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Ottawa to host 2020 Bingham Cup, drawing amateur rugby teams from around the globe
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Wolves will host the 2020 Bingham Cup. The international gay rugby union tournament, which promotes inclusivity, equality and competition, is expected to draw 70 teams from five co...
Oct 04, 2018
No rest for CHL goalies in back-to-backs, heavy workload just normal life
Prince Albert Raiders goaltender Ian Scott found that out last season when he started all three games on a weekend road trip through Alberta just how much of a grind the major junior hockey season can...
Oct 04, 2018
Eastern Metis chief says Mi'kmaq, Metis National Council are 'fear mongering'
HALIFAX - The chief of one of the largest eastern Metis groups is condemning an agreement between the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs and the Metis National Council, saying it creates ...
Oct 04, 2018
Ontario researchers testing origins of life theory in new planet simulator
A small group of Ontario researchers believe they may have solved the origins of life mystery. The results come from early experiments run in a planet simulator at McMaster University’s new Orig...
Oct 04, 2018
Montreal soaring to new economic heights, but headwinds still buffet the summit
MONTREAL - In a sun-lit lecture space at Ecole Polytechnique, Joelle Pineau explained how a machine can create a recipe from a photo of a tourtiere. It's not easy as pie, but rather the fruit of 12 mo...
Oct 04, 2018
Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton officially open
EDMONTON – Alberta’s new provincial museum in downtown Edmonton is officially open. Premier Rachel Notley unveiled a life-sized statue of the Royal Alberta Museum’s signature Ice Age...
Oct 04, 2018
Canadian women's volleyball team eliminated at world championship
SAPPORO, Japan - The Canadian women’s volleyball team has been knocked out of the world championship. A 3-1 loss (23-25, 27-25, 25-21, 25-21) to Bulgaria (2-3) on Wednesday prevented Canada (1-4...
Oct 04, 2018
West accuses Russian spy agency of scores of attacks
LONDON - The West unleashed an onslaught of new evidence and indictments Thursday accusing Russian military spies of hacking so widespread that it seemed to target anyone, anywhere who investigates Mo...
Oct 04, 2018
Power line strike cause of fatal ultra-light helicopter crash
HIGH RIVER- A Transportation Safety Board investigation into the crash of an ultra-light helicopter in southern Alberta has determined the aircraft struck a power line. The pilot of the amateur-built ...
Oct 04, 2018
Aid groups now using the same data technology as bitcoin
LONDON - In the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan, Amar Al-Eid heads toward the checkout of the food distribution store carrying supplies for his two children. The shopkeeper raises a black box to...
Oct 04, 2018