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Fatal July plane crash near Jasper, Alta., happened after Cessna stalled: TSB
JASPER, Alta. - An investigation has determined a fatal plane crash in Jasper National Park was caused when the aircraft stalled and went into a spin shortly after takeoff. One passenger died and the ...
Sep 29, 2019
Montreal Impact eliminated from MLS playoffs following draw with Atlanta
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact were officially eliminated from MLS playoff contention following a 1-1 draw against defending champions Atlanta United on Sunday evening. Julian Gressel scored his fifth...
Sep 29, 2019
Smoak drives in three runs vs. Rays in potential final game as Blue Jay
TORONTO - Justin Smoak hit a pair of doubles and drove in three runs in what was likely his final game as a Blue Jay, and Toronto ended its season with a 8-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. Smo...
Sep 29, 2019
Cause of deadly boat fire still a mystery
LOS ANGELES - Investigators completed a two-week examination of the charred wreckage of a scuba diving boat and could not determine what ignited the fire that killed 34 people off the Southern Califor...
Sep 29, 2019
Governor general, ex-Quebec premiers to attend Jacques Chirac memorial service
A Canadian delegation led by Gov. Gen. Julie Payette will attend a memorial service for former French president Jacques Chirac on Monday. Chirac, who served as president of France between 19...
Sep 29, 2019
Roads turn dangerous as record snowfall hits the Hat
Medicine Hat, AB - A snowfall record has been set as a winter storm has made driving on area highways treacherous on Sunday.As of Sunday afternoon, traffic on westbound lanes on the Trans-Canada west ...
Sep 29, 2019
At UN, Africa balances highlighting its progress and poverty
At the modernist U.N. building on New York's East Side, "United Nations" means the trappings of protocol, the gravitas and pettiness of diplomatic relations, the grandiose speeches and agendas of head...
Sep 29, 2019
Canadian sprinters De Grasse, Brown cruise into 200-metre semifinal at worlds
DOHA, Qatar - Canadian sprinters Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown won their men's 200-metre heats Sunday at the world track and field championships. A day after racing to bronze in the men's 100, De Gr...
Sep 29, 2019
Wally Lamb, prison at odds again over inmate writing program
NIANTIC, Conn. - Author Wally Lamb says he was barred from entering a Connecticut women's prison to resume a writing program that had been reinstated after an investigation of former inmates' complain...
Sep 29, 2019
Conservatives first party to register candidates in all 338 ridings
OTTAWA - The Conservatives say they are the first party to register candidates in all 338 ridings. The party's national campaign manager, Hamish Marshall, says in a statement that 107 of those candida...
Sep 29, 2019