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Canada's fourth line delivers in 4-2 win over United States at World Cup
Team Canada centre Matt Duchene (9) scores his second goal of the game past Team USA goalie Jonathan Quick (32) during first period World Cup of Hockey action in Toronto on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Nathan Phillips Square reno falls far short of promise
Marcus Gee
Duhatschek: U.S. has some rethinking to do after Canada sends them packing
Eric Duhatschek
Saskatoon trial told shooters upset after killing mother of four in botched hit
SKorea questions 'serial offender' NKorea's UN membership
South Korea's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se listens during the Leader's Summit on Refugees at the 71st session of the General Assembly, Tuesday Sept. 20, 2016 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
All but three players have registered at least a point for Team Canada
Team Canada centre Matt Duchene, centre, (9) celebrates his goal with teammates Joe Thornton (97) Ryan O'Reilly (90) and Shea Weber (6) while playing against team USA during first period World Cup of Hockey action in Toronto on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
US eliminated from World Cup of Hockey after loss to Canada
Bank of Japan sets higher inflation goal to revive economy
Charlotte under state of emergency in 2nd night of protests
Police fire tear gas into the crowd of protesters on Old Concord Road late Tuesday night, Sept. 20, 2016, in Charlotte, N.C. A black police officer shot an armed black man at an apartment complex Tuesday, authorities said, prompting angry street protests late into the night. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department tweeted that demonstrators were destroying marked police vehicles and that approximately 12 officers had been injured, including one who was hit in the face with a rock. (Ely Portillo/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
Negotiations stalled in contract talks involving Saskatoon transit
Marilyn Manson not planning to vote in presidential election
FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2015 file photo, Marilyn Manson performs in concert during the “End Times Tour 2015” at the Susquehanna Bank Center, in Camden, N.J. Manson isn't supporting either presidential candidate. The shock rock star tells Rolling Stone magazine that he has no intention of voting for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in the 2016 November election. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)
The Latest: Protesters target police vehicles after shooting
Argentine leader mentions Falklands in chat with British PM
Argentina's President Mauricio Macri, center, speaks with Brazil's President Michel Temer, right, as they arrive for a luncheon during the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. (Lucas Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)
Should I buy a home now or wait till I've saved a 20% down payment?
A home on Delaney Crescent and Brock Ave. in Toronto is for sale on March 3 2014.
Mexico closes 7 sawmills in monarch butterfly reserve
Hollywood executive makes commitment to Surrey
David Ellison, CEO of Skydance Media, says he ‘absolutely’ hopes to bring other projects into a newly opened Surrey studio.
Vancouver real estate developer seeks to set record straight
Kenny Gu is seen in Vancouver, B.C. on Tuesday.
The Latest: Judge: End inmate's decades in solitary
Mexican officials confirm Spanish woman killed
Manitoba premier says he hopes Winnipeg won't impose new development fees
Team Europe ‘not done’ and ready to pull off more surprises at World Cup
Leon Draisaitl and Mats Zuccarello of Team Europe celebrate the winning overtime goal to beat Czech Republic 3-2 at Air Canada Centre on Sept. 19, 2016 in Toronto.
Man charged with diverting funds from Ontario reserve’s breakfast program
Kashechewan has been plagued by problems related to poor socioeconomic conditions for many years.
Colin Kaepernick on threats: If it happens, ‘you’ve proved my point’
San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid, left, and quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneel during the national anthem before an NFL game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte on Sunday.
Liberal government paid $220,000 in moving costs for PMO staffers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his office followed the rules set out by the Conservatives eight years ago.
Islamic extremists claim to kill 40 troops in Nigeria town
TMX Group cutting 10 per cent of staff to reduce costs
The company’s entire derivatives business derives value from trading and clearing in the Montreal Exchange.
'No going back': Tory MP Jason Kenney tweets his resignation letter
Alberta Conservative MP Jason Kenney speaks to media as he begins the Unite Alberta Truck Tour in Edmonton Alta, on Monday, August 1, 2016. Calgary Conservative Jason Kenney is officially stepping down as an MP this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Out of the wild: Police chase bear through Alaska city
Call from Barnstaple, UK, stumps police in Barnstable, Mass.
Tribal leaders meet with feds in push against opioid abuse
A statue of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo leader Po'pay stands at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, while tribal leaders attended a forum on opioid addiction. American Indian tribal leaders from northern New Mexico, an area of the country devastated by heroin and opioid addiction, met with the U.S. Justice Department at the center over ways to combat opioid abuse amid high overdose deaths among Native Americans. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
Authorities: Nashville police officer fatally shoots suspect
Texas: No settlement with Sandra Bland family over training
Sacramento police chief: 18 rounds fired in fatal shooting
FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2016, file photo, Robert Mann Sr., right, addresses community members and reporters at Allen Chapel AME Church in Sacramento, Calif., accompanied by attorney John Burris. Displayed at right is a photo of Mann’s brother, Joseph Mann, who was shot and killed by Sacramento police in July. Sacramento police are releasing more details about the fatal police shooting this summer of a homeless man, including police dash-cam videos of the incident. Police Chief Sam Somers revealed Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, that officers fired 18 shots, 14 of which struck 50-year-old Joseph Mann during the July 11 incident. (AP Photo/Darcy Costello, File)
China’s corruption crackdown ruffles international feathers
The anti-graft mission is a cornerstone of President Xi Jinping’s rule.
Divorce will unspool the complex life Jolie and Pitt created
FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2007 file photo, Brad Pitt, and actress Angelina Jolie arrive for the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Angelina Jolie Pitt has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, bringing an end to one of the world's most star-studded, tabloid-generating romances. An attorney for Jolie Pitt, Robert Offer, said Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, that she has filed for the dissolution of the marriage. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Team North America’s youngsters don’t want World Cup run to end early
Auston Matthews of Team North America celebrates his first-period goal against Team Russia during the World Cup of Hockey on Sept. 19, 2016 in Toronto.
Brazil's Petrobras slashes investment amid kickback probe
FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2015 file photo, workers whose company is contracted by Brazil's state oil company Petrobras throw their work uniforms at the company's building headquarters to protest corruption, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Petrobras is further slashing its investment plans by one fourth less than a year after similar cuts as oil prices fall and a corruption probe widens. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
Alexis Arquette died of heart attack, battled HIV
FILE - In this July 22, 2007 file photo, Alexis Arquette arrives at the "Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav" in Burbank, Calif. Arquette died from a heart attack and battled HIV for 29 years, according to her death certificate. The transgender character actress and sibling of actors David, Rosanna, Richmond and Patricia Arquette died Sept. 11, 2016, in Los Angeles. She was 47. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
Officials from 21 states sue to block overtime pay expansion
Team North America defenceman Aaron Ekblad out for rest of World Cup of Hockey
Team North America's Aaron Ekblad (5) puts a glove to the face of Team Czech Republic's Milan Michalek (9) during the third period of a World Cup of Hockey exhibition game in Pittsburgh on Sept. 14, 2016. Defenceman Aaron Ekblad sat out Team North America's World Cup of Hockey game against Russia on Monday night due to an upper body injury.Winnipeg Jet Jacob Trouba dressed in place of the Florida Panther. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Gene J. Puskar
Chelsea and Liverpool stay on course in EFL Cup
Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso, right, vies with Leicester City striker Jeff Schlupp during their EFL Cup third-round match on Sept. 20, 2016.
SIU probing double shooting in Toronto involving Halton Regional Police
Paramedics wheel away a shooting victim in Toronto, Tuesday, Sept.20, 2016. A criminal defence lawyer who once worked on one of the biggest marijuana cases in Canadian history has been identified as the man wounded in a shooting in an upscale Toronto neighbourhood. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Peter Schilling MANDATORY CREDIT
For now, the Montreal Canadiens are full of optimism
Montreal Canadiens head coach Michel Therrien goes over a play with David Desharnais, left, and Max Pacioretty, right, during a team practice.
Top US intelligence official: Snowden should not be pardoned
FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2016, file photo, Director of the National Intelligence James Clapper speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Clapper said Sept. 20 that he could never agree with a decision to pardon Edward Snowden. Snowden was an National Security Agency contract employee when he took more than a million documents and leaked them to journalists who revealed massive domestic surveillance programs begun in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Judge says Pennsylvania inmate's decades in solitary to end
OPP looking for occupant of a car after shot fired at truck on Highway 401
2 men charged in standoff with police on Saskatchewan First Nation
Three men arrested following double homicide in east Vancouver: police
Shoeless Joe author W.P. Kinsella saw baseball as a metaphor for life
Author W.P. Kinsella, circa April 7, 1987. Mr. Kinsella died Friday after a long and prolific career as a writer and teacher.
Sweden a bigger challenge for North America without Ekblad
Kurt Busch's ex charged with stealing from military charity
FILE - In this May 22, 2014, file photo, Kurt Busch, left, stands with Patricia Driscoll before qualifying for a NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. Driscoll, the former girlfriend of Busch, has been charged with stealing from a military charity she led. She was indicted on two counts each of wire fraud, mail fraud, and tax evasion, and one count of attempts to interfere with administration of Internal Revenue laws. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)
Derrick Rose accuser to be stripped of anonymity at trial
FILE - In this March 28, 2016, file photo, former Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose (1) goes to the basket on Atlanta Hawks guard Jeff Teague during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago. A Los Angeles federal judge ruled Tuesday, Sept. 20, that a woman accusing NBA star Rose of rape cannot remain anonymous at her upcoming civil trial. (AP Photo/David Banks, File)
Power Financial hires Adam Felesky for fintech push
Ministers, PMO staffers get $1.1M in expenses for relocating to Ottawa
North Carolina teacher suspended for stomping on US flag
Company sets October launch date to resupply space station
Report: SEC probing Exxon response to cheaper oil
Racial issues involving Somalis heightened after mall attack
Isaiah Mordal, 22, and his girlfriend Johanna Bohnenkamp, 15, who is 9 months pregnant, outside their home in Big Lake on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. Mordal and Bohnenkamp were both attacked by a man, suspected of being motivated by global terror, who stabbed several people late Saturday, Sept. 17 before an off-duty police officer fatally shot the attacker at the Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud, Minn. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP)
Lundqvist, Sweden beat Finland 2-0 at World Cup of Hockey
WestJet reaches deal to fly Suncor employees to Northern Alberta oilsands operations
Serious chocolate: Toronto bean-to-bar masters getting rich, not wealthy
In the early years, Cynthia Leung and David Castellan had to beg for one- and two-bag lots of cocoa beans from brokers shipping them to large clients in Toronto. Last fall, one of their varieties tied at the International Chocolate Awards for the best single-origin dark-chocolate bar on Earth.
Friend questions police investigation after missing woman found dead in B.C.
Deanna Desjarlais of Saskatoon is shown in a handout photo. Dejarlais was reported missing earlier this year after she travelled to B.C. Her body was found in a wooded area near Surrey. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Beyond government: Private sector joins push to help refugees
Immigration Minister John McCallum says he believes Canada’s refugee-sponsorship model can be exported to other countries.
Lawyer shot in daylight in Toronto’s Annex; police wound suspect
Toronto criminal lawyer Randall Barrs.
The Latest: Conference committee approves reading bill
Oil companies tap the market with big share issues
Official: Chicago to hire 100s more officers
FILE - In this April 13, 2016 file photo, Chicago's police superintendent Eddie Johnson, left, shakes hands with other officers at a city council meeting in Chicago. The Chicago Police Department plans to hire more than 500 additional officers as it struggles to deal with a violent year full of killings and gun crimes, a city official told The Associated Press on Tuesday Sept. 20, 2016. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson will announce the hires Wednesday, according to the official. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green File)
China wants an extradition treaty. Ottawa should say no
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands with the Premier of the People's Republic of China, Li Keqiang, during a signing ceremony for several tentative agreements in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, August 31, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Does Canada need more immigrants?
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship John McCallum holds a press conference during the Concordia Summit in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Ten North American large caps with sustainable dividend growth
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The Latest: Illinois terror suspect sentenced to 30 years
Lundqvist back to form in 2-0 win as Sweden tops Finland at World Cup of Hockey
Sweden's Anton Stralman celebrates his goal against in front of Finland's Joonas Donskoi, right, during second period World Cup of Hockey action in Toronto, Tuesday September 20, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch
Mylan CEO defends EpiPen cost to angry lawmakers
FILE - In this July 8, 2016, file photo, a pharmacist holds a package of EpiPens epinephrine auto-injector, a Mylan product, in Sacramento, Calif. Mylan CEO Heather Bresch is defending the cost for life-saving EpiPens and is offering no suggestion that there are plans to lower prices. Bresch’s prepared testimony was released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ahead of her Sept. 21 appearance before the panel. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
UK's May uses UN address to portray dependable Britain
Tobira, Royal Caribbean and Marriott rise; Ascena dives
Halifax police officer challenges demotion over incident during traffic stop
Const. Matthew MacGillivray appears at a hearing of the provincial police review board in Dartmouth, N.S., Tuesday, Sept.20, 2016. The Halifax police officer is fighting his demotion for using excessive force in a routine traffic stop of a P.E.I. woman en route to a medical appointment in September 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael MacDonald
Fabrice Taylor: This unique ETF strategy will improve your returns
Microsoft sets $40 billion stock buyback, raises dividend
Investors yet to be rewarded as energy sector pumps out slew of stock sales
Oil and gas companies tend to be serial issuers of equity, tapping markets frequently to fund growth.
Couche-Tard chairman still sees opportunity to extend founders' voting control
Couche Tard founder and chairman Alain Bouchard (left), gets help with his microphone from chief executive Brian Hannasch before the start of the company's annual meeting, Tuesday, September 20, 2016 in Laval, Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
The Latest: Tropical Storm Paine weakening in the Pacific
Connecticut pledges $220M in incentives to keep Sikorsky
AP source: Kmart to close another 64 stores
Four dividend growth stocks on sale
Acquiring high-quality dividend stocks when they’re on sale can be a profitable investing strategy.
RCMP charge First Nation co-manager with defrauding federal program of $1.2M
Mexican prosecutor says 2 slain priests knew their attackers
In this composite image released by the Diocese of Papantla, Mexico on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, photos of priests Alejo Nabor Jimenez Juarez, left, and Jose Alfredo Juarez de la Cruz are shown with a black mourning ribbon and a Rest in Peace acronym placed between them. Both men were found dead after being abducted on Sunday in the city of Poza Rica on Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz. Their bodies were found dumped by a roadside Monday. A third man who was abducted along with them was later found alive. The area around Poza Rica has been the scene of drug gang violence. (Diocese of Papantla via AP)
NHL hopes to score with virtual advertisements on rink boards
TV viewers of NHL games are now seeing a virtual overlay on rink-side boards that allow a single brand at a time to appear to take over all of the boards in the Air Canada Centre.
China cap-and-trade market gives carbon pricing opponents 'nowhere to hide': UN
Brazil judge orders corruption trial for ex-President Silva
FILE - In this March 5, 2016 file photo, Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva greets supporters who gathered outside his residence in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in the greater Sao Paulo area, Brazil. A Brazilian judge has ruled that Silva will stand trial on charges of money laundering and corruption. Judge Sergio Moro said Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016 there is enough evidence to start a judicial process against Silva, his wife and six others in a widening corruption probe centered on the country's huge state-run oil company, Petrobras. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
Business Highlights
Climate risk taking larger focus in assessing companies’ credit
Experts in capital markets are working to establish common standards for assessing climate risk.
Reports: Outside groups spending big to help Trump, Clinton
Five things to know about Canada and refugees over the last half-century
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau co-hosts with President Barack Obama at the Leaders’ Summit on Refugees at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
RBC launches new income ETFs as talk swirls it will launch its own robo-adviser
A Royal Bank of Canada sign is seen outside of a branch in Ottawa.
Nielsen's top programs for Sept. 12-18
Charlie Sheen to star in comedy feature for Crackle network
FILE - In this April 11, 2013 file photo, Charlie Sheen, a cast member in "Scary Movie V," poses at the Los Angeles premiere of the film at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles. Sheen will star in and executive produce a film, ""Mad Families," for the Crackle streaming network. The film is a multi-generational comedy starring Sheen as Charlie Jones, described as a lovable man-child with a heart of gold and a unique way of looking at the world. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file)
Alberta democratic reform committee, beset by infighting, faces the scrap heap
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a speech at the General Debate of the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
'America's Got Talent' gives season-ending win to NBC
Brangelina partly blossomed in Alberta, always the talk of TIFF
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the premiere of "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Carolyn Kaster
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