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Veteran Samuel Asselin, Mooseheads beat Raiders to open Memorial Cup
HALIFAX - Samuel Asselin opened the scoring and set up another as the Halifax Mooseheads beat the Prince Albert Raiders 4-1 on Friday in the 2019 Memorial Cup opener. Alexis Gravel...
May 17, 2019
Trump pardons Conrad Black for 2007 fraud conviction in U.S.
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Conrad Black, a former newspaper publisher who has written a flattering political biography of Trump. In a release Wednesday, Whit...
May 17, 2019
Utility, regulatory failures led to biggest US gas leak
LOS ANGELES - A blowout at a Los Angeles natural gas well in 2015 that led to the largest-known release of methane in U.S. history was the result of a corroded pipe casing, safety failures by a utilit...
May 17, 2019
Texas officer fired after shooting black man in traffic stop
ARLINGTON, Texas - A Texas police officer has been fired after he was charged with criminally negligent homicide in the fatal shooting of a black man during a traffic stop last year. In a statement Fr...
May 17, 2019
Koepka shatters 36-hole record and builds 7-shot lead at PGA
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - What felt like a battle for Brooks Koepka looked like a runaway Friday in the PGA Championship. Koepka backed up his record-tying 63 with a round that put him in a league of his ow...
May 17, 2019
Ottawa set to award contract to build two ferries to Quebec's Davie shipyard
MONTREAL - Quebec's Davie shipyard is in line to receive a contract for the construction of two East Coast ferries, the federal government announced Friday. Ottawa will issue an Advance Contract Award...
May 17, 2019
Court of Queen's Bench orders $13-million be paid to hospital contractors
The Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta announced in a Twitter post Friday that nearly $13-million of the court-held $30-million owed to contractors involved in the construction of the new Grande Prairi...
May 17, 2019
Jackson plays for record 14th team, Blue Jays lose to Giants
SAN FRANCISCO - Edwin Jackson thinks his new place in baseball history has as much to do with his reputation as it does his repertoire. Nearly 16 years after Jackson made his big league debut, both ar...
May 17, 2019
Kim Kardashian West reveals Psalm as new baby's name
NEW YORK - To messages of support and puzzlement, Kim Kardashian West has, seemingly, revealed her newborn's name: Psalm West. The beauty mogul, reality star, law student and wife of Kanye West took t...
May 17, 2019
Dickson eager to erase pain of Calgary Roughnecks' NLL final loss in 2014
The Calgary Roughnecks' disappointing loss in the 2014 National Lacrosse League championship still haunts Curtis Dickson. But he and his teammates have an opportunity to erase the heartbreak...
May 17, 2019