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Canada climbs FIFA world soccer rankings, moves past CONCACAF rival Panama
ZURICH - Canada rose three places to No. 75 in the latest FIFA world rankings, surpassing CONCACAF rival Panama in the process. The Canadian men now stand seventh in CONCACAF, which covers North ...
Sep 19, 2019
Wolfpack veteran Jon Wilkin brings lots to the rugby league table
TORONTO - Jon Wilkin brought 16 years of Super League experience to the Toronto Wolfpack this season, hoping to use that knowledge to take the transatlantic rugby league team to the top tier. So far, ...
Sep 19, 2019
Top court won't hear Mountie's appeal over harassment allegations
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it will not hear an RCMP sergeant's argument that he should be compensated for alleged harassment by superiors. In 2017, the Ontario Superior Court found...
Sep 19, 2019
'Jeopardy!' host Trebek says he's resumed chemotherapy
NEW YORK - "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek says he's had a setback in his battle with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy again. Trebek told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday that afte...
Sep 19, 2019
Rugby again approved as high school sport in Nova Scotia by governing body
HALIFAX - Rugby is again being approved by the administrative body for high school sports in Nova Scotia after the organization instituted a short-lived ban last spring over safety concerns. Stephen G...
Sep 19, 2019
Students who died in Vancouver Island bus crash remembered for love of learning
VICTORIA - Two first-year biology students at the University of Victoria are being remembered for their love of learning and nature. Emma Machado of Winnipeg and John Geerdes from Iowa have been ...
Sep 19, 2019
Tax credits or cash? Parties spar over what is best for parental benefits
OTTAWA - Is it better to be paid in credit or with cash? That's a question Liberals and Conservatives tusseled over Tuesday in the ongoing federal election competition for the votes of middle-cla...
Sep 19, 2019
Progress reported in contract talks between GM, union
DETROIT - Faced with weakening sales, a deteriorating global economy and an unpredictable trade war, General Motors and striking auto workers appeared to be making progress Tuesday toward a four-year ...
Sep 19, 2019
US keeps top spot in FIBA men's world rankings; Spain No. 2
USA Basketball has kept its No. 1 spot in the FIBA world men's rankings, even after a disappointing seventh-place showing in the World Cup that ended earlier this week. It's now nine-years-and-countin...
Sep 19, 2019
Trump says gun negotiations going 'very slowly'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is pouring cold water on prospects for a bipartisan compromise on gun legislation, even as his aides circulate a draft plan on Capitol Hill. Trump tells Fox News in...
Sep 19, 2019