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Canucks rally from two-goal deficit, beat Blues 4-3 in NHL playoff action
EDMONTON - Fourth-line grinder Tyler Motte scored two breakaway goals to power the Vancouver Canucks to a come-from-behind 4-3 win over the St. Louis Blues in NHL playoff action Wednesday. The Canucks...
Aug 19, 2020

WHAT TO WATCH: Joe Biden's big moment at the DNC
LAS VEGAS - Democratic Party luminaries, rising stars, former presidents and presidential contenders have been making a pitch for Joe Biden over three days of an atypical convention. Now the president...
Aug 19, 2020

Thai police arrest rapper, activists in crackdown on protest
BANGKOK - Thai police arrested a rapper and four pro-democracy activists in a crackdown on growing protests that have emerged as the most serious threat to the government led by a former army general ...
Aug 19, 2020

Suzuki scores winner, Gallagher ends long goal drought as Habs stay alive
TORONTO - Nick Suzuki buried the winner 22 seconds after Philadelphia tied the score in the third period, Brendan Gallagher snapped his frustrating post-season goal drought, and the Montreal...
Aug 19, 2020

Reports: Michigan reaches $600M deal in Flint water crisis
Michigan has reached a $600 million agreement to compensate Flint residents whose health was damaged by lead-tainted drinking water after the city heeded state regulators' advice not to treat it prope...
Aug 19, 2020

NKorea to unveil new economic plans in January party meeting
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea will hold a rare ruling party congress in January where leader Kim Jong Un will announce a new five-year plan to develop the country's dismal economy ravaged by...
Aug 19, 2020

Avalanche rout Coyotes 7-1 in Game 5 to win 1st-round series
EDMONTON - Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and two assists, Nazem Kadri also scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche routed the Arizona Coyotes 7-1 on Wednesday to close out the first-round playoff ser...
Aug 19, 2020
‘The shame of the country:’ 2020s reported overdose deaths tentatively break records, and it’s only August
Prairie Harm Reduction Executive Director Jason Mercredi says overdose deaths in Saskatchewan are "the epidemic within the pandemic.""We need real-time action, and we need it now," Mercredi told 650 C...
Aug 19, 2020
Appliance manufacturers, retailers deal with backlog during highest demand period
People in the market for a new fridge or freezer have probably noticed it's slim pickings for options out there.And that's expected to continue for some time.Jim Estill, the CEO of Danby Appliances, s...
Aug 19, 2020

Canada condemns coup d'etat in Mali, says Foreign Affairs Minister Champagne
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada condemns the junta that forced Mali's president from power this week. A distressed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita annou...
Aug 19, 2020