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Morehouse College to take transgender students
The country's only all-male historically black college will begin admitting transgender men next year, marking a major shift for the school at a time when higher education institutions around the nati...
Apr 13, 2019
Montreal businessman Clifford Starke very serious about purchasing Alouettes
Clifford Starke wants to return the Montreal Alouettes to their former glory. Starke grew up in Montreal attending Alouettes games at a sold-out Molson Stadium seated with then club president&nbs...
Apr 13, 2019
NHL slaps Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov with one-game suspension
NEW YORK - The NHL suspended Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov for one game Saturday for boarding Markus Nutivaara of the Columbus Blue Jackets. The incident happened in the third ...
Apr 13, 2019
France native Valentin Gnahoua picked first overall in CFL European draft
TORONTO - Valentin Gnahoua and Asnnel Robo have given football players from France another potential career path. Gnahoua and Robo went first and third overall, respectively, in the&nbs...
Apr 13, 2019
Koepka, DeChambeau share lead at the Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Bryson DeChambeau believes science was at work late in the afternoon at Augusta National, creating a force in the atmosphere where big roars from great shots filter through the back nin...
Apr 13, 2019
Burkina Faso minister says missing Quebec woman is alive, removed from territory
MONTREAL - A senior minister with Burkina Faso's government says a Canadian woman and her Italian companion who have been missing in West Africa since last December are alive and no longer in his...
Apr 13, 2019
Finland upsets Canada 4-2, will play for women's world hockey championship gold
ESPOO, Finland - Canada won't play for gold at the women's world hockey championship for the first time in tournament history. Finland beat Canada 4-2 in semifinal action Saturday. The host count...
Apr 13, 2019
Nipsey Hussle's fiance, children honour him at public service
LOS ANGELES - Nipsey Hussle's legacy as a community activist, uniter, a doting father and a loving son were underscored at his public memorial service on Thursday, with deeply personal testimonies fro...
Apr 13, 2019
Man charged with shooting officer at South Carolina hospital
COLUMBIA, S.C. - A shooting inside a South Carolina hospital on Thursday left both a police officer and the suspected gunman wounded, authorities said, in what was the second shooting inside a hospita...
Apr 13, 2019
Local man has big vision for blind hockey
A Lacombe man is trying to bring a blind hockey team to the region.Dustin Butterfield, now 37, has a genetic condition that has worsened his vision over time. Now, he needs more people to show interes...
Apr 13, 2019 Dustin Butterfield (92) competes at the recent 7th annual Canadian National Blind Hockey Tournament at Ryerson University last month. (Serena Webber)