Winnipeg Sun - Local (16 minutes ago)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and the U.S. are facilitating efforts to secure an expanded ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia that they hope will be signed during a Southeast Asian summit later this month, Malaysia Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said Tuesday. Thailand and Cambodia engaged in five days of combat in late July...
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By Chan Ho-him HONG KONG (AP) — China’s Commerce Ministry said Tuesday it was banning dealings by Chinese companies with five subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean in the latest swipe by Beijing at U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to rebuild the industry in America. The ministry also announced that it was investigating a...
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By Emmanuel Tumanjong, Ngala Killian Chimtom And Mark Banchereau YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’s opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary claimed victory early Tuesday in the Oct. 12 presidential election, urging President Paul Biya, who has been in power for over four decades, to concede. “Our victory is clear, it must be respected,”...
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By Chan Ho-him HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports of electric vehicles doubled in September from a year earlier as its automakers expanded their reach into overseas markets. Domestic passenger car sales climbed 11.2% year-on-year in last month down from a 15% rise in August, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Tuesday. Exports...
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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Alberta teachers, province set to meet for first time since strike began last week The union representing Alberta teachers and the provincial government’s bargaining committee are set to meet today for the first time since a provincewide strike […]
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By Menelaos Hadjicostis NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The island of cats has a cat problem. Officials in Cyprus, the small island nation in the eastern corner of the Mediterranean, estimate there is roughly one feral cat for every one of its 1 million inhabitants — though activists contend the actual population is hundreds of thousands […]
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By Jaimie Ding And Hallie Golden LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some homes were ordered evacuated in wildfire-scarred Los Angeles neighborhoods as Southern California was hit by a rare October storm that was expected to pummel the region with heavy rain, high winds and possible mudslides. “We’re very concerned about the weather,” Los Angeles Mayor...
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Toronto police say there are power outages in the Forest Hill neighbourhood after wires from an electrical transformer sparked and exploded late Monday afternoon. Officers say the hazard was reported at Eglinton Avenue West and Castlewood Road at 6:10 p.m. No injuries were reported.
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By Gemma Karstens-Smith VANCOUVER — Kiefer Sherwood knows special teams can make or break an NHL team. Early in the season, his Vancouver Canucks have seen their penalty kill and power play trend in opposite directions. “Power play and (penalty kill) are chances for momentum shifts and energy,” the winger said after the Canucks dropped […]
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By David Fischer STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing two women whose bodies were found in a rural pond is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday evening. Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, is set to receive a lethal injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke under a death […]
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By Patrick Whittle And Michael Casey PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Leaf-peeping season has arrived in the Northeast and beyond, but weeks of drought have muted this year’s autumn colors, and sent leaves fluttering to the ground earlier than usual. Soaking in the fall foliage is an annual tradition in the New England states as well […]
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By Juan A. Lozano A Missouri man is set to be executed on Tuesday for fatally shooting a state trooper more than 20 years ago. Lance Shockley was condemned for killing Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. in March 2005. Prosecutors say Shockley waited for hours near the trooper’s Van Buren home […]
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By Jamie Stengle DALLAS (AP) — In the decades since June West Brandt’s older brother was killed in World War II, her kind and artistic sibling who loved to play boogie-woogie on the piano has never been far from her mind. So she was delighted to discover he’s also being remembered by a Dutch couple […]
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By Christopher Weber LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County officials will vote Tuesday on whether to declare a state of emergency that would give them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids. The move would allow the LA County Board of Supervisors to provide rent […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (6 hours ago)
Mason Appleton scored the winner with 44.1 seconds left in regulation and Cam Talbot made 38 saves as the Detroit Red Wings survived a blown two-goal lead in the third period to top the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Monday afternoon. Dylan Larkin and James van Riemsdyk had the other goals for Detroit (2-1-0). Matthew […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (6 hours ago)
By Gregory Strong TORONTO — So much for the fatigue storyline. The Seattle Mariners have looked anything but tired despite arriving in Toronto on a transcontinental flight less than 24 hours before the start of the American League Championship Series. It seems the only thing a 15-inning Game 5 division series win did was make […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (6 hours ago)
By Gregory Strong TORONTO — So much for the fatigue storyline. The Seattle Mariners have looked anything but tired despite arriving in Toronto on a transcontinental flight less than 24 hours before the start of the American League Championship Series. It seems the only thing a 15-inning Game 5 division series win did was make […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (6 hours ago)
It's a point the Windsor Spitfires were fortunate to secure. Rallying from a two-goal deficit, the Spitfires scored a pair of power-play goals to force overtime before falling 4-3 to the Oshawa Generals on Monday at the WFCU Centre. "We weren't very good,” Spitfires' head coach Greg Walters said. "At the end of the day, […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
By Gemma Karstens-Smith VANCOUVER — Jimmy Snuggerud scored twice and the St. Louis Blues beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Monday. Brayden Schenn contributed a goal and an assist for the Blues (2-1-0), while Nick Bjugstad buried his first of the season and Jake Neighbours added an empty-net strike with 2:13 left on the game […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
By Gregory Strong TORONTO — So much for the fatigue storyline. The Seattle Mariners have looked anything but tired despite arriving in Toronto on a transcontinental flight less than 24 hours before the start of the American League Championship Series. It seems the only thing a 15-inning Game 5 division series win did was make […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
By Joe Reedy CLEVELAND (AP) — Mayor Justin M. Bibb and the ownership group of the Cleveland Browns have reached a $100 million settlement that will clear the way for the franchise to build its new suburban stadium while preparing the site of the current lakefront stadium for future development by the city of Cleveland. […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
In the near silence of the Blue Jays clubhouse, the duffle bags were placed in front of all the lockers with nobody really talking much to each other, nobody having much to say. Outside the clubhouse, in the area in which players meet their families, the hugs with wives and girlfriends and children seemed just […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
The fatigue and spent arms that were predicted for the Seattle Mariners after a 15-inning Game 5 win in their ALDS decider last Friday somehow missed the charter from Seattle. Instead, it was a fresh, newly energized Mariners' club that arrived in Toronto and now leaves with a commanding 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven ALCS […]
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By Didi Tang And David Klepper WASHINGTON (AP) — For many years, American and Chinese scholars worked shoulder to shoulder on cutting-edge technologies through open research, where findings are freely shared and accessible to all. But that openness, a long-standing practice celebrated for advancing knowledge, is raising alarms among some U.S....
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SHAWINIGAN — Jiri Klima scored 20 seconds into overtime to lift the Shawinigan Cataractes to a 3-2 win over the visiting Val-d’Or Foreurs in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Monday. Jacob Lachance and Felix Lacerte also scored for the Cataractes (4-2-1-1), who were outshot 27-21. Benjamin Olivier and Philippe Veilleux scored for...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (9 hours ago)
The parents of the 29-year-old gunman who opened fire on a Dallas immigration facility in September told police their son was “completely normal” before he moved to Washington state and returned home several years ago believing he had radiation sickness, according to newly released records. Joshua Jahn had begun wearing cotton gloves to avoid...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (9 hours ago)
SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight Monday, striving to make it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites like last time. Starship — the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built _ thundered into the evening sky from the southern tip of Texas. The booster peeled away and […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (9 hours ago)
By Marcia Dunn SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight Monday, successfully making it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites like last time. Starship — the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built _ thundered into the evening sky from the southern tip of Texas. The booster peeled […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (9 hours ago)
By Safiyah Riddle A mass shooting that killed four and left several others injured on Sunday took place on a small island off the coast of South Carolina where a historic Black community has lived for generations. Here is what to know about the community where the bar was located as investigators search for “persons […]
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By Sophie Austin SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed bag Monday for proponents of bills aimed at addressing the state’s legacy of racist and discriminatory policies against Black Americans. He signed a law authorizing $6 million for California State University to study how to confirm an individual’s status...
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By Gregory Strong TORONTO — Julio Rodriguez and Jorge Polanco hit three-run homers and Canadian Josh Naylor added a two-run shot to power the Seattle Mariners to a 10-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Monday. Rodriguez went deep off starter Trey Yesavage in the […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (9 hours ago)
The Toronto Blue Jays will head to Seattle in a 0-2 hole. Toronto lost Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night, 10-3, after the Mariners blasted a trio of multi-run homers. Seattle didn’t take long to get on the scoreboard, as Blue Jays starter Trey Yesavage allowed the first two hitters to reach […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (10 hours ago)
Toronto police say they are investigating a shooting in an Etobicoke park on Monday afternoon. Officers were called to Lake Shore Boulevard West and Islington Avenue around 5:12 p.m. for reports of someone shooting a gun in the Lakeshore Village Park. Police say they found “evidence of gunfire,” but there were no reported injuries....
ReadToronto Sun - Local (10 hours ago)
William Nylander is better than this. Much better. We know because we've all watched as the Maple Leafs winger has put the puck on a string, set the pace of play in games and consistently frustrated opposing defences. There hasn't been much evidence of that from Nylander as the Leafs have stumbled to start the […]
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By Hillel Italie NEW YORK (AP) — Toby Talbot, a great patron of art house cinema who with her husband, Dan, helped introduce movie lovers to celebrated works from Jean-Luc Godard,Pedro Almodovar and hundreds of other international filmmakers and to American favorites old and new, has died at age 96. Talbot died Sept. 15 at […]
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REGINA — Tommy Lafreniere’s second goal of the game, scored at 2:12 of overtime, lifted the visiting Kamloops Blazers to a 4-3 Western Hockey League victory over the Regina Pats on Monday. Nathan Behm and Jordan Keller also scored for the Blazers (4-4-0-0), who led 1-0 after the first period and 2-1 heading into the […]
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By Heather Hollingsworth And Jack Brook The parents of the 29-year-old gunman who opened fire on a Dallas immigration facility in September told police their son was “completely normal” before he moved to Washington state and returned home several years ago believing he had radiation sickness, according to newly released records. Joshua Jahn...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (11 hours ago)
Durham police say they are looking for at least one suspect after shots were fired in Oshawa on Saturday. Authorities were called to the area of Annis and Douglas streets around 10:50 a.m. for reports of armed person. Investigators say they found two vehicles with bullet holes and several bullet casings were located on the […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
By Jordan Stoopler MONTREAL — Montreal Alouettes head coach Jason Maas had a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Monday. “It was three-phase football and that’s what I love to see,” said Maas following Montreal’s 30-10 win over the lowly Ottawa Redblacks in front of a sold-out Thanksgiving Day crowd of 23,035 at Percival […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
By Kate Payne TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Donna Adelson, the matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family who was convicted in the hired killing of her former son-in-law, was sentenced Monday to life in prison for her role in the 2014 murder-for-hire of Daniel Markel. A prominent Florida State University law professor, Markel was locked […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
By Haven Daley And Olga R. Rodriguez HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A California engineer and gardening enthusiast won the top prize at an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,346 pounds (1,064 kilograms). Brandon Dawson, of Santa Rosa, California, clinched the victory...
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