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Canadian rower Silken Laumann drawn to paratriathlete's story, backs her with cash
CALGARY - Leanne Taylor was born the same year Silken Laumann overcame long odds to stand on the Olympic podium. Laumann rowing to a bronze medal with a mangled leg at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barc...
Sep 30, 2020
Golf Canada CEO Laurence Applebaum happy with how industry stepped up during pandemic
Although restrictions put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 initially wreaked havoc on the golf season, Laurence Applebaum said this season showed the sport's resilience in Canada. The Golf Cana...
Sep 30, 2020
A's hold off Abreu, White Sox 5-3, force series to Game 3
OAKLAND, Calif. - Marcus Semien and Khris Davis homered early and the Oakland Athletics held off Jos Abreu and the Chicago White Sox in the late innings for a 5-3 win Wednesday that sent their AL play...
Sep 30, 2020
Alberta’s next Artist in Residence
Award-winning singer and songwriter Joal Kamps will be Alberta's next Artist in Residence.Kamps is a Calgary-based career musician, songwriter and performing artist, a solo instrumentalist (guitar) an...
Sep 30, 2020
Red Deer with 6 active COVID-19 cases
Red Deer has dropped an active case of COVID-19 and now sits with six. The number of recoveries in Red Deer has correspondingly increased by one to a total of 104.Red Deer County has three active case...
Sep 30, 2020
UN meeting that began with unity concludes with divisions
TANZANIA, Tanzania - This year's U.N. General Assembly meeting began with calls for multilateralism and co-operation - a declaration that the urgency for countries to unite "has rarely been greater." ...
Sep 30, 2020
European report finds waning of democracy in Poland, Hungary
BRUSSELS - Democratic standards are facing "important challenges" in some European Union countries, particularly in Hungary and Poland, where the judicial systems are under threat, the EU's executive ...
Sep 30, 2020
Rape and killing of Dalit woman shocks India, draws outrage
NEW DELHI - The gang rape and death of a woman from the lowest rung of India's caste system sparked outrage across the country on Wednesday, with several politicians and activists demanding justice an...
Sep 30, 2020
Pompeo urges Vatican to condemn human rights abuses in China
ROME - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the Vatican on Wednesday to join the United States in denouncing violations of religious freedom in China, saying the Catholic Church should be at the ...
Sep 30, 2020
Azerbaijan, Armenia no closer to ending clashes after 4 days
YEREVAN, Armenia - Heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh continued for a fourth straight day on Wednesday, with statements from both sid...
Sep 30, 2020