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Raptors and Canada men's basketball coach Nick Nurse savours sweet summer
SHANGHAI - The day after the Toronto Raptors captured their first NBA championship in June, Nick Nurse received a video via text from the Chicago Cubs. The message was from Gary Pressy, the&...
Sep 09, 2019
British Airways grounds nearly all flights as pilots strike
LONDON - British Airways has cancelled almost all its flights for 48 hours, affecting as many as 195,000 travellers, due to a strike by pilots over pay. The U.K.'s flagship carrier said in a statement...
Sep 09, 2019
Beezie Madden wins CP International Grand Prix at Calgary's Spruce Meadows
CALGARY - Beezie Madden had just one fault on her way to capturing the CP International Grand Prix at the Spruce Meadows Masters on Sunday. After going clear in the first round of competition abo...
Sep 09, 2019
Federal response to 'gig' workers hindered by unreliable data, documents say
OTTAWA - A newly released government document shows that federal officials feel stymied by data roadblocks in their bid to help policymakers tackle a growing political concern about the country's "gig...
Sep 09, 2019
Crews work to restore power and clear debris left in Dorian's wake
HALIFAX - Post-tropical storm Dorian may have departed Atlantic Canada but the scars it inflicted across the region with its hurricane strength wind gusts and torrential rain will take some time&...
Sep 09, 2019
In the news today, Sept. 9
Six stories in the news for Monday, Sept. 9 --- POST DORIAN CLEANUP A MASSIVE TASK Post-tropical storm Dorian may have departed Atlantic Canada but the scars it inflicted across the region w...
Sep 09, 2019
New Saudi energy minister urges producers to share burden
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia's new energy minister says producers "have to share responsibility" to balance the market. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman spoke Monday in Abu Dhabi at an en...
Sep 09, 2019
Russia and Ukraine trade prisoners, each fly 35 to freedom
MOSCOW - Russia and Ukraine conducted a major prisoner exchange that freed 35 people detained in each country and flew them to the other, a deal that could help advance Russia-Ukraine relations and en...
Sep 09, 2019
Dorian topples crane, knocks out power in eastern Canada
TORONTO - Dorian arrived on Canada's Atlantic coast Saturday with heavy rain and powerful winds, toppling a construction crane in Halifax and knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people a d...
Sep 09, 2019
Bird watchers, plant lovers, nature seekers find sanctuary at oasis in city core
SAANICH, B.C. - The bird watchers gather in the parking lot at the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, binoculars and cameras at their sides, chattering about their most recent siting of a tiny...
Sep 09, 2019