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Brazilian bossa nova pioneer Joao Gilberto dies at 88
RIO DE JANEIRO - Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound...
Jul 08, 2019

Conservationists submit legal challenge to Trans Mountain reapproval over whales
VANCOUVER - The federal government is facing a new legal challenge after it approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion for a second time.Ecojustice has filed a motion to the Federal Court of Appea...
Jul 08, 2019

Protesters target Kenney at Stampede over gay-straight alliances
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney was met at his Calgary Stampede pancake breakfast by a handful of people voicing opposition to an education law that they say puts gay and transgender students a...
Jul 08, 2019

Whitecourt RCMP nab suspect tied to two separate break and enters
Whitecourt RCMP have charged a suspect related to two separate break-and-enters in the city.Officers responded to a break and enter at the Canadian Tire on July 3, where it was found numerous tools an...
Jul 08, 2019

Wealthy financier charged with molesting dozens of girls
NEW YORK - In a startling reversal of fortune, billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein was charged Monday with sexually abusing dozens of underage girls in a case brought more than a decade after he sec...
Jul 08, 2019

Watson, Culling advance at Stampede rodeo
Two of the three BC Peace cowboys compting at the Calgary Stampede rodeo will advance directly to Sunday's final.Jake Watson of Hudson's Hope recorded an 84.5 in the final go round of Pool A saddle br...
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Trump ramping up criticisms of Fox, usually a friendly venue
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's latest Twitter attack on the media focuses on Fox News, although it's hardly the first time he's found fault with the network where he most often finds a friendly r...
Jul 08, 2019

Protesters target Alberta premier at Stampede over gay-straight alliances
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney was met at his Calgary Stampede pancake breakfast by a handful of people voicing opposition to an education law that they say puts gay and transgender ...
Jul 08, 2019

Canadian racer Robert Wickens to drive parade lap at Honda Indy
TORONTO - Robert Wickens will get a chance to drive on a racetrack again this weekend in the parade lap at the Honda Indy in Toronto. The 30-year-old driver for Guelph, Ont., announced the news M...
Jul 08, 2019

Raonic out of Wimbledon after tough five-set loss to Pella in fourth round
WIMBLEDON, England - Three years ago in the fourth round at Wimbledon, Canadian Milos Raonic came back from a two-sets-to-none deficit for the first time in his career to beat Belgium's David Gof...
Jul 08, 2019