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White Sox lose Moncada to injury, rally late to beat Blue Jays
Chicago White Sox second baseman Yoan Moncada is taken off the field after colliding with White Sox right fielder Willy Garcia in the sixth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Body of 33-year-old man recovered from waterfall in southern Alberta
White Sox lose Moncada to injury, rally past Blue Jays 7-6
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher James Shields (33) throws the ball against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, July 31, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks)
Few speak up on sex assaults, harassment at Aussie campuses
Saskatchewan community supports Venezuelan family facing deportation
Former exec at PetroVietnam subsidiary surrenders to police
Owner of plane in fatal Hawaii crash: No issues when rented
Navy: Base back to normal after unfounded sighting of diver
Police: Suspect dies, 2 officers hospitalized in California
Investigators check a crime scene where two police officers and a burglar were shot on Monday, July 31, 2017, at an apartment complex in Los Banos, Calif. Authorities say the two police officers and a burglary suspect were shot in a struggle that erupted when the officers responded to a break-in report at the apartment. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
Former Thai PM says she's innocent, asks for 'kindness'
Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra receives roses from supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court to make her final statements in a trial on a charge of criminal negligence in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Supporters of Yingluck are gathering outside a court in Bangkok where she is expected to defend her management of a rice subsidy Thailand's current military government says she grossly mishandled. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Sen. Flake faults GOP, Democrat partisanship for Trump rise
FILE- In this April 13, 2017, file photo, Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake takes a question from the audience during a town hall in Mesa, Ariz. The debut of Flake's book "Conscience of a Conservative" goes on sale on Tuesday, Aug. 1. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
More than 30 wheelchairs for children stolen from parking lot in Saskatoon
Six per cent PST now being added to insurance premiums in Saskatchewan
New Zealand Labour Party leader quits 7 weeks from election
New Zealand Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern, center, and deputy leader Kelvin Davis, left, answer questions from reporters on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, in Wellington, New Zealand. Former leader Andrew Little announced he was quitting earlier in the day, as the party tries to overcome recent dismal polling seven weeks before the general election. Some believe Ardern will bring more charisma to the role and forge a stronger connection with younger voters. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)
Gas facility resumes operations 21 months after big blowout
Police officer buys diapers for shoplifting suspect
Appeals court: US citizen can't sue after 3-year detention
FBI: Men who spotted polygamous leader will split reward
FILE- In this Aug. 4, 2011, file photo, Lyle Jeffs, brother of polygamous religious leader Warren Jeffs, arrives carrying a box of defense materials in the sexual assault trial against Warren at the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas. A pair of pawn shop workers who provided a key tip that helped authorities capture Lyle Jeffs will split a $50,000 reward from the FBI, the agency revealed Monday, July 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
Confederate symbols protested, discussed as lawmakers meet
Manitoba Hydro to boost rates by 3.6 per cent, less than half what it wanted
Ottawa urged to suspend arms exports to Saudi Arabia amid probe
A Saudi Arabia flag is seen flying on Parliament Hill Nov. 2 in Ottawa.
Appreciation: Sam Shepard embodied, examined American myth
Indigenous advocates slam Trudeau for comments about Patrick Brazeau
Justin Trudeau, left, and Patrick Brazeau fight during their charity boxing match in Ottawa in 2012.
A struggle over U.S. history in Richmond, the former capital of the Confederacy
The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee stands in the middle of a traffic circle on Monument Avenue.
Hawaii allows first lab to begin testing medical marijuana
FILE - In this file Feb. 17, 2016, photo, plants grow at the home of Jeremy Nickle, owner of Hawaiian Holy Smokes, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hawaii has approved its first laboratory to begin testing samples of medical marijuana. On Monday, July 31, 2017, the state Department of Health certified Honolulu-based lab Steep Hill Hawaii. (AP Photo/Marina Riker, File)
Las Vegas casino-resort announces birth of dolphin calf
The Latest: Lawmakers privately discuss Confederate symbols
Hot weather is affecting athletes at Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg
On the go! Darvish, Gray dealt on busy trade deadline day
Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Justin Wilson greets catcher Alex Avila after the team's 5-3 win over the Houston Astros in a baseball game, Saturday, July 29, 2017, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Man found stuck in compartment of pickup on impound lot
Powerful Typhoon Noru could threaten Japan by weekend
This satellite image taken July 31, 2017, and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows Typhoon Noru.
Who can blame Christy Clark for wanting a clean break?
Gary Mason
White House says Trump has no plans to shift cabinet members
Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, July 31, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
UN begins removing rebel weapons from camps in Colombia
FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2017 file photo, weapons belonging to rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, are stored at a rebel camp in La Carmelita near Puerto Asis in Colombia's southwestern state of Putumayo. The United Nations began removing containers on Monday, July 31, 2017, holding weapons from demobilization zones where the arms were handed over by former fighters for Colombia’s largest rebel group who are beginning life as civilians under a peace agreement. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
Former Mountie on trial, accused of sexually assaulting nine-year-old girl
Man charged in deadly mall carjacking case pleads guilty
3 of 4 charged in Arkansas day care van death enter pleas
Jagmeet Singh leads NDP leadership fundraising in second quarter of 2017
Ontario deputy NDP leader Jagmeet Singh launches his bid for the federal NDP leadership in Brampton, Ont., on May 15, 2017.
Judge to rule by end of August if Sarah Palin suit proceeds
Report: Capitol Police directed to wrong place for shooting
Ex-Washington University dean pleads guilty to child porn
Judges: No special elections for redrawn NC districts
The Latest: California attorney exam proposal clears hurdle
Powerful Pacific typhoon could threaten Japan by weekend
This satellite image taken Monday, July 31, 2017, and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Typhoon Noru. The powerful Pacific typhoon that intensified into the Northern Hemisphere's strongest storm of the year but has since lost some of its punch could still threaten Japan by this weekend. (NOAA via AP)
Streetwise newsletter: Profit boost for HSBC; NextBlock Global raises $20-million
HSBC Holdings PLC bank branch in the financial district of Toronto, Ontario.
What's next? New Venezuela assembly has vast powers
Little Rock police seek community aid as homicide mark rises
Bernie Sanders and Larry David share some 'identical DNA'
FILE - In this combination photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and speaks at a rally on April 20, 2017, in Omaha, Neb., and actor-producer Larry David appears at the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" panel during the HBO Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. An episode of "Finding Your Roots" on PBS will reveal that Sanders and David are distant relatives. The show's upcoming fourth season will premiere on Oct. 3. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, left and Chris Pizzello, File)
500 Startups Canada shutting down amid troubles at Silicon Valley parent
Dave McClure, founder of U.S. venture capital firm 500 Startups.
Virgin America computer systems hacked
$50M settlement approved for DuPont mercury contamination
Newborn victim of gun violence buried in Rio de Janeiro
Claudineia dos Santos Melo, left, and Klebson Cosme da Silva carry the coffin of their son Arthur Cosme as they bury him at a cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 31, 2017. The Brazilian baby who was shot while still inside his mother’s womb a month ago has become a symbol of surging violence in the city’s slums. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Businessmen take beef over donairs to Nova Scotia small claims court
Singh leads NDP leadership fundraising figures in second quarter
China urges support for new Israel-Palestinian peace plan
FILE - In this Friday, July 28, 2017, file photo the Dome of the Rock Mosque is seen in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City. The latest crisis over one of the most combustible spots in the Middle East has been defused, but has pushed the leaders of Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians into taking more uncompromising positions that could easily trigger new tensions. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)
Army corps to release delayed report on blocking Asian carp
Editorial cartoons for August, 2017
Drug suspect arrested after 30 years on the lam
Six budding stocks that trade for less than $5 a share
To help navigate the small-cap minefield in Canada, we asked three portfolio managers for their top picks that trade below $5 a share.
Advocates oppose EPA's delay of coal plant pollution limits
FILE - In this June 27, 2016, file photo, power lines tower over a coal ash pond from an abandoned coal fired power plant in Chesapeake, Va. Environmental advocates are urging the Trump administration to reverse course on its move to set aside an Obama-era measure limiting water pollution from coal-fired power plants. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Business Highlights
Oil drillers can’t shake investors’ worries about crude
A rig is set up at Precision Drilling yard in Nisku, Alberta on Tuesday, February 17, 2014.
Texas lawmakers try again to address rising pregnancy deaths
The Latest: Shkreli jury ends day 1 of deliberations
FILE - In this Thursday, July 27, 2017, file photo, former biotech CEO Martin Shkreli, center, leaves federal court with his attorney Benjamin Brafman, left, in New York. A jury began deliberations Monday, July 31, 2017, at Shkreli's federal securities fraud trial. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
Former US diplomat liable in slavery, sex trafficking case
Top oil companies join firms opposing Texas 'bathroom bill'
Sanders says Trump joking about police brutality
President Donald Trump looks across the room before he bestows the nation's highest military honor, the Medal of Honor to retired Army medic James McCloughan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Rates on US Treasury bills mixed at weekly auction
Dodgers acquire Texas ace Yu Darvish
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Yu Darvish adjusts his hat as he works the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, in Arlington, Texas, July 9, 2017.
IAAF not ready to lift Russia's suspension from track
Woman says she had teen sexual relationship with Pete Rose
FILE – In this June 23, 1989, file photo, John M. Dowd, the lawyer whose investigative report got Pete Rose kicked out of Major League Baseball for gambling, listens to a question from a lawyer for Rose during testimony before Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Norbert A. Nadel in Cincinnati. A woman said she had a sexual relationship with Rose in the 1970s, starting when she was 14 or 15 years old, according to her sworn testimony submitted to a court Monday, July 31, 2017, in a federal defamation lawsuit Rose filed against Dowd in 2016. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)
Evening Update: Scaramucci out as communications director; Calgary urged to drop Olympics bid
U.S. President Donald Trump fired his communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, on Monday.
Trump's tax plan has aggressive timeline but no details
Commercial banking boosts profit for HSBC
HSBC Holdings PLC bank branch in the financial district of Toronto, Ontario.
Man who gave up ASIMIL8 licence plate compares government to Star Trek's Borg
RCMP warn Chinese students of cyber-extortion kidnapping scheme
Mounties are warning Metro Vancouver residents about a scheme that has tricked at least six people into thinking their loved ones had been kidnapped.
Trump’s greenback mess: Losses pile up as political drama mounts
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the White House on July 21, 2017.
NextBlock Global raises $20-million in first fundraising round
Canadian bank headquarters stand on Bay Street in Toronto.
Alberta moves problem grizzly bear from outside Banff area to remote park
Bear 148, seen in an undated handout photo, is a grizzly in the Banff area whose repeated human contacts are threatening its future. A feisty female grizzly known as Bear 148 has been moved far away from the popular Bow Valley area west of Calgary to protect public safety.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Parks Canada, Alex P. Taylor, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Michaelle Jean praises Julie Payette's appointment as Governor General
Globe editorial: Paltry OxyContin settlement is a betrayal of Canadians
OxyContin was delisted from Ontario's drug benefit program in 2012.
10 slain in central Mexico state, including police chief
Interest in Nova Scotia LNG project sparks after investors pull out of B.C.
In this 2004 file photo, a sign is posted at the side of a dirt road leading to the future site of Bear Head LNG Terminal.
Man stole $257K from child centre to buy Maserati, fur coat
Facebook and Discovery Communications dip; Charter rises
RCMP warn Chinese students of cyber-extortion kidnapping scheme
The hidden value of auto stocks
Newly built cars sit in a shipping lot near General Motors Car assembly plant in Oshawa. General Motors Co. plans to return $7-billion (U.S.) to shareholders this year.
Quebec assessment agency releases Lac-Megantic public consultations report
In this July 6, 2013 file photo, smoke rises from railway cars carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac-Megantic, Quebec.
Enviro think-tank head says climate talk must go beyond being anti-pipeline
After Saudi video, Canada has a choice to make on human rights
Michael Byers
Harvard sorry directory erroneously said Scaramucci was dead
Family glad RCMP reviewing Regina police, but not confident in justice system
Traffic stop leads to shootout between police and suspects in Saskatchewan
Book Review: 'The Blinds' moves at brisk pace
This cover image released by Ecco/HarperCollins shows "The Blinds," a novel by Adam Sternbergh. (Ecco/HarperCollins via AP)
Engine 'surge' said to be behind Air Canada jet's emergency landing in Toronto
Air Canada planes are pictured at Toronto Pearson International Airport on May 18, 2014.
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets firefighters, members of the Canadian Forces and RCMP officers in Williams Lake, B.C., on Monday July 31, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
The Latest: Prosecutor to seek death penalty for fugitive
Custody battle for 18-month-old toddler born addicted to drugs in Nova Scotia
Review: Middletown sucks the viewer into an oddball, poetic world
Gray Powell as John Dodge and Moya O’Connell as Mrs. Swanson in Middletown.
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