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Rebel Media co-founder quits over company's ties to right-wing groups
This archive photo shows Brian Lilley as host of Sun News Network's "Byline"
Philippines: 21 alleged drug offenders killed in single day
Indigenous families in Portage la Prairie say they face eviction from homes
The Latest: Brother thanks US WWII vet for returning flag
In this Aug. 14, 2017 photo, Tatsuya Yasue, 89-year-old farmer, wipes his tears while taking about his brother Sadao Yasue, fell in battle during the war in Pacific more than 70 years ago, in Higashishirakawa, in central Japan's Gifu prefecture. Former U.S. Marine Marvin Strombo will returns Sadao's calligraphy-covered flag he took from the fallen Japanese soldier 73 years ago. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
China says US trade probe would violate international rules
In this Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017 photo, a worker watches as shipping containers are loaded onto a ship at a port in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province. China's government says it will respond to a possible trade probe ordered by President Donald Trump with "all appropriate measures" to protect Chinese interests. (Chinatopix via AP)
Navy Pier, Mexican art museum offer photo shoot for Latinas
Blue Jays’ Tepesch grits out win over struggling Rays
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Nick Tepesch pitches against the Tampa Bay Rays in the first inning at the Rogers Centre.
5 pedestrians struck by vehicle, injured in New Jersey
Gert strengthens into season's 2nd hurricane in Atlantic
Brian Lilley, co-founder of The Rebel, leaves the conservative media website
Violence in Virginia adds momentum to efforts to remove Confederate statues
Protesters celebrate after toppling a statue of a Confederate solder in Durham, N.C. on Aug. 14, 2017.
Donaldson homers, Tepesch sharp as Blue Jays topple Rays 2-1
Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson, right, and teammate Roberto Osuna celebrate their win following ninth inning American league baseball action against the Tampa Bay Rays, in Toronto on Monday, August 14, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
B.C. Jobs Minister’s apology to fired LNG advocate not enough, lawyer says
A February, 2000, file photo of former B.C. Liberal leader Gordon Wilson.
Federal prison takes down kennel-like exercise pens for inmates in solitary confinement
Outdoor yard at Edmonton Institution. Work to remove the exercise cages at Edmonton Institution was completed over the weekend, a spokesman says.
Protesters topple Confederate statue in North Carolina
Claire Meddock, 21, stands on a toppled Confederate statue on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, in Durham, N.C. Activists on Monday evening used a rope to pull down the monument outside a Durham courthouse. The Durham protest was in response to a white nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Va, over the weekend. Authorities say one woman was killed Saturday after one of the white nationalists drove his car into a group of counterprotesters. (AP Photo/Jonathan Drew)
Business leaders quit Trump panel; he hits back hard
FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2016, file photo, Under Armour CEO and founder Kevin Plank speaks in Oxon Hill, Md. If there’s one thing no business likes, it’s the departure of top talent. That even applies to the nation’s government, which has seen a revolving door of CEOs exit from federal panels created years ago to advise the U.S. president. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
B.C. moves to ban grizzly bear trophy hunting
Killing grizzly bears for trophy will come to an end in British Columbia, but not before hunters get one more shot this season.
Massachusetts tourists hit by Vancouver tour bus all related
People walk nearby after a Vancouver tour bus, right, struck three pedestrians and a parked car on Aug. 13, 2017.
How the NFL’s first female scout broke gender barriers in football
Connie Carberg, a scout for the New York Jets from 1976 to 1980, poses near the sideline at MetLife Stadium on Aug. 7, 2014.
Bumblebee colonies at risk of extinction after exposure to common pesticide: study
This file photo taken on July 13, 2017 shows a bumblebee collecting pollen from a flower near Pattensen, northern Germany.
The Latest: Man who fired gun at workers, officers arrested
Missing McGill music professor found dead in Montreal
Eleanor Stubley is shown in a handout photo.
Ontario judge frees refugee claimant, calls detention Kafkaesque
Decorative scales of justice in courtroom
Holocaust memorial vandalized for second time this summer
Regardless of the position, Blue Jays’ Ryan Goins just loves to play
Blue Jays shortstop Ryan Goins hits an RBI double against the Pirates on Aug. 13, 2017.
The Latest: Little Rock's 42nd homicide matches 2016 mark
Japanese siblings accept WWII soldier's flag from US veteran
Toronto rushes to open interim supervised drug-use sites
The sites will allow drug users to shoot up in the presence of a nurse, and the anti-overdose drug naloxone, pictured, will be on hand in case something goes wrong.
Soccer stars’ bad habits, misbehaviour showing early in season
Referee Ricardo de Burgos shows a red card to Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo during a match on Aug. 13, 2017.
Florida man gets 6 years for firing gun while taking selfie
Ontario municipalities call for sales-tax hike to fund local projects
Ontario municipal leaders are calling for a 1-per-cent hike in the HST that would raise $2.5-billion a year for local infrastructure.
The Latest: Trump is home; protest crowd starts thinning out
Freeland puts sunny spin on NAFTA talks
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Judge won't reinstate girls after boys' basketball dispute
Lag in Trump's condemnation frustrates Iowa GOP Sen. Ernst
Republican senator Joni Ernst holds a town hall meeting in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Rodney White/The Des Moines Register via AP)
High-school teacher David MacAgy Snell believed in students' free thinking
David MacAgy Snell.
Man gets 16-20 years in Detroit officer's hit-and-run death
3 Milwaukee men charged in fatal shooting of 9-year-old girl
UK says it may seek 'temporary' customs union with EU
FILE - A Monday July 17, 2017 file photo of EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, right, welcoming British Secretary of State, David Davis, for a meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels. The British government is fighting back against criticisms that it is divided and unprepared for Brexit, announcing it will publish a set of detailed proposals on customs arrangements, the status of the Ireland-Northern Ireland border and other issues. The Department for Exiting the European Union said Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, that it would release the first set of position papers this week, more than a year after Britons voted in a referendum to leave the European Union.(AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaer, File)
Million-dollar fraud trial involving Alberta oilfield company to start next week
Judge dismisses gun charge against man in Kansas bomb plot
Man gets prison term tied to Kansas motel standoff, gunfight
Police response scrutinized after violence at Virginia rally
In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 photo, responders work with victims at the scene where a man identified by police as James Alex Fields Jr., plowed a car into a crowd of people who had gathered to protest a white supremacist rally earlier in the day, in Charlottesville, Va. Police charged Fields with second-degree murder and other counts. (Go Nakamura via AP)
Police head moving to fire officer in 2011 fatal shooting
Raptors to make earliest start in club history, Oct. 19 at home against Bulls
Correction: North Korea-Guam Government story
In this image provided by the U.S. Air force, a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, takes off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 14, 2017. (Tech. Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger/U.S. Air Force via AP)
The Latest: Wisconsin Assembly panel approves Foxconn bill
Feds ask CRTC to review Canadian content decision after outcry over lower investment
Rates on Treasury bills fall in weekly auction
Merck, Under Armour, Intel CEOs bolt from Team Trump
In this Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, speaks during a meeting with manufacturing executives at the White House in Washington, including Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier, center, and Ford CEO Mark Fields.
B.C. bans trophy hunting for Grizzly bears, total ban in Great Bear Rainforest
Violence in Charlottesville reverberates beyond Virginia
Protesters against racism block traffic on both directions of Interstate 580 in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Several hundred demonstrators marched to decry racism in the wake of deadly violence that erupted at a white nationalist rally in Virginia. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Streetwise newsletter: U.K. investor pushes for Gibson Energy sale; Galpin out at BMO Nesbitt Burns
A Bay Street sign is seen in the financial district in Toronto in this file photo.
Beyond the beach read: estate planning books for Canadians
These books aren’t going to take care of your estate for you, but they may prod you to start making a plan.
Tourists involved in fatal B.C. bus crash related, from Massachusetts: police
Canada Goose tries a new flight path: $650 sweaters
Workers are seen at Canada Goose's plant in Toronto, Ont. CEO Dani Reiss calls Canada Goose’s foray into knitwear ‘a natural first step’ for the company to expand into a category outside of the outerwear it is known for.
Jury chosen for fraud case retrial due to sleeping attorney
Toronto’s financial services sector gets a new champion
Jennifer Reynolds poses for a portrait in Toronto on Aug. 4, 2016.
Texas firm sues Pembina for $501-million over Mosaic Energy collapse
Pembina's Valleyview truck and tank station, south of Valleyview, Alberta.
Globe editorial: Donald Trump, protector-in-chief of right-wing racists
U.S. President Donald Trump walks toward the White House after stepping off of Marine One on the South Lawn on August 14, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
Berkshire Hathaway sells off GE stake, boosts BNY Mellon
Virginia violence adds to push to remove Confederate statues
Tyson's solar eclipse tip: Don't video it, experience it
FILE - In this March 21, 2017 file photo, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson presents a lecture at the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend, Ind. Tyson has a suggestion for anyone with a view of next week's solar eclipse: Put down your smartphone and take in the phenomenon yourself. Tyson told an audience to "Experience this one emotionally, psychologically, physically," at New York's American Museum of Natural History on Monday Aug. 14, 2017. The Aug. 21 event will be the first total solar eclipse in 99 years to cross a coast-to-coast swath of the United States. (Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune via AP, File)
Stampeder defensive stars Mayo, Turner back in the game after knee injuries
Calgary Stampeders' Deron Mayo (right) celebrates his sack on Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Matt Nichols with Brandon Boudreaux (98) during the first half of CFL action in Winnipeg Friday, September 25, 2015. Mayo was Calgary's top tackler and defensive captain when he suffered a season-ending knee injury in 2016. After a long rehabilitation, the 29-year-old is expected to play his first game of 2017 on Friday in Vancouver against the B.C. Lions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Kansas Republicans urge Roberts to back Senate rules change
Want to invest in Magna? It’s best to hit the brakes for now
Don Walker, CEO of Magna International Inc. addresses shareholders during the 2013 annual general meeting of the company in Toronto.
Blue Jays call up left-handed reliever Tim Mayza from triple-A Buffalo
The Latest: Gunmen attack UN base in Mali, killing 7 people
U.S. auto sales
NAACP advisory hurting hotels, St. Louis official says
University of Toronto says organizers of nationalist rally haven't booked space
Hate-watch groups agree rally was largest in decade or more
FILE - This Aug. 12, 2017 while photo shows white nationalist demonstrators holding their ground as they clash with counter demonstrators in Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va. Authorities have not provided a crowd estimate for the rally that descended into chaos. But two organizations that track hate groups and were monitoring the event said it was the largest white supremacist gathering in a decade or more. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Why the abnormally large gap between the TSX and S&P 500 won't last
Crude oil tanks at Kinder Morgan's terminal are seen in Sherwood Park, near Edmonton, in this file photo.
Charyl Galpin takes new role with BMO Wealth Management
Charyl Galpin is no longer the head of Bank of Montreal’s investment dealer BMO Nesbitt Burns and is moving to a new role within the bank.
Business Highlights
CFL launches ‘Diversity is Strength’ shirts early in wake of Charlottesville
B.C. Lions head coach Wally Buono sports a ‘Diversity is Strength’ T-shirt on the sidelines before taking on the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina on Sunday, August 13, 2017.
Trump considers Arpaio pardon; critics call out president
FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is joined by Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio at a campaign event in Marshalltown, Iowa. President Trump says he may grant a pardon to former Sheriff Joe Arpaio following his recent conviction in federal court, prompting outrage among critics who say the move would amount to an endorsement of racism. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Small businesses affected by B.C. wildfires eligible for emergency grants
Trees burned by wildfire are seen in this aerial view from a Canadian Forces Chinook helicopter on July 31, 2017.
Evening Update newsletter: Trump calls KKK, neo-Nazis ‘criminals’; Liberals lay out NAFTA objectives
People demonstrate against hate, white supremacy groups and U.S. President Donald Trump in Chicago on Aug. 13, 2017.
CFL denounces weekend violence in Virginia with launch of T-shirts
Box office top 20: 'Annabelle' scores in a slow August
Neff, Target surge, while Newmont Mining dips
Planned labour reforms 'too much, too soon,' Ontario business coalition says
Employees work the cash register at a store in Toronto.
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Toronto FC’s Nick Hagglund out 6-8 weeks with sprained left MCL
Toronto FC defender Nick Hagglund goes for a ball with Seattle Sounders FC forward Will Bruin during the first half at CenturyLink Field in Seattle on Saturday, May 6, 2017.
The U.S. argument in lumber talks is, yet again, based on faulty calculations
Logs waiting to be processed at the Interfor’s mill in Delta, B.C
In rare move, Ottawa asks CRTC to reconsider rulings on investment in Canadian content
Heritage Minister Melanie Joly responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Graham DeLaet played through pain at PGA Championship for best major finish
Graham DeLaet of Canada lines up a putt on the second green during the final round of the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club on August 13, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Veteran sports TV executive Shuken to lead Pac-12 network
Mattis: US would 'take out' any NKorean missile aimed at US
FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2017, file photo, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis answers questions while speaking at the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental in Mountain View, Calif. Mattis says the U.S. will “take out” any North Korean missile it detects is heading for American soil, including the Pacific island of Guam. Mattis says a North Korean missile strike on the U.S. would mean war. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
It takes a village to feed the hungry in the summertime
Sen. McCain decries criticism of McMaster as 'smear tactics'
Forget Amazon. Here's the real reason retail stocks are slumping
Understanding that online sales (when we say this we really mean Amazon) are not the only culprit responsible for horrible retail numbers is crucial in the analysis of retail stocks.
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland arrives to hold a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
UN says nearly 50,000 stranded at unsafe Jordan-Syria border
Social media harnessed to expose white nationalists at rally
FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, file photo, white nationalist demonstrators walk into the entrance of Lee Park surrounded by counter demonstrators in Charlottesville, Va. People are using social media to identify and shame white nationalists who attended this past weekend’s gathering in Charlottesville. At least one person has reportedly been fired as a result, showing that the power of angry online mobs can go both ways. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Music service Pandora names Dish streaming exec Lynch as CEO
This photo provided by Pandora shows Roger Lynch. Music service Pandora has named Lynch, the head of Dish’s streaming video service, as its CEO as it tackles competition from Spotify and other newer music apps. He’ll take over Sept. 18. Pandora said Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, that Lynch is the right leader because he has worked with media companies on new distribution models. (Pandora via AP)
Former Bloc Quebecois MP Rejean Lefebvre faces sex-related charges
Former Bloc Quebecois MP Rejean Lefebvre is facing sex-related charges involving a minor.
Paul Ryan opponent says he believes 'pizzagate' conspiracy
FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2016 file photo, Paul Nehlen, a Republican challenger to House Speaker Paul Ryan, speaks in Janesville, Wis. Nehlen says he believes an unfounded right-wing online conspiracy theory dubbed "pizzagate." Nehlen voiced his opinion during an online question and answer session with voters earlier this month on Reddit. He was asked "What are your thoughts on Pizzagate?" In response, Nehlen wrote, "I believe it is real." The conspiracy theory claims Democrats harbor child sex slaves at a pizza restaurant in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)
Man who killed his dog in toss from balcony pleads guilty
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