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Canada's Bianca Andreescu beats Dominika Cibulkova to reach third round
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canada’s Bianca Andreescu is into the third round at the BNP Paribas Open. Andreescu kept up her recent run of success by beating Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, ...
Mar 08, 2019
Argos GM Jim Popp says club still unsure about veteran Ray's future
Toronto Argonauts GM Jim Popp continues to wait on Ricky Ray. Popp said Friday night Ray still hasn’t informed the CFL club about his football future. The 39-year-old quarterback suffered a seas...
Mar 08, 2019
Video of 'seal bomb' tossed into B.C. waters draws negative online reaction
VANCOUVER - A commercial fisherman who tossed a small explosive into water teeming with sea lions off the coast of British Columbia says he wasn’t trying to hurt the creatures. The video prompte...
Mar 08, 2019

“Napalm Girl” to share life story in Lacombe
The most influential photos tend to have a powerful story attached to them. For Kim Phuc Phan Thi, known to the world as the "Napalm Girl" seen in a famous photograph running naked down a road with he...
Mar 08, 2019

Tobacco firm JTI-Macdonald obtains creditor protection after Quebec court ruling
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - JTI-Macdonald Corp. says it’s been granted creditor protection following a Quebec Court of Appeal decision upholding a landmark judgment ordering it and two other companies t...
Mar 08, 2019
Germany's Hermann, Latvia's Dukurs win skeleton world titles in Whistler
WHISTLER, B.C. - Tina Hermann led a German podium sweep in women’s skeleton action while Latvia’s Martins Dukurs won the men’s event Friday at the bobsled and skeleton world champion...
Mar 08, 2019

Child advocacy centre dream home lottery extended
The Central Alberta Child Advocacy Center (CACAC) Dream Home Lottery is being extended. Tickets sales for the lottery will now remain open until 11 p.m. on April 7. The final draw will be conducted te...
Mar 08, 2019
Ex-baseball star sentenced to 3 years on drug charges
SAN DIEGO - Former All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to federal drug charges involving 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of cocaine that he admitted h...
Mar 08, 2019
Amazon lobbies to exempt employees from labour protections
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Many of Amazon’s Seattle-area employees would be exempt from new labour protections in a bill passed by the state Senate after lobbyists for the tech giant pushed to change a ke...
Mar 08, 2019
Feds probe alleged prison cellphone use by 'Pharma Bro'
NEW YORK - Federal authorities said Friday they are investigating claims that Martin Shkreli has been running his pharmaceutical company from behind bars using a contraband smartphone. The U.S. Bureau...
Mar 08, 2019