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Fire at Texas Exxon Mobil refinery slightly injures 37
HOUSTON - An explosion and fire at an Exxon Mobil oil refinery in Texas on Wednesday left 37 people with minor injuries, in the latest of a series of petrochemical industry blazes this year in the Hou...
Jul 31, 2019
Canadian gymnast Ellie Black wins five medals for second Pan Ams in a row
LIMA, Peru - Canadian gymnast Ellie Black's breakout performance came four years ago in Toronto. Her Pan Am Games encore in Lima was on par and nearly one better. Black's record-smashin...
Jul 31, 2019
US officials say key rail safety technology 90% complete
WASHINGTON - The railroad industry has installed safety technology on nearly 90% of tracks where it is required, federal officials said Wednesday, but "significant work" is needed to ensure the techno...
Jul 31, 2019
Five things to know about the dangers of Manitoba's northern wilderness
GILLAM, Man. - The RCMP have been searching a remote area in northern Manitoba for more than a week trying to find murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod. A burned-out vehicle the fugitives&...
Jul 31, 2019
Spots still available in full-time MH Public School Division kindergarten program
MEDICINE HAT, AB -- Two months ago, the Medicine Hat Public School Division introduced full-time kindergarten for its students. The first day of school is on September 3, and there's still room left t...
Jul 31, 2019
'I filled a void': How a developer wants to help settle centuries of grievances in Oka
MONTREAL - Developer Gregoire Gollin thought he had a steal when he purchased 220 hectares of land between the First Nations territory of Kanesatake and the neighbouring village of Oka, Que., in 2004....
Jul 31, 2019
Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell ready to test throwing arm
Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell says he's ready to throw the football again. The CFL's Most Outstanding Player and Grey Cup MVP in 2018 hasn't played since injuring the pecto...
Jul 31, 2019
Fajardo says nothing changes after Roughriders trade Collaros
REGINA - With Saskatchewan trading veteran quarterback Zach Collaros to the Toronto Argonauts on Wednesday, the usual football parlance would now call the Roughriders Cody Fajardo's team. General mana...
Jul 31, 2019
Canadian teenager Alphonso Davies scores highlight-reel goal for Bayern Munich
MUNICH - Canadian teenager Alphonso Davies scored a highlight-reel goal to tie the game at 2-2 but his Bayern Munich lost 6-5 in a penalty shootout to Tottenham in the final of the Audi...
Jul 31, 2019
Experts alarmed after deer meat from diseased herd allowed into food system
MONTREAL - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is exposing the public to unnecessary risk by allowing deer and elk meat from farms affected by a contagious disease to end up on con...
Jul 31, 2019