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'Job intensive:' Study says clean energy fast track to employment growth
New research says job growth from clean energy will dramatically outpace that from fossil fuels over the next decade - as long as future Canadian governments maintain or increase attemp...
Oct 03, 2019
Curfew, more tear gas in Baghdad after 2 days of violence
BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces are using tear gas against a few hundred protesters gathered in a central Baghdad square, hours after a curfew was announced in the Iraqi capital. The curfew was announ...
Oct 02, 2019
McDavid scores winner, Draisaitl with three points as Oilers beat Canucks
EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers opened the 2019-20 NHL season with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. Connor McDavid broke a 2-2 de...
Oct 02, 2019
Arch bridge falls in Taiwan bay, divers search for victims
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A towering arch bridge over a bay in eastern Taiwan collapsed Tuesday, sending a burning oil tanker truck falling onto boats in the water below. An air force helicopter, fishing vesse...
Oct 02, 2019
Diaz hits 2 homers, Rays beat A’s 5-1 in AL wild-card game
OAKLAND, Calif. - Yandy Diaz slugged baseball's lowest spender into a matchup with mighty Houston, Charlie Morton silenced the powerful Athletics on the mound, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Oakland at i...
Oct 02, 2019
Diaz hits 2 homers, Rays beat A’s 5-1 in AL wild-card game
OAKLAND, Calif. - Yandy Diaz slugged baseball's lowest spender into a matchup with mighty Houston, Charlie Morton silenced the powerful Athletics on the mound, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Oakland at i...
Oct 02, 2019
Steelers break out of funk, stomp Bengals 27-3
PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Steelers insisted they might have been winless through three weeks, but they were far from hopeless. They stressed the process of finding an identity with franchise quarter...
Oct 02, 2019
Trudeau, Bloc's Blanchet spar over Quebec's Bill-21 in French language debate
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and his Bloc Quebecois opponent Yves-Francois Blanchet clashed sharply over Quebec's controversial secularism law during a French-language debate Wednesday night...
Oct 02, 2019
Matthews scores twice, Tavares named Leafs captain as Toronto downs Ottawa
TORONTO - Auston Matthews continued his dominance on opening night. The Maple Leafs centre scored twice as Toronto defeated the Ottawa Senators 5-3 in the curtain-raiser on the 2019-20 ...
Oct 02, 2019
In debate, Bloc leader says only his party represents the Quebec nation
MONTREAL - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet hammered home a single message early on in the first French-language election debate Wednesday night: the only party in which Quebecers can full...
Oct 02, 2019