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Westbrook, Biles win athlete of year honours at The ESPYS
Loblaw recalls chicken nuggets over salmonella concern
Canadian snowboarder McMorris wins ESPY Award for best male action sport athlete
Vancouver rejects marijuana dispensary application from Downtown Eastside landlord
The Balmoral, an occupancy hotel, sits in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and is home to roughly 140 tenants.
Pioneering soccer executive Chuck Blazer dies at 72
FIFA executive member Chuck Blazer attends the 61st FIFA congress at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, on June 1, 2011.
Human Rights Watch says Brazil is risking new Zika surge
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Tuesday's Games
Chuck Blazer, who touched off soccer scandal, dead at 72
FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2005 file photo, Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) general secretary Chuck Blazer attends a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Blazer, the disgraced American soccer executive whose admissions of corruption set off a global scandal that ultimately toppled FIFA President Sepp Blatter, has died. He was 72. Blazer's death was announced Wednesday, July 12, 2017, by his lawyers, Eric Corngold and Mary Mulligan. (AP Photo/Bernd Kammerer, File)
National justice centre to fight to Star Trek fan's ASIMIL8 licence plate
Harvard proposal would ban fraternities and sororities
FILE - In this March 7, 2017 file photo, rowers paddle along the Charles River past the Harvard College campus in Cambridge, Mass. In a Wednesday, July 12, 2017 recommendation, a Harvard University faculty committee proposed in a a ban on all student fraternities, sororities and single-gender clubs. The proposal would take effect for incoming freshmen in 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
B.C. Lions release kicker/punter Swayze Waters
McGregor, fans taunt Mayweather at fight promotion tour stop in Toronto
Conor McGregor throws an Irish flag at Floyd Mayweather during a promotional tour stop in Toronto, on July 12, 2017.
Asian shares advance, tracking rally on Wall Street
Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain Resorts expected to be sold to Chinese investor with state ties
People walk at the top of Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver, B.C. China Minsheng Investment Group (CMIG) is expected to pay approximately $200-million for Grouse Mountain.
Judy Graves, Vancouver advocate for the homeless, to run in city by-election
Judy Graves is seen in Vancouver in May, 2013, just before she retired from her work in Vancouver’s civil service.
Relatives say slain senior knew woman accused of first-degree murder
When it comes to Magnitsky laws, it’s clear what Russia is looking for
Campbell Clark
B.C. officials to investigate after firefighters reportedly breach campfire ban
Damage from a wildfire is seen in Boston Flats, B.C., on July 11, 2017.
Toronto’s York University loses battle over copyright fees
A sign is seen on the York University campus in Toronto, on Nov. 18, 2009.
Some B.C. food stores empty, others overstocked amid wildfires
A wildfire burns on a mountain behind an RV park office in Cache Creek, B.C., in the early morning hours of Saturday July 8, 2017. More than 3,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes in central British Columbia.
McGregor makes fun of Mayweather's tax problems
Shia LaBeouf apologizes for racist tirade during arrest
FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, Shia LaBeouf arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Man Down" at ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood. LaBeouf has apologized for a racist tirade against officers who arrested him for public drunkenness over the weekend in Savannah, Ga. The actor wrote in a statement posted on Twitter Wednesday, July 12, 2017, that he has been publicly struggling with addiction for what he was said was "far too long." (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Peregrine falcon dies after flying into UC Berkeley window
This June 21, 2017 photo provided by volunteer nest monitor Mary Malec shows peregrine falcons "Lux," front, and "Fiat" at the University of California, Berkeley. Lux, one of two baby peregrine falcons born on the university campus, died after flying into a window, university officials said Wednesday, July 12. (Mary Malec via AP)
Abducted Saskatchewan girl left in woods, walked to farm: police
Federal commissioners asked to probe Liberal-connected firm’s cash-for-access pitch
NDP MP Nathan Cullen has asked the federal Ethics Commissioner to investigate whether a lobby firm for high-tech companies that is led by a former Liberal aide broke the rules by offering access to decision makers in exchange for a $10,000 yearly fee.
Missing Saskatchewan teenager may have travelled to the United States
McGregor favourite in Toronto as tour with Mayweather stops in Canada
Conor McGregor, right, throws an Irish flag at Floyd Mayweather during a promotional tour stop in Toronto on Wedneday, July 12, 2017, for their upcoming boxing match in Las Vegas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Building where Sanders' wife was college president is sold
FILE - In this July 28, 2016 file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center right, and his wife Jane, left, walk through downtown in Philadelphia, during the final day of the Democratic National Convention. A Vermont building that housed a now-defunct college where Sen. Sanders' wife was president has been sold at auction. The Burlington Free Press reports People's United Bank took ownership of the former Burlington College property Wednesday, July 12, 2017, for $3.1 million. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Afghan girls will be allowed into US for robotics contest
FILE- In this Thursday, July 6, 2017, file photo, teenagers from the Afghanistan Robotic House, a private training institute, practice at the Better Idea Organization center, in Herat, Afghanistan. U.S. President Donald Trump intervened to allow the group of Afghan girls into the country to participate in a robotics competition. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed the president’s intervention Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The six female students from Afghanistan had hoped to participate in an international robotics competition this month, but their visa applications to enter the U.S. were denied twice. (AP Photos/Ahmad Seir, File)
AP Explains: 'Car Wash' probe upending Brazilian politics
‘Discrepancies’ over lack of video in alleged guards’ attack on inmate: investigation
A federal prison guard failed to capture crucial video footage that could have shown whether colleagues attacked a prisoner without provocation, an independent investigation has found.
Police release arrest video of Buffalo Bills player in Ohio
Two men seriously injured after plane crashes in lake near Orillia, police say
Fight flares in Arizona over tuition for young immigrants
FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2011 file photo, Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, left, prepares to address the media in Mesa, Ariz., after losing his recall election bid, as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpiao, right, stands by his side. Pearce, Pearce, a former Arizona lawmaker known as the driving force behind most of the state's toughest immigration laws is moving to challenge the university system for temporarily allowing young immigrants protected from deportation to keep paying lower-cost in-state tuition. Pearce sent a letter Tuesday, July 11, 2017, to state Attorney General Mark Brnovich giving him 60 days to sue the Arizona Board of Regents over its decision on the tuition issue or threatened to take legal action himself. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
The Latest: Woman trapped in partial building collapse freed
Federal Court voids Canadian citizenship revocation for 312 people
On Monday, Justice Russel Zinn voided the citizenship revocation of 312 individuals who had turned to the court after they were targeted in a sweep against people who had obtained their Canadian nationality through fraud.
Manitoba college concerned with some physiotherapy going to private clinics
Police in New Westminster, B.C., recommend charges in teen's fatal drug overdose
John Quinn, a founding editor at USA Today, dies at age 91
Chile asks US to extradite ex-dictatorship police agent
Conflict in Yemen is intensifying daily: UN special envoy
A boy rinses a bucket as he and others collect water from a well on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, on July 12, 2017. The UN special envoy for Yemen warned Wednesday that conflict in the Arab world’s poorest nation is intensifying daily, with terrorist groups expanding, 14 million people in desperate need of food and the worst cholera epidemic in the world.
American Airlines will end partnerships with Qatar, Etihad
Education civil rights chief: 'Sorry' for sex assault quote
Air Canada pilot didn’t tell fliers of close call in San Francisco: passenger
Departing and parked aircraft intersect at San Francisco International Airport, on July 11, 2017.
Trump says he’ll be ‘angry’ if revised health-care bill flops
In this June 28, 2017 file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.
Globe editorial: The Bank of Canada vs. the interest rate iceberg
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz takes part in a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 12, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
The Latest: State officials defend low-income health program
B.C. wildfires threaten as many as 20,000 cattle: association
B.C. Hydro workers repair power lines damaged by wildfire as a fire burns on a mountain near Ashcroft, B.C., on July 9, 2017.
Man who inspired ice bucket challenge is home from hospital
GOP lawmakers question Air Force about ties to defence firm
Federal appeals court upholds Wisconsin right-to-work law
A look at the life of convicted ex-Brazilian president Silva
FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2003 file photo, Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds his arms up as he rides in an open car with his wife Marisa after being sworn in as president, in Brasilia, Brazil. Silva’s storybook rise from an impoverished childhood to the most popular president in the country’s history before tumbling in a bribery scandal began in the northeastern Brazil state of Pernambuco, where he was the seventh of eight children. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)
Trump seeks talks to overhaul South Korean trade deal
Novel leukemia treatment could be 1st US gene therapy
In this July 9, 2015, photo, provided by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., human T cells belonging to cancer patients arrive at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.'s Morris Plains, N.J., facility. This laboratory is where the T cells of cancer patients are processed and turned into super cells as part of a new gene therapy-based cancer treatment Novartis is a part of. (Brent Stirton/Courtesy of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. via AP)
Nevada DMV nabs criminal with facial recognition technology
This undated booking photo provided by Clark County Detention Center shows Robert Nelson. Nelson, who escaped from a Minnesota federal prison in 1992 and had been on the run ever since, was taken back into custody June 20, 2017, after trying to renew his driver's license. Investigators from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles withheld Nelson's driver's license after a facial recognition system showed the same person had previously held a Nevada driver's license in the name of Craig James Pautler. (Clark County Detention Center via AP)
Harry Reid, Nevada governor push bipartisan energy effort
FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2016 file photo Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. answers questions from the media on Capitol Hill in Washington. A bipartisan team of political leaders in Nevada is planning to host a national conversation on clean energy this fall. Former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday, July 12, 2017, announced the annual Las Vegas summit would be held Oct. 13. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz.,File)
Air Canada passenger: Pilot didn't tell fliers of near-calamity in San Francisco
FILE - In this Saturday, May 20, 2017, file photo, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones speaks during the California Democratic Party Convention in Sacramento, Calif. Jones on Wednesday, July 12, said that he was a passenger on an Air Canada jet that nearly landed on a taxiway where four other planes were sitting rather than the designated runway at San Francisco International Airport. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Group with ex-alderman, unions set to buy Chicago Sun-Times
Streetwise newsletter: Canadians brace for costlier borrowing; OSFI faces calls to delay mortgage rules
Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Federal MPs are hearing from Canada's big banks as a parliamentary committee explores allegations of questionable sales practices at major financial institutions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan
Judge not inclined to reinstate Trump sanctuary cities order
Q&A: California looks to keep landmark climate policy alive
Man convicted in murder case freed after 21 years in prison
Jabbar Washington, 43, second from left, is surrounded by family including his mother Martha Washington, far left, daughter Jasmine, second from right, and son Jabbar Jr. far right, during a press conference at Brooklyn Supreme Court, Wednesday July 12, 2017, in New York. Jabbar Washington, who spent 21 years behind bars for murder, was set free after prosecutors abandoned his conviction, acknowledging jurors got misleading testimony from an eyewitness. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Critics urge OSFI to stall mortgage rule changes in wake of rate hike
A sign advertises a house for sale as Canada's central bank announced its first interest rate hike in nearly seven years, on a residential street in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 12, 2017.
Sears Canada executives look to bid on retailer
A Sears Canada store located at the Erin Mills Town Centre in Mississauga, Ont., is shown on June 22, 2017.
When catastrophe happens: Are we ready?
Flooded homes are seen on May 8 in Rigaud, Que., west of Montreal. Since disasters such as floods are rare, there is often limited awareness of and agreement on the need to thoroughly plan ahead.
Rate hike shows BoC balking at its own inflation rules
Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins and Governor Stephen Poloz walk to a news conference in Ottawa on Wednesday.
Lawsuit: Washington cyberstalking law violates free speech
In this Feb. 19, 2017, photo provided by lawyer Venkat Balasubramani, Richard L. Rynearson III, of Bainbridge Island, Wash., poses while demonstrating in favor of a bill before the Washington state Legislature in Seattle. Rynearson, a retired Air Force major, is asking a federal court to declare Washington state's cyberstalking law unconstitutional, saying he's been threatened with prosecution - and up to a year in jail - for repeatedly making online posts that criticize a community activist. (Venkat Balasubramani via AP)
Winnipeg councillor racks up $57K in personal expenses on city credit card
Razer to target $5-billion valuation in IPO, sources say
Hong Kong IPO could help gaming gear maker fund development of a mobile device aimed at its consumer base of hardcore gamers.
Watchdog report: Solitary confinement can harm inmates
Democrats snatch 2 statehouse seats in Oklahoma surprise
House backs bills to curb human trafficking
The Latest: Pence wants to 'turn up heat' on Republicans
Antarctic iceberg
Kid Rock hints at potential US Senate run in Michigan
FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2015 file photo, Kid Rock performs before the Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. The musician from suburban Detroit is teasing his potential 2018 U.S. Senate candidacy, though it is news to Michigan Republicans. Kid Rock, who was born Robert Ritchie, said Wednesday, July 12, 2017, that a website hinting at his campaign —www.kidrockforsenate.com — is legit. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)
Rogers wireless-plan tweak could lead to U.S.-style pricing
Rogers Communications Inc. recently tweaked some of its high-end wireless plans, a move that could herald a shift toward more U.S.-style pricing.
Kidnapping indictment returned in China scholar's abduction
Security lapse leaks data from millions of Verizon customers
Body found in ditch likely linked to car fire deaths: Calgary police
The Calgary police homicide unit is investigating after three bodies were found Monday in a burned-out vehicle at a construction site on the city's northwestern edge.
A bungling Bond: Trump-Russian meeting was so botched many smell a setup
Mill Street Welterweight Session IPA, Ontario
Graffigna Pinot Grigio 2016, Argentina
Chapel Hill Shiraz 2014, Australia
Cave de Roquebrun La Grange des Combes Saint-Chinian-Roquebrun 2015, France
Benjamin Bridge Brut 2011, Nova Scotia
Haywire Waters & Banks Sauvignon Blanc 2016, British Columbia
BoC rate hike adds to Western Canada’s economic woes
Crude oil storage tanks are seen at the Kinder Morgan terminal in Sherwood Park, near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada November 14, 2016.
Markets face a delicate balance of higher interest rates and economic growth
Globe and Mail columnist David Berman.
Bombers look to contain Ray, defence as Argos visit Investors Group Field
Winnipeg Blue Bombers' TJ Heath (23) runs the ball after an interception against the Calgary Stampeders during the first half of CFL action in Winnipeg Friday, July 7, 2017. Winnipeg defensive back T.J. Heath does well picking off passes, but doesn't expect Toronto quarterback Ricky Ray to add to his reputation when the Argonauts visit the Blue Bombers on Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Gay man wins UK court battle for equal pension rights
FILE - In this file photo dated March 8, 2017, ex-cavalry officer now retired John Walker, poses outside Britain's highest court in London. The Supreme Court ordered Wednesday July 12, 2017, that if John Walker died, his husband would be entitled to a spouse's pension, provided they stay married, ending their discrimination and securing the same occupational pension rights for a gay couple as a heterosexual couple. (David Mirzoeff/PA FILE via AP)
Former astronaut Julie Payette to be named Canada's next governor-general
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette, STS-127 mission specialist, is pictured near a window in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station on July 25, 2009.
Washington braces for a long, hot summer slog of politics
Elite Marines killed in crash share WWII commando heritage
The United States flag flies at half-staff over the state Capitol in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, July 12, 2017, following the death of six Marines and a Navy sailor from Camp Lejeune, who were among the 16 service members killed Monday when their plane crashed in a field in rural Mississippi. The plane was a KC-130T, a tanker from Marine Aerial Refueling and Transport Squadron 452, a Marine Forces Reserve unit based in Fort Stewart, N.Y. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
American Airlines, ABM rise; Royal Bank of Scotland slips
US hits 50,000 refugee cap, but some others still allowed in
The Latest: Arkansas execution drug challenge survives
Calgary police say body found in ditch probably linked to car fire deaths
Relocation fees help boost Packers in another strong year
Snap, Blue Apron IPO flops undercut lofty private valuations
Blue Apron Holdings co-founder and CEO Matt Salzberg, left of centre, watches traders during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange on June 29. Before its stock’s NYSE debut, the company ended up selling its shares at less than two-thirds of its initial target price.
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