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US service sector expansion slows in November
SILVER SPRING, Md. - The U.S. services sector, where most Americans work, registered its sixth consecutive month of expansion in November. The Institute for Supply Management reported Thursday that it...
Dec 03, 2020
Cree student awarded Order of the White Rose in memory of Polytechnique victims
MONTREAL - An Indigenous engineering student is this year's recipient of the Order of the White Rose from Polytechnique Montreal in memory of the victims and survivors of the 1989 anti-feminist attack...
Dec 03, 2020
Curling Canada Aims to Hold Series of Events in Hub City
A condensed series of Curling Canada Season of Champions championship events will be scheduled for 2021 in a hub city, no-fans, safe environment.Curling Canada aspires to hold the 2021 Scotties Tourna...
Dec 03, 2020
COVID-19 friendly Teddy Bear Toss being held to support Christmas Hamper Campaign
The Salvation Army Christmas Hamper campaign in Melfort is still looking to get as many teddy bears to kids in need as possible.With recent public health measures, the annual Teddy Bear Toss at a Melf...
Dec 03, 2020
Key witness for defence to testify for fourth day in van attack trial
TORONTO - The key witness for the defence in Toronto's van attack trial is set to testify for the fourth straight day today.Psychiatrist Dr. Alexander Westphal has stopped short of saying Alek Minassi...
Dec 03, 2020
'Multiple casualties' after explosion at UK warehouse
LONDON - A local British emergency services department says there have been "multiple casualties" following a large explosion Thursday at a warehouse near the southwest England city of Bristol. The Av...
Dec 03, 2020
US jobless claims remain high at 712,000 as virus escalates
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a still-high 712,000, the latest sign that the U.S. economy and job market remain under stress from the intens...
Dec 03, 2020
Canadian moguls star Mikael Kingsbury out four to six weeks with back injury
MONTREAL - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury will miss moguls races for the first time in his World Cup career after suffering a back injury in training on Sunday. The 2018 Olympic gold medallist fractured hi...
Dec 03, 2020
Toronto actor-brothers Stephan James and Shamier Anderson launch The Black Academy
TORONTO - When Toronto-raised actor Stephan James got the inaugural Radius Award at last year's Canadian Screen Awards, he felt incredibly honoured but also a bittersweetness. The elation from being p...
Dec 03, 2020
MLSE reopens giant kitchen to prep meals for local agencies, front-line workers
TORONTO - Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment's giant kitchen is open again. MLSE and its partners, who combined to donate 500,000 meals to front-line workers and community agencies from April to June...
Dec 03, 2020