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Cowboys, Elliott agree on $90 million deal that ends holdout
FRISCO, Texas - Ezekiel Elliott was finishing the early stretching at the first practice since ending his long holdout with the Dallas Cowboys when the star running back was called to the front of the...
Sep 06, 2019
Late arrivals Klassen, Morgan cherishing the chance to play for Canada
SHANGHAI - Owen Klassen had just touched down in Belgium and was going through the entrance protocol with his new pro team when he got the call from Canada. Toronto Raptors forward Chris Boucher had j...
Sep 06, 2019
First Nations given maximum compensation for Ottawa's child-welfare discrimination
OTTAWA - The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has awarded more than $2 billion in compensation to First Nations children and their families who were separated by a chronically underfunded welfare system...
Sep 06, 2019
'Can't feel my heart:' IG says separated kids traumatized
WASHINGTON - Separated from his father at the U.S.-Mexico border last year, the little boy, about 7 or 8, was under the delusion that his dad had been killed. And he thought he was next. Other childre...
Sep 06, 2019
Producers working between showers to bring in crop in Southwest Saskatchewan
REGINA, SK -Producers in southwest Saskatchewan continue to harvest between showers but they are still behind the 5 year average.20 per cent of the crop in the southwest has been combined; the 5 year ...
Sep 06, 2019 CHATNEWSTODAY file
Alberta's unemployment rate ticks higher despite job surge nationally
OTTAWA - Canada's economy posted a job surge last month of 81,100 net new positions, the bulk of which were part time, in the services sector and picked up by young people. Statistics Canada says that...
Sep 06, 2019 Canadian Press photo
Stonestreet stars as Chiefs coach's brother in spoof video
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - "Modern Family" star Eric Stonestreet plays the part of the bumbling younger brother of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid in a new spoof video that was released in advance of ...
Sep 06, 2019
Hurricane watch in parts of Atlantic Canada as Dorian moves up U.S. east coast
HALIFAX - Hurricane Dorian has moved off North Carolina as a Category 1 storm and is on a path that would take it into Atlantic Canada on Saturday. The Canadian Hurricane Centre says a hurricane watch...
Sep 06, 2019
YouTube to pay $170M fine after violating kids' privacy law
WASHINGTON - Google will pay $170 million to settle allegations its YouTube video service collected personal data on children without their parents' consent. The company agreed to work with video crea...
Sep 06, 2019
Hurricane Dorian howling over North Carolina's Outer Banks
WILMINGTON, N.C. - Dorian howled over North Carolina's Outer Banks on Friday, lashing the low-lying barrier islands as a weakened Category 1 hurricane. Dorian's eye was 10 miles off Cape Hatteras, Nor...
Sep 06, 2019