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Cowboys QB Dak Prescott out at least 1 game as team evaluates hamstring injury

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott out at least 1 game as team evaluates hamstring injury

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will miss at least one game with a hamstring injury that the team said Monday is still being evaluated.
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S&P/TSX composite flat Monday, U.S. markets down ahead of election day

S&P/TSX composite flat Monday, U.S. markets down ahead of election day

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was essentially flat Monday as losses in telecom stocks offset gains in energy, while U.S. markets were down ahead of Tuesday's election. Monday was the “calm before the storm” ahead of the U.S.
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Provincial engineers allege Ontario government is unlawfully locking them out

Provincial engineers allege Ontario government is unlawfully locking them out

TORONTO — Ontario government engineers participating in rotating strikes that involve stopping work on Highway 413 and the Bradford Bypass amid contract negotiations are alleging the province is now unlawfully locking them out and interfering with th
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Officer suspended over alleged involvement in protest at Brampton temple: Peel police

Officer suspended over alleged involvement in protest at Brampton temple: Peel police

Peel Regional Police say one of their officers has been suspended after a social-media video showed the cop allegedly participating in a protest at a Hindu temple in Brampton, Ont.
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Conservatives are trying to loosen regulations on natural health products

Conservatives are trying to loosen regulations on natural health products

OTTAWA — A Conservative MP wants Parliament to undo changes made by the Liberals last year that brought natural health products under the same regulations as pharmaceuticals.
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Man shooting at a squirrel narrowly missed employee of Ontario township: ministry

Man shooting at a squirrel narrowly missed employee of Ontario township: ministry

The Ontario government says a man has been fined $3,000 after a bullet he fired at a squirrel travelled past his yard and narrowly missed an employee of a Huron County township. The Ministry of Natural Resources says the man from St.
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CMHC says risks remain in mortgage market as delinquencies creep up

CMHC says risks remain in mortgage market as delinquencies creep up

OTTAWA — Canada's housing agency says risks remain in the mortgage market as over a million contracts are up for renewal next year while a growing share of new mortgages are being issued by alternative lenders. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
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Canada coach calls in 19 players in advance of CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal

Canada coach calls in 19 players in advance of CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal

TORONTO — Canada coach Jesse Marsch has summoned 19 players, including York United FC teenager Shola Jimoh, to a camp in Toronto ahead of the full men's team getting together for the two-legged CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal later this month ag
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Brookfield Asset Management reports Q3 profit up from year ago

Brookfield Asset Management reports Q3 profit up from year ago

TORONTO — Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. says it earned a third-quarter profit of US$129 million from its stake in the asset management business it owns with Brookfield Corp.
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Hope for a Gordon Lightfoot museum 'still very much alive' in his hometown

Hope for a Gordon Lightfoot museum 'still very much alive' in his hometown

TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot’s folk music legacy could still be honoured with a museum in his Ontario hometown. Pam Carter, president of the Mariposa Folk Festival, said local officials in Orillia, Ont.
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