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CFL Eskimos brass on northern visits to talk about name, 'where we fit in'
INUVIK, N.W.T. - Officials from the Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Football League club are on a tour of northern communities to discuss the team’s name. Marketing vice-president Allan Watt says the ...
Jun 28, 2018
'A goal of mine:' Hockey dream still alive for paralyzed Humboldt Bronco
PHILADELPHIA - Ryan Straschnitzki hasn’t given up his dream of playing hockey. The 19-year-old Alberta teen, who was paralyzed from the chest down in a bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos j...
Jun 28, 2018
Mattis says US will keep current troop levels in South Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Carrying a clear message of reassurance to South Korea, U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis stated flatly Thursday that the U.S. will maintain its current number of troops on...
Jun 28, 2018
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games World Cup At Ekaterinburg, Russia Sweden 3 Mexico 0 At Kazan, Russia South Korea 2 Germany 0 At Novgorod, Russia Costa Rica 2 Switzerland 2 At Moscow Brazil 2 Serbia 0 — ...
Jun 27, 2018
Hundreds of thousands families live in daycare 'deserts,' report says
OTTAWA - An estimated 776,000 young Canadian children live in areas of the country parched of available daycare spaces, suggests a new report that outlines the statistical flip side of high child care...
Jun 27, 2018
Chinese court hands US football coach 4-year prison sentence
BEIJING - A Chinese court sentenced former American football player Wendell Brown to four years in prison Thursday for being involved in a bar fight, a punishment his lawyer and an activist called exc...
Jun 27, 2018
California movie producer gets 8 years in prison in fraud
NEW YORK - A California movie producer convicted of defrauding investors of over $26 million was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday by a judge who said his crimes needed to be punished sever...
Jun 27, 2018
Ottawa Fury beat AS Blainville to advance to Canadian Championship semifinal
Ottawa Fury FC has earned itself a meeting with Toronto FC. Carl Haworth scored in the 21st minute as Ottawa beat AS Blainville 1-0 on Wednesday to advance to the Canadian Championship semifinal where...
Jun 27, 2018
Longtime Vols broadcaster Ward honoured at tribute ceremony
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee athletic director Phillip Fulmer praised John Ward for bringing “life and feeling to our living rooms” during a tribute ceremony for the longtime Volunteers fo...
Jun 27, 2018
Navdeep Bains acclaimed as Liberal candidate in 2019 federal campaign kickoff
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The Liberals have nominated their first candidate for next year’s federal election. At a Toronto-area rally Wednesday evening that included a speech by Prime Minister Justin ...
Jun 27, 2018