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GOULDS, N.L. — The chase for the elusive ace of spades will continue next week at a church on the outskirts of St. John's, N.L., with nine cards on the table. Thousands converged on St.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Canadian man has been sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. federal prison for his role in a smuggling operation that sent more than $130 million worth of drugs between the United States and Canada.

MONTREAL — Mayor Denis Coderre says the city will honour Daisy Sweeney, a Montreal piano teacher who was credited with being the first mentor for such greats as Oliver Jones and her own brother, the late Oscar Peterson.

Four stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 17 ——— AUTO LIKELY HIGH ON U.S. NAFTA AGENDA Early indications are pointing to a potential No. 1 issue for the U.S. in a renegotiated NAFTA: automobiles.

TORONTO — Dominic Leone rejoined the Blue Jays on Wednesday after spending three days on the bereavement list. When he got into the game, it was like he hadn't missed a beat.

TORONTO — Police are looking for two suspects following a shooting in the parking lot of a west-end Toronto mall. Investigators say witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots as a man was shot in a car near a coffee shop at Sherway Gardens.

VANCOUVER — Production on the movie "Deadpool 2" appears to have resumed in Vancouver, two days after a stuntwoman was killed in a motorcycle accident on set.

VANCOUVER — A former Canadian Football League star receiver who says he sustained "permanent and disabling" repetitive head trauma as a player has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to allow his lawsuit against the league to proceed.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A Massachusetts hospital group says one of its doctors was the man killed by a bus while on vacation with his family in Vancouver.

WASHINGTON — Early indications are pointing to a potential No. 1 issue for the U.S. in a renegotiated NAFTA: automobiles. What's not clear yet is whether it will go from being important to being an irritant.