Saturday, 31 August 2019

Trump's 15% tariffs on $112B in Chinese goods take effect


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The Trump administration's latest round of tariffs on Chinese imports have taken effect, potentially raising prices Americans pay for some clothes, shoes, sporting goods and other consumer goods in advance of the holiday shopping season.

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FIU Downs James Madison at Home

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MIAMI (Aug. 31, 2019) - The FIU men's soccer team concluded the season's opening weekend in perfect fashion on Saturday night, as they defeated James Madison University on the second night of a back-to-back by a score of 3-1 at FIU Soccer Stadium.

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Toronto is the sixth safest city in the world: report


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Texas police say 'multiple gunshot victims' in random shooting


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Police say "multiple gunshot victims" after suspect hijacked mail truck in Odessa, Texas, and is shooting at random.

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Thousands protest Boris Johnson's move to suspend Parliament


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Prime Minister Boris Johnson's provocative decision to suspend the British Parliament for a time before the country's deadline for leaving the European Union came under fire Saturday in London and other cities where protesters took to the streets.

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Volleyball Drops Contest to UT Martin to Close Opening Weekend

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BLOOMINGTON, Indiana (Aug. 31, 2019) - In the last day for competition at the Indiana Invitational, the FIU volleyball team fell to UT Martin on Saturday as the Panthers capped the opening weekend of the 2019 season.

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Bianca Andreescu upends former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki at U.S. Open


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Canadian tennis sensation Bianca Andreescu advanced to the Round of 16 at the U.S. Open on Saturday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Carolina Wozniacki of Denmark at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.

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Alberta associate mental health minister worries overdose antidote may be 'enabler' of opioid use


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Alberta's associate minister of mental health says he's worried that kids are deliberately taking larger doses of opioids knowing that naloxone can be used to reverse an overdose, and that distribution of naloxone kits might be enabling greater drug use.

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh 'not concerned' about holes in candidate nominations


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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he’s not worried about his party’s difficulties filling their remaining candidate vacancies before election day. 

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Filmmaker hopes to find more lost film reels buried in Yukon permafrost


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Filmmaker Bill Morrison was in Dawson City this week, and it was a sort of return to the well for him. His acclaimed 2016 documentary was assembled from hundreds of century-old film reels dug out of the permafrost.

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Scheer faces backlash from national anti-abortion group over mixed messaging


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Conservative Party Deputy Leader Lisa Raitt says any attempt by backbench MPs to re-open the abortion debate would be shut down by a Conservative government — a position a national anti-abortion group says it finds "deeply" troubling.

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Supreme Court rejects Saskatchewan's request to delay carbon tax appeal


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Saskatchewan says the Supreme Court of Canada has denied the province's request to delay its appeal hearing over the carbon tax.

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Hong Kong police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters


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Police fired tear gas and water cannon as thousands marched in a meandering tour of downtown Hong Kong on Saturday in the pouring rain, the latest in a series of pro-democracy protests that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades.

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The B.C. wildfire season that wasn't — but likely will be again


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Air filters have gone unused this summer as unexpectedly mild weather dampened the prospect of wildfires. Despite the short-term respite, experts say long-term data indicates that wildfires are likely to make a strong comeback. 

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Breast cancer risk in hormone replacement therapy linked to type and length of treatment, study says


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New findings published in the Lancet medical journal say the risk of breast cancer associated with hormone replacement therapy is higher than previously thought, but doctors say women need to weigh the risk against the severity of menopause symptoms.

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Sirhan Sirhan, Robert Kennedy's assassin, stable after prison stabbing


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​​​​​​​Sirhan Sirhan, imprisoned for more than 50 years for the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was hospitalized Friday after being stabbed by a fellow inmate at a San Diego prison.

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Category 4 Hurricane Dorian bears down on Bahamas en route to Florida


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Hurricane Dorian has gained fearsome new muscle as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, bearing down on the northwestern Bahamas early Saturday en route to Florida's east coast.

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Liberals, NDP missing incumbents where they need them most


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It isn't the total number of incumbents not running for re-election that makes the difference. It's where they're missing that matters.

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Even as Beijing shuns Canada's canola, Canadian wheat sales to China soar


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It's been a grim year for canola farmers in Canada, who appear to be collateral victims of a diplomatic brawl between Beijing and Ottawa. Wheat growers, on the other hand, are enjoying soaring foreign sales. And they have the People's Republic of China to thank for them.

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Yes, winter is coming. But that's about all the Farmers' Almanac can predict accurately


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Worried about the "polar coaster'"forecast by the Farmers' Almanac? Don't fret: Forecasting months ahead reduces accuracy and we still have fall to go.

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How TSO and its new music director plan to attract younger audiences and revitalize classical music in Canada


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Newly-appointed TSO music director Gustavo Gimeno faces a daunting task: to revitalize one of Canada's two largest symphony orchestras at a time when some have sounded the death knell for classical music due to aging audiences and increased competition from other forms of entertainment.

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Friday, 30 August 2019

Panthers Rout Bonnies in Season Opener

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MIAMI (Aug. 30, 2019) -  After a lengthy lightning delay that lasted over two hours, the Panthers finally took the field for their season opener on Friday evening and earned a 2-0 victory over St. Bonaventure at FIU Soccer Stadium.

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Gelderblom and Gebretsadik Highlight FIU XC Opener

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BOCA RATON (Aug. 30, 2019) - The FIU cross country program opened up the 2019 campaign Friday, with a number of impressive performances at the FAU Collegiate XC Invitational.

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Infant remains stuffed in cardboard box; Niagara funeral company loses licence


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A Niagara-area company has lost its bid to keep its licence to transfer corpses after a contractor stuffed an infant's remains into a cardboard box.

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Fort McMurray students show PTSD symptoms after 2016 wildfire, study shows


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Many students in Fort McMurray schools remained traumatized long after the massive wildfire forced almost 90,000 people from their homes three years ago.

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