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El Paso opens healing centre as it prepares for Trump visit
EL PASO, Texas - El Paso opened a grief centre on Tuesday to help people cope with last weekend's mass shooting at a Walmart, in which 22 people, nearly all with Latino last names, were killed and man...
Aug 08, 2019
Munk Debates calls on federal leaders to sign up for foreign policy debate
OTTAWA - A charitable organization that held a federal election debate on foreign policy four years ago is launching a campaign to pressure party leaders to attend a proposed event during th...
Aug 08, 2019
Andreescu downs Bouchard in all-Canadian first-round tilt at Rogers Cup
TORONTO - Bianca Andreescu and Eugenie Bouchard started exchanging messages over Instagram when they found out they'd be playing each other in the first round of the Rogers Cup. Any ner...
Aug 08, 2019
Goodale urges internet giants to do more to combat child abuse online
Internet giants need to be better, faster and more open when it comes to fighting child abuse online, or else governments could make them pay for its harmful aftermath, Public Safety Minister Ral...
Aug 08, 2019
Loblaws off the hook for Rana Plaza disaster; Bangladeshi lawsuit fails
TORONTO - One of the country's largest retailers is finally off the hook for the devastating collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh six years ago. In a decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court of ...
Aug 08, 2019
Valour FC strips Jordan Murrell of captaincy after he sees red in CPL game
WINNIPEG - Valour FC has stripped Jordan Murrell of his captaincy in the wake of a stormy red-card exit in the Winnipeg CPL's club 1-0 loss to HFX Wanderers in Halifax earlier this week. Murrell was i...
Aug 08, 2019
Pliskova downs Kontaveit to advance to quarterfinals at Rogers Cup
TORONTO - Czech star and former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova has advanced to the quarterfinals at the Rogers Cup. The current No. 3 downed No. 16-seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday ...
Aug 08, 2019
City begins renovations at Strathcona Centre
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The next round of renovations at the Strathcona Centre are underway,Work on the centre, which provides physical activities for senior citizens in the city, began on Tuesday."The foc...
Aug 08, 2019 Contractors continue work on the roof of the Strathcona Centre Wednesday afternoon (photo by Ross Lavigne)
Another reason to avoid bunker as snapping turtle lays eggs on N.S. golf course
HALIFAX - Most golfers would rather avoid sand traps, and that's especially true now on a course in central Nova Scotia where a resident snapping turtle has laid its eggs in the same bunker for the se...
Aug 08, 2019
Ivanka Trump to promote women's initiative in South America
WASHINGTON - Ivanka Trump will travel to South America in September to focus on issues that make it difficult for women in developing countries to prosper financially, including lack of access to cred...
Aug 08, 2019