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Canadian baseball team names roster for Premier 12 Olympic qualifier
OTTAWA - Former American League most valuable player Justin Morneau and ex-AL all-star Michael Saunders highlight Canada's roster for the WBSC Premier 12 next month. The 12-team, US$5.2-million e...
Oct 08, 2019
Trudeau highlights climate-change plan in Arctic, which is vulnerable to warming
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau travelled to Nunavut on Tuesday, where he highlighted his promise to protect the High Arctic against climate change and address the concerns of no...
Oct 08, 2019
Compacted road trip caught up to Storm: Keillor
Matt Keillor is glad to be back in friendly confines.The Storm Head Coach and his team are coming off a rather tough weekend, in which they dropped all three games they played in Okotoks, Drumheller, ...
Oct 08, 2019 Storm goalie Kaeden Lane didn't have his best showing this past weekend, allowing 14 goals on 60 shots in the three games (Photo: Shaun Penner)
Paving work on 100 Street to finish by end of next week
The City says a paving project on 100 Street should be finished by the end of next week. The City's Mark Hoseasson says the stretch between 99 and 84 Avenues is getting new asphalt."We're doing what w...
Oct 08, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith
Powell sees cooler US hiring in possible hint of rate cuts
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that U.S. job growth since early last year was not as robust as thought, a hint that the Fed may be ready to keep cutting interest rate...
Oct 08, 2019
Oprah to give $13 million more for aid at black college
ATLANTA - Oprah Winfrey says she's giving $13 million to increase a scholarship endowment at a historically black college. Winfrey announced her plan Monday at Morehouse College in Atlanta, adding to ...
Oct 08, 2019
Jury convicts New York bomb-planter in shootout with police
ELIZABETH, N.J. - A New Jersey man already serving a life term for planting bombs in New York City has been convicted of attempted murder and assault stemming from a shootout with police three years a...
Oct 08, 2019
Singh urges young people to 'dream big' as he slams Trudeau for failing them
TORONTO - Scrapping interest on student loans as a prelude to a tuition-free world is among measures a New Democrat government would take if elected, the party's leader promised on Tuesday in a pitch ...
Oct 08, 2019
Ahmed breaks his own Canadian record with sixth-place finish in 10K at worlds
DOHA, Qatar - Mohammed Ahmed broke his own national record in the men's 10,000 metres on Sunday as Canada was held off the podium on the final day of the world track and field championships. Ahme...
Oct 08, 2019
Bernie Sanders says he should have listened to symptoms
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he was "dumb" not to have listened to the symptoms he was experiencing before he was stricken with a heart attack last week. The...
Oct 08, 2019