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Vaughan Azzurri up for Canadian Championship challenge against HFX Wanderers FC
TORONTO - Head coach Patrice Gheisar and his players have been waiting for this day for three months. The Vaughan Azzurri, champions of League 1 Ontario, host Halifax's HFX Wanderers FC of the Canadia...
May 14, 2019
2019 Wheatbelt Baseball Season begins in Dawson Creek
The grass is green, and the bases are set for the 2019 Wheatbelt Baseball League season which is set to kick off Tuesday night in Dawson Creek.The opening contest of the 2019 season will see the Dawso...
May 14, 2019 The Rycroft Rage celebrated their 5th league title in 2018.
Gaza singers protest Israel hosting Eurovision
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Palestinian singers are protesting Israel's hosting of the Eurovision song contest by performing on the rubble of a building destroyed in recent fighting in the Gaza Stri...
May 14, 2019
Former Calgary police officer jailed for uploading child-porn images
A former Calgary police officer has been handed an eight-month jail term after pleading guilty to accessing sexually explicit material involving children.Thomas Buttle, who is 34, entered the plea in ...
May 14, 2019
FSJ's Nielsen and Giants fall short in WHL Final
Fort St.John's Tristan Nielsen and the Vancouver Giants season is over following a heart-breaking loss in Game 7 of the WHL Final Monday night.Prince Albert knocked off the Giants 3-2 in overtime with...
May 14, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Canadian among those killed in floatplane crash in Alaska
VANCOUVER - Global Affairs Canada has confirmed one Canadian is among the dead in a midair crash between sightseeing planes in Alaska. The department says the name or hometown of the vi...
May 14, 2019
US targets $300B of Chinese goods for new tariff hikes
BEIJING - U.S. officials listed $300 billion more of Chinese goods for possible tariff hikes while Beijing vowed Tuesday to "fight to the finish" in an escalating trade battle that is fueling fears ab...
May 14, 2019
NTSB to investigate in Alaska after deadly midair collision
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A team of federal accident investigators is expected to arrive in Alaska Tuesday to try to piece together what caused a deadly midair collision between two sightseeing planes. Four...
May 14, 2019
State of emergency declared, evacuations ordered amid central B.C. wildfire
FRASER LAKE, B.C. - An active wildfire in central British Columbia has prompted a local state of emergency and several evacuations. The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako issued a state of emer...
May 14, 2019
Diplomats visit Canadian think-tank expert in China custody
BEIJING - Diplomats have visited a Canadian think-tank expert whose detention in China is believed to be an attempt to pressure Canada to release Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Canadian consular offic...
May 14, 2019