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'I saw a trailer that was all twisted': Tornado tosses Quebec campground
ST-ROCH-DE-L'ACHIGAN, Que. - A tornado tore through a campground north of Montreal Thursday evening, snapping trees, toppling trailers and sending at least one injured man to hospital. "When I drove t...
Jul 14, 2019
Saturday's Scoreboard
CFLMontreal 36 Ottawa 19Hamilton 30 Calgary 23MLBAmerican LeagueBaltimore 2 Tampa Bay 1 (1st game)Tampa Bay 12 Baltimore 4 (2nd game)Toronto 2 N.Y. Yankees 1Oakland 13 Chicago White Sox 2Minnesota 6 C...
Jul 14, 2019
Armed Forces to sweep explosives from Nazi-sunk ships off Newfoundland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The wrecks of four iron ore carriers felled by German U-boats in 1942 have rested off Newfoundland's Bell Island for decades. Bell Island was one of the few places in North America ...
Jul 14, 2019
Lewis Hamilton wins record 6th British GP, extends F1 lead
SILVERSTONE, England - Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton won a record sixth British Grand Prix on Sunday after jumping ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas by taking advantage of th...
Jul 14, 2019
Magnitude 7.3 quake damages homes in eastern Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A strong, shallow earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Sunday, damaging some homes and causing panicked residents to flee to temporary shelters. There were no immediate reports ...
Jul 14, 2019
New immigration pilot will offer residency to some migrant farm-workers
OTTAWA - A new three-year immigration experiment that will give migrant workers a path to permanent residency in Canada is getting a thumbs-up from industry but a thumbs-down from migra...
Jul 14, 2019
Trudeau visits Alberta pipeline site, says national unity is not under threat
EDMONTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is dismissing claims by conservative politicians that national unity is under threat. The Liberal leader says conservative politicians are playi...
Jul 14, 2019
Concerns mount over 'criminalization' of detained migrants in Canada
OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency will soon force all border-security officers working with detained migrants to wear defensive gear, drawing widespread concern over a perceived "criminalizat...
Jul 14, 2019
Acosta exits; Trump's big Cabinet turnover keeps growing
WASHINGTON - Adding to the lengthy list of departures from President Donald Trump's Cabinet, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said Friday he's stepping down amid the tumult over his handling of a 2008...
Jul 14, 2019
Canada drops 2 spots to No. 7 in FIFA rankings after round-of-16 World Cup exit
Canada has dropped two places to No. 7 in the FIFA world rankings after exiting in the round of 16 at the recent Women's World Cup. The world champion Americans remained No. 1 in the rankings released...
Jul 14, 2019
