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Lion Air crash report points to Boeing, pilots, maintenance
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian investigators found plenty of blame to go around for a Boeing 737 Max crash that killed 189 people a year ago. They faulted design decisions by Boeing that made the pla...
Oct 27, 2019
Canadian ice dancer Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier second at Skate Canada
KELOWNA, B.C. - Canada's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier sit second after the short dance at Skate Canada. Toronto's Gilles and Poirier, from Unionville, Ont., scored 82.58 points and narrowly trail Ame...
Oct 27, 2019
Leicester ties biggest EPL win with 9-0 rout of Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON, England - Leicester scored five first-half goals and another four after the break to destroy 10-man Southampton 9-0 on Friday and tie the biggest win in Premier League history. Manchester...
Oct 27, 2019
Scherzer scratched from Game 5, Ross to start for Nationals
WASHINGTON - Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer was scratched from his scheduled start in Game 5 of the World Series because of spasms near his neck. Washington manager Dave Martinez made the announcement...
Oct 27, 2019
John Conyers, longest serving black congressman, dies at 90
DETROIT - Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in ...
Oct 27, 2019
Protesters against Quebec's secularism law say they're not giving up
MONTREAL - Protesters against Quebec's secularism law say they aren't giving up the fight to overturn Bill 21. About 200 of them braved the cold rain and gathered in Montreal's Parc-Extension nei...
Oct 27, 2019
Tracy Fleury wins Masters curling title for first-ever Grand Slam victory
NORTH BAY, Ont. - Tracy Fleury of Sudbury, Ont., downed Japan's Sayaka Yoshimura 7-5 on Sunday to win the Masters women's title for her first victory on the Grand Slam of Curling tour. Although i...
Oct 27, 2019
House Democrats get a legal victory in impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON - A judge has ordered the Justice Department to give the House secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, handing a victory to Democrats as they...
Oct 27, 2019
Vipers honour fallen family member while facing early season adversity
It was a tough loss on what was surely an emotional night for the Red Deer Vipers Jr. 'B' hockey team on Saturday.In the midst of losing 8-5 to an impressive Airdrie squad, the Vipers marked Hockey Fi...
Oct 27, 2019 The Red Deer Vipers are once again wearing a 'Z' patch on their sleeves this season to honour the late father of one of their teammates. (SkillzPhotos/Jason Skilnick)
Activist Greta Thunberg says adults must protect kids from climate change
VANCOUVER - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg says those in power need to realize what they are doing to future generations through climate change because if adults really loved children, they...
Oct 27, 2019