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Former Montreal Expos pitcher Derek Aucoin dies at 50 from brain cancer
MONTREAL - Canadian pitcher Derek Aucoin, who played two games for the Montreal Expos in 1996, died of brain cancer on Saturday night, his family said. He was 50. "There are very few words to express ...
Dec 27, 2020
Cheating a 'free-for-all' at virtual high schools, teachers say
It took less than a month for students attending virtual school to devise new ways to cheat. From texting friends on the sly to downloading apps that spit out answers, educators say the pandemic-induc...
Dec 27, 2020
Activist, champion: Naomi Osaka is AP Female Athlete of Year
With tennis, like so much of the world, shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Naomi Osaka found herself with time to read and think. And while she won the U.S. Open for her third Grand Slam t...
Dec 27, 2020
Burger and The Kickback foster love of running in underserved Toronto communities
TORONTO - Every weekend, Hakim Mohamed and his nine-year-old twin daughters Amira and Anisa run. They head from their Regent Park house in downtown Toronto toward Riverdale Park. They'll run for an ho...
Dec 27, 2020
Cheating a 'free-for-all' at virtual high schools, teachers say
It took less than a month for students attending virtual school to devise new ways to cheat. From texting friends on the sly to downloading apps that spit out answers, educators say the pandemic-induc...
Dec 27, 2020
Baseball Hall of Famer, knuckleballer Phil Niekro dies at 81
ATLANTA - Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, who pitched well into his 40s with a knuckleball that baffled big league hitters for more than two decades, mostly with the Atlanta Braves, has died after...
Dec 27, 2020
Mayor Poole: Blackfalds achieved growth on multiple levels in 2020
The mayor of Blackfalds could go on and on about the town's accomplishments in 2020, despite a tumultuous year globally.Speaking to rdnewsNOW, Richard Poole says, "One of the things was that we saw ou...
Dec 27, 2020
Man charged in Illinois bowling alley shooting that killed 3
ROCKFORD, Ill. - A U.S. serviceman from Florida has been charged in a shooting at an Illinois bowling alley that left three people dead and three wounded, authorities said Sunday. Winnebago County Sta...
Dec 27, 2020
Ontario, Quebec report 4,296 new COVID-19 cases
OTTAWA - Ontario and Quebec are both reporting more than 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 one day after a highly contagious new variant of the virus was confirmed in Canada. Ontario is reporting 2,005 case...
Dec 27, 2020
Alberta's preliminary COVID-19 data for Dec. 24-27
Taking a break from the usual daily data dump and press conferences, Alberta Health released 'modified updates' and 'preliminary' data for COVID-19 from Dec. 24-27.As of Dec. 22, there were 93,781 tot...
Dec 27, 2020