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Placido Domingo concert opening sports complex in Hungary
SZEGED, Hungary - Placido Domingo received a warm reception Wednesday at a concert in Hungary to inaugurate a new soccer stadium for a Catholic diocese, the second of the opera star's European engagem...
Aug 30, 2019
NHLers keeping an eye on RFA stalemates with training camps approaching
Mark Giordano can't recall an off-season like this one. It wasn't that the captain of the Calgary Flames became just the fourth player to win the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenceman at...
Aug 30, 2019
United missing Rooney for match pivotal meeting with Impact on Montreal
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact are heading into a pivotal Eastern-Conference match with one major factor on their side - they won't have to face Wayne Rooney. Due to a suspension, the former Engl...
Aug 30, 2019
Draisaitl on Puljujarvi: 'It seems like he doesn't want to be on our team'
TORONTO - Leon Draisaitl hopes Jesse Puljujarvi has a change of heart. If he doesn't and snubs a potential return to the Edmonton Oilers' fold, that's also fine. "You want guys to pan out and you want...
Aug 30, 2019
Honouring military important for Wolfpack coach who served in Royal Marines
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack celebrate their inaugural "Forces & Families Day" on Saturday at Lamport Stadium, honouring the military as they host Barrow Raiders in search of their 20th str...
Aug 30, 2019
Parts of Vermont Capitol on lockdown after weapon report
MONTPELIER, Vt. - State government buildings in Vermont's Capitol complex in Montpelier are on lockdown after a report of a person with a weapon. State buildings Commissioner Christopher Cole tells WC...
Aug 30, 2019
City purposing changes to tax instalment plan to help confused customers
Medicine Hat, AB - The city of Medicine Hat is trying to help ease some confusion for taxpayers in the city. Currently, 9,000 people are using the city's "Tax Instalment Payment Plan", which withdraws...
Aug 30, 2019
Competition bureau investigating claims made by makers of 'flushable' wipes
OTTAWA - Canada's Competition Bureau is digging into complaints that companies that market "flushable" wipes are making false claims about their products. Friends of the Earth Canada and EcoJustice, o...
Aug 30, 2019
Canadian health officials on alert after reports of vaping illnesses in the U.S.
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health says he and colleagues across Canada have increased their vigilance as American health officials investigate nearly 200 cases of severe respirat...
Aug 30, 2019
Former Quebec minister sees some charges dropped in corruption case
Quebec's director of criminal and penal prosecutions is dropping some of the criminal charges against former Liberal deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau. Five charges of fraud, corr...
Aug 30, 2019