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File photo of BCE CEO George Cope.
Hyperandrogenism explained and what it means for athletics
Cyclist Armitstead wins appeal against doping violations
FILE - This is a Sunday, July 29, 2012, file photo of Britain's Lizzie Armitstead holds the silver medal as she celebrates during the medal ceremony in the Women's Road Cycling race at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Armitstead won an appeal against a ban for anti-doping violations and is free to compete at the Rio Olympics. Armitstead, one of the favorites for the women’s road race at the Olympics, missed three drugs tests in a 12-month period, leading to a charge by U.K. Anti-Doping and a possible suspension. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
UK supermarket recalls peanuts over missing 'peanuts' label
Saudi princess appointed to oversee women's sports sector
FILE -- In this Aug. 8, 2012 file photo, Saudi Arabia's Sarah Attar prepares to compete in a women's 800-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London. Saudi Arabia will send four women to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, doubling its female participation after two females took part in the 2012 London Games for the first time. Two of the athletes will participate in track and field, one in judo and one in fencing, Hosam al-Qurashi, executive director of the Saudi Olympic Committee, told The Associated Press Sunday, July 31, 2016. Among the four is Sarah Attar, who was the first woman from Saudi Arabia to compete in Olympic track and field in 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Bombardier gets $428-million order for GO Transit rail cars
People board the Go Train at Aldershot Go Station on July 1, 2016.
US consumer spending grew a solid 0.4 per cent in June
FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, file photo, shoppers are shown in Miami. The Commerce Department reports on consumer spending in June on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
New crop year with some new wheat classifications for Canadian farmers
Bombardier gets $428 million order for GO Transit rail cars built in Ontario
Roma and Sinti victims of Nazis remembered at Auschwitz
FBI: Man bought explosives from agent, talked of attack
Image of Asia: Planting rice seedlings in Cambodian fields
Cambodian farmers plant rice seedlings at a rice farm in Samroang village, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. Cambodian farmers start to grow rice during the rainy season. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Top Links: The one chart keeping investing pros awake at night
Scott Barlow
AP Newsbreak: Winfrey picks Whitehead novel for book club
FILE - In this Wednesday, June 15, 2016 file photo, Oprah Winfrey arrives at the season one premiere of "Greenleaf" at The Lot in West Hollywood, Calif. Winfrey has a new book club pick, Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad,” a historical novel that imagines the network of safe houses and passages that helped slaves escape to free territory is an actual train. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
Funeral Mass for slain French priest: Attackers were 'Satan'
Police officers watch people leaving the Rouen cathedral, Normandy, before the funeral mass for the priest that has been killed by two Islamic extremists last week in the nearby town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Tuesday, Aug.2, 2016. Father Jacques Hamel, 85, was killed in his church as he celebrated morning Mass. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Man found dead after being hit by a train near Leduc south of Edmonton
CDC: Mosquito eradication difficult in Miami neighbourhood
Tuesday’s TSX breakouts: This stock’s dividend has never been cut, features 5.9% yield
While competitors rely on North American shale and heavy oil, Vermilion’s production in France and Australia is selling for about $10 (U.S.) a barrel more than U.S. prices, and gas from its Ireland project will go for more than triple the Canadian rate.
Molson Coors Q2 profit dives 24.1% on MillerCoors items, flat sales, currency flux
Trump says he fears U.S. election ‘going to be rigged’
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall event in Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 1, 2016.
The Latest: Turkey's Erdogan blasts EU over migrant deal
Migrants raise their arms as they are rescued at sea by the Italian Navy Marina Militare Fulgosi vessel in this image made available Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. According to the Italian Navy, three Italian Navy boats rescued over 560 people in the southern Mediterranean Sea on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. Hundreds of thousands of migrants arrive in smugglers' boats on Europe's southern shores. (Marina Militare Italian Navy via AP)
Young girl dies after being found in water-filled dugout in southern Alberta
Spain stalemate continues as Socialist leader snubs Rajoy
Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, left, talks to Socialists Party leader Pedro Sanchez as they pose for the media before their meeting at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Ex-worker accused of putting glass in drinking cup sleeves
Medical benefits of dental floss unproven
Dr. Wayne Aldredge, president of the American Academy of Periodontology, holds a piece of dental floss at his office in Holmdel, N.J. Aldredge acknowledges the weak scientific evidence and the brief duration of many studies on flossing, but says that the impact of floss might be clearer if researchers focused on patients at the highest risk of gum disease, such as diabetics and smokers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Italy would consider US request to use base in Libya strikes
Before the Bell: Stocks set for lower opening, oil rises
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., June 24, 2016.
Anthrax outbreak in Russia kills child, infects 20 nomads
P&G tops forecasts as company cuts costs, steps up marketing
FILE - This July 9, 2015, file photo, shows signage outside Procter & Gamble corporate headquarters in downtown Cincinnati. Procter & Gamble reports financial results, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
CVS Health tops 2Q profit forecasts, spurred by acquisitions
FILE - This Wednesday, June 17, 2015, file photo, shows a CVS/Pharmacy y Mas store in Miami. On Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, CVS Health reports financial results. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
UN says 60,000 have fled South Sudan since latest fighting
Trudeau announces new selection process for Supreme Court of Canada judges
Former Canadian prime minister Kim Campbell addresses the Canadian Club in downtown Vancouver, B.C. Wednesday, April 22, 2015. The federal Liberals have decided a new advisory board, not the government, should come up potential new judges to sit on the Supreme Courts. Campbell will chair a new, seven-member, non-partisan advisory board to recommend a short-list of three candidates for the high court. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Pfizer beats Street 2Q forecasts despite big drop in profit
FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, file photo, people walk past Pfizer World Headquarters in New York. Pfizer reports financial results Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
European blue-chip index drops Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse
A darkness over Europe
Margaret Wente
Sampling goes digital as marketers look to track results
Annalea Krebs, the founder and CEO of Social Nature, calls it “sampling 2.0.”
Iraq prime minister issues travel ban for some lawmakers
Small fish in big trouble in Canadian waters, WWF-Canada report finds
In this Wednesday, April 27, 2011 file photo, Atlantic bluefin tuna are surrounded by fishing nets during the opening of the season for tuna fishing off the coast of Barbate, Cadiz province, southern Spain. The federal Fisheries Department needs to start considering predators' fate when it sets catch limits for small fish, a new report by WWF-Canada concludes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Emilio Morenatti
At 28, he’s making six figures but isn't rushing to buy a home
Working out at the gym
Boston police add $89,000 ice cream truck to patrol fleet
Authorities: Deputy kills man who hit him with vehicle
Man accused of threatening to flush baby down toilet
Health insurer Aetna backs off ACA expansion plans
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, file photo, a pedestrian walks past a sign for health insurer Aetna Inc., at the company headquarters in Hartford, Conn. Aetna Inc. reports financial results Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
Experts see Iranian link in attempt to hack Syrian dissident
Bahr Abdul Razzak, 29, left, and his wife Noura Al-Ameer, 29, hold their phones in Istanbul, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. Syrian opposition activist Noura Al-Ameer was combing through her emails late one night when one caught her eye. The sender was "Assadcrimes" and he promised information about Iranian meddling in the Middle East. But the message seemed odd somehow. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Tuesday's small caps to watch
With this transaction, TVA’s struggling all-sports channel, TVA Sports, will take the best Montreal Canadiens games out of the hands of Réseau des Sports, Bell Media’s French-language sports network.
Day care removed from 'Pokemon Go' after strangers show up
Police seize suspected human bones found near Cape Breton cemetery
Canadian Shailyn Pierre-Dixon on playing Deadshot's daughter in 'Suicide Squad'
Actor Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, who plays Zoe in the new "Suicide Squad" film is seen in this undated handout photo. As Deadshot's daughter Zoe in the highly anticipated film "Suicide Squad," the 13-year-old actor had to shoot her scenes early in the morning or late at night, surrounded by hundreds of screaming fans in downtown Toronto. When she wasn't on set or sleeping, she was attending school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ HO, Gerard Richardson
Lives Lived: Shelagh Deegan, 84
Sister Shelagh Deegan
Why Canada has a new way to choose Supreme Court judges
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Aug. 2: Taxing B.C. real estate. Plus other letters to the editor
The Vancouver skyline.
Ottawa overhauls process for selecting Supreme Court justices
Justin Trudeau will announce Tuesday that former prime minister Kim Campbell has been selected to chair a new seven-member advisory board tasked with recommending candidates to replace Supreme Court Justice Thomas Cromwell, seen above third from right, due to retire on Sept. 1.
Anti-terrorism law: Why the Liberals aren’t amending it
Lawrence Martin
Boy, 12 dies in hospital after Hamilton-area dirt bike crash
Facebook account deactivated as woman posts during standoff
Authorities respond to the scene Randallstown, Md., Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. Baltimore County police say officers have shot and killed a woman who barricaded herself and a child inside a suburban Baltimore apartment and pointed a gun at them. (Maya Earls/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Syrian government and rebels trade gas attack accusations
Blue Jays lose in extra innings despite Stroman’s strong performance
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Marcus Stroman delivers a pitch during the first inning against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on Aug 1, 2016.
Turkey's Erdogan blasts foreign countries over coup reaction
US man cleared of rape after 5 years in Philippine jail
Kuwait raises gasoline prices, following Gulf neighbours
Six mistakes to avoid when selling abroad
Domestic firms cannot afford to stay home because Canada is a trade-dependent country in a globalized economy, experts warn.
Air France CEO: 180,000 passengers affected by 7-day strike
Sorting out MPS a chance to reset Italy’s banking system
Italy’s Monte dei Paschi (MPS) is Europe’s most vulnerable bank.
Every business and government should prepare to be Fort McMurray
An aerial view of the devastation caused by the wildfire in Fort McMurray is seen on May 13, 2016.
Investing in clean tech not enough, governments need optimal policy
Mitsubishi scandal probe finds unrealistic goals, conflicts
Polish Cardinal Franciszek Macharski dies at 89
FILE--In this April 15, 2005 file photo Polish Cardinal Franciszek Macharski officiates a Mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Macharski, a popular Polish prelate who served for many years as archbishop of Krakow, inheriting the position opened by the election of Pope John Paul II, has died. He was 89 years old. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, file)
Pakistani militant group sending aid to Indian-held Kashmir
German-Jewish writer Angelika Schrobsdorff dies at age 88
Bulgarian terrorism trial of 3 Syrians adjourned
Japan Cabinet OKs new stimulus package to pump up growth
FILE - In this Thursday, June 28, 2016 file photo, shoppers walk next to a clothing shop in Tokyo. Japan's Cabinet has approved a fresh economic stimulus package worth more than 28 trillion yen ($275 billion) to help revive the country's stalling growth. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced that the Cabinet endorsed the package Tuesday, Aug. 2. It will be included in a supplementary budget for consideration by the parliament's extraordinary session starting in September. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Five stories in the news today, Aug. 2
Pence defends military mom's right to criticize Trump
Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., addresses supporters during a campaign event in Carson City, Nev., Monday, Aug, 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Lance Iversen)
Trump is 'unfit,' Obama says, challenging GOP to end support
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Cumberland Valley High School, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, in Mechanicsburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
With jab at Ryan, Trump ignites new tensions in GOP
In this Aug. 1, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall event in Columbus, Ohio. Less than four years ago, the Republican Party tapped a few respected party officials to help the GOP find its way forward. This week, one of them says she's leaving the party _ driven out by Trump. While not a household name, Sally Bradshaw’s decision to leave the GOP rocked those who make politics their profession. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
B.C. foreign buyer tax won't make big dent in housing affordability, experts say
A sold sign is pictured outside a home in Vancouver on June, 28, 2016. Experts are expressing doubt a property transfer tax on foreign buyers that takes effect Tuesday will have a significant impact on housing affordability in Metro Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
'Boy who didn't respect the salmon:' A traditional Tlingit story
'New salmon run:' Planes now fly in fish as Yukon chinook decline
Tlingit band councillor Duane Aucoin and elder Madeleine Jackson stand on the banks of Teslin Lake on July 18, 2016, near where her family used to hold its traditional fish camp. With the continued poor health of the world's biggest and longest run of Chinook salmon, the Teslin Tlingit have reduced their harvest from about 1,000 to 40, leaving a hole in their culture no one quite knows how to replace. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bob Weber
Vancouver real estate tax sparks concerns for Toronto housing market
A for sale sign displays a sold home in a development, in Ottawa, on July 6, 2015.Toronto's red-hot real estate market could get even hotter as foreign nationals looking to dodge a new 15 per cent tax on properties in Vancouver seek new places to invest, realtors say. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
For gymnasts, age matters – and comes with a cost
Canada's Ellie Black reacts to the crowd after winning gold at the women's artistic all around gymnastics competition during the Pan American Games in Toronto on Monday, July 13, 2015. She is part of Canada's women’s artistic gymnastics team set to compete in Rio de Janeiro.
Science unsure of cause for salmon decline in Yukon River
The long migration: Facts about the Yukon River chinook salmon run
Godzilla comes back to Japan, in ways fresh and familiar
Kyodo: Japan gymnast strikes out with 'Pokemon Go' in Brazil
FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2015 file photo, Japan's Kohei Uchimura poses in the Walk of Champions with his sixth gold medal after winning the men's all-around final competition at the World Artistic Gymnastics championships at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Japanese Olympic gymnast Uchimura may be a record six-time world champion, but he won't be encountering much success in his "Pokemon Go" efforts after running up a huge roaming bill in Rio. Uchimura was stunned to receive a 500,000 yen ($4,900) mobile phone bill after playing the popular augmented-reality game, Kyodo news agency reported Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Search for missing swimmer in Lake Erie now a recovery effort
Britain's EU nominee set to take on security portfolio
Lack of water drove Alaska island mammoths to extinction
Honda's quarterly profit sinks 6 per cent amid quake damage
FILE - In this March 10, 2016 file photo, Honda Motor Co. President and Chief Executive Takahiro Hachigo speaks during a press conference at the automaker's headquarters in Tokyo. Honda is reporting a better-than-expected 174.6 billion yen profit ($1.7 billion) for the fiscal first quarter as it gradually recovers from plant damage caused by a quake in southwestern Japan. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast at 133 billion yen ($1.3 billion) quarterly profit. The April-June 2016 profit fell 6 percent from a year ago, when the Japanese automaker earned 186 billion yen. Earlier this year, Honda sank into losses over a massive air-bag recall at its supplier Takata. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
Quotations in the News
AP FACT CHECK: Trump gets much wrong on Ukraine
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump applauds after speaking during a town hall event, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio . (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
What does the cox say? Seat No. 9 keeps the rowers in line
In this image taken on May 29, 2016, U.S. coxswain Katelin Snyder smiles during an interview with The Associated Press after a World Cup regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. In rowing, the coxswain keeps the boat going straight and the oars swinging in sync and lets the crew know who’s ahead and who’s behind and by how much. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter)
BMW profits rise on sales of 7-Series, SUVs
India flooding kills 96, forces 1 million into relief camps
Australia cuts key interest rate to record-low 1.5 per cent
Battle within tiny Indian Muslim sect on circumcising girls
Lufthansa profits up on lower costs but tougher times ahead
Victim's boyfriend among 2 ex-cops charged in fatal beating
Clintons break from campaign to attend Rhode Island funeral
FILE - In this July 26, 2016 file photo, former President Bill Clinton speaks during the second day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Clinton will deliver a eulogy at the Rhode Island funeral for a longtime friend and major Democratic donor and fundraiser. The service for Mark Weiner will be held Tuesday, Aug. 2, at noon at the Temple Beth-El synagogue in Providence. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Hatchet-waving man leads police on chase in Massachusetts
Ex-church official seeks freedom after conviction tossed
FILE – In this Jan. 6, 2014, file photo, Monsignor William Lynn leaves a bail hearing at the Center for Criminal Justice in Philadelphia. Lynn, a former Philadelphia church official imprisoned over his handling of abuse complaints is seeking bail after Pennsylvania's highest court granted him a new trial. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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