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Gimme five: Canadians to watch Sunday at the Pan American Games
LIMA, Peru - Here are five Canadian athletes/teams to watch on Sunday at the Pan American Games: TAMMARA THIBEAULT (BOXING) The 22-year-old Regina fighter is in women's middleweight quarterfinal actio...
Jul 27, 2019
Brittany Crew can be credited for Canada's world-class group of throwers
MONTREAL - Brittany Crew was standing in line at the airport for a flight to Italy to compete when she got the call: Don't check your bags. You're going to Lausanne. The 25-year-old thrower made ...
Jul 27, 2019
SAG Awards shift date, avoid schedule conflict with Grammys
LOS ANGELES - The Screen Actors Guild Awards will shift a week earlier than planned and avoid airing at the same time as the Grammy Awards. Organizers announced the shift Thursday and that the show, w...
Jul 27, 2019
"Transparent" musical finale gives cast a chance to heal
LOS ANGELES - Wrapping up five seasons of an award-winning series with a musical is a risk that only Amazon's "Transparent" could take. Risks are part of the show's DNA, said series creator Jill Solow...
Jul 27, 2019
Quebec police believe to have found bodies of missing Quebec businessman and son
MONTREAL - After days of aerial searches over thick forests in the upper Laurentians, provincial police said Thursday they believe they have found the bodies of a Quebec businessman and his teena...
Jul 27, 2019
Two dead after tow plane and glider collide in southern Alberta
BLACK DIAMOND, AB - Emergency medical officials say two people are dead after a glider crashed southwest of Calgary.EMS responded to reports of the crash near the Cu Nim Gliding Club, which is east of...
Jul 27, 2019 (File photo)
Red Deer's Shae Demale to feature in Hockey Canada Summer Showcase
Shae Demale is officially a U SPORTS Women's Hockey All-Star.The Red Deer product was selected recently for the team which will play in the Hockey Canada Summer Showcase Aug. 2-11 in Calgary.The event...
Jul 27, 2019 (Saint Mary's University)
Ex-wife of slain former NBA player pleads guilty
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The ex-wife of slain former NBA player Lorenzen Wright pleaded guilty Thursday to facilitation of first-degree murder in his shooting death nine years ago, a surprise development in o...
Jul 27, 2019
Defending champ Emmanuel withdraws from 200 metres with calf tightness
MONTREAL - Crystal Emmanuel won't be able to defend her Canadian title in the 200 metres. The Canadian record-holder in the event withdrew from Saturday's semifinals with calf tightness the morning af...
Jul 27, 2019
Ex-wife of slain former NBA player pleads guilty
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The ex-wife of slain former NBA player Lorenzen Wright pleaded guilty Thursday to facilitation of first-degree murder in his shooting death nine years ago, a surprise development in o...
Jul 27, 2019