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USA Hockey's Hilary Knight voted IIHF's first female player of the year
Hilary Knight was the runaway leader in voting for the International Ice Hockey Federation’s first female player of the year award on Thursday, some six weeks after the 33-year-old captained the United States to win gold at the women’s world championship. The IIHF announced...
US and South African firefighters to battle wildfires in Canada
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — More than 300 firefighters from the United States and South Africa are heading to Canada in the coming days to help the country battle an unprecedented wildfire season. Federal officials said Thursday that at least 100 U.S. firefighters will be arriving...
US turns up pressure on air bag inflator company that refuses a recall despite deaths, injuries
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is turning up the pressure on ARC Automotive to recall 67 million potentially dangerous air bag inflators by ordering the company to answer questions under oath and threatening fines if it doesn't respond. NHTSA argues that the recall is justified...
In Canada, each cigarette will get a warning label: 'poison in every puff'
TORONTO (AP) — Canada will soon become the first country in the world where warning labels must appear on individual cigarettes. The move was first announced last year by Health Canada and is aimed at helping people quit the habit. The regulations take effect Aug. 1 and will be...
Unprecedented wildfire on Canada's Atlantic coast still burning after four days
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — An unprecedented string of wildfires in Canada's Atlantic-coast province of Nova Scotia continued to burn out of control for a fourth day on Wednesday, preventing thousands of evacuees from trying to see if their homes have been destroyed. Fire...
16 children injured in fall during Canada school trip to historic fort
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Sixteen schoolchildren and one adult were hospitalized after falling Wednesday from a platform inside Fort Gibraltar, a popular tourist attraction in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Dr. Karen Gripp from the Children’s Hospital emergency department...
Unprecedented wildfire on Canada's Atlantic coast still burning after four days
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — An unprecedented string of wildfires in Canada's Atlantic-coast province of Nova Scotia continued to burn out of control for a fourth day on Wednesday, preventing thousands of evacuees from trying to see if their homes have been destroyed. Fire...
National Bank of Canada: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot
MONTREAL (AP) — MONTREAL (AP) — National Bank of Canada (NTIOF) on Wednesday reported net income of $625.9 million in its fiscal second quarter. The Montreal-based bank said it had earnings of $1.76 per share. The bank posted revenue of $4.12 billion in the period....
Japanese knuckleball pitcher Eri Yoshida plays on her own 'Field of Dreams'
OYAMA, Japan (AP) — Eri Yoshida sat in the dugout of an all-dirt baseball field in rural Japan, surrounded by rice paddies, narrow roads, and traditional Japanese houses. The scene recalled instantly the 1989 film “Field of Dreams" — Asian style — and Yoshida certainly has...
Thousands evacuate from Nova Scotia wildfires
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Wildfires in Canada’s Atlantic coast province of Nova Scotia have caused thousands to evacuate. The Halifax Regional Municipality said late Monday that preliminary estimates indicate approximately 200 homes or structures have been damaged, based on...
