020
