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Bates College grant will help with children's lit diversity
LEWISTON, Maine - The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services is giving Bates College nearly $250,000 to expand programs for racial representation in children’s literature. Republican S...
Sep 10, 2017
Firefighters National Memorial Day marked in Red Deer
RCMP and other emergency services personnel gathered for a memorial march at Red Deer City Hall Park on Sunday, September 10 to honour firefighters who have fallen in the line of duty. The event was p...
Sep 10, 2017
Sweet 16: After 2 rough years, Nadal back on top at US Open
NEW YORK - Rafael Nadal entered the 2017 Grand Slam season on a 2 1/2-year drought without so much as one appearance in a major final, let alone a title. He ends it having reasserted himself, capped b...
Sep 10, 2017
Toronto Wolfpack rugby league dream started on a fish and chips wrapper
TORONTO - Eric Perez recalls writing down his blueprint for rugby league in Canada on a fish and chips wrapper. Then he threw himself into reaching his five goals, with the main one bringing a team in...
Sep 10, 2017
Donald Sutherland on his Oscar honour: 'It's everything'
TORONTO - Donald Sutherland hit the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival still beaming from news of his Oscar honour, joking about how he’ll prepare for his first Academy Awards...
Sep 10, 2017
Former Blackhawks and Maple Leafs defenceman Pierre Pilote dies at 85
Hall of Fame defenceman Pierre Pilote, a three-time Norris Trophy winner who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961, has died. He was 85. The Blackhawks said in a statement Sunday t...
Sep 10, 2017
De Boer's position fragile after another loss for Palace
Frank de Boer spoke of his “hope for the future” at Crystal Palace despite the team’s record-setting fourth straight loss to open the English Premier League season. Whether he’...
Sep 10, 2017
Quebec flood victims feeling abandoned after government aid slow to come
MONTREAL - Four months after spring flooding sent more than two metres of water rushing into her home, Katy Deschenes says she still has no idea of whether she’ll be able to rebuild the home whe...
Sep 10, 2017
The story of NAFTA, as told from a Canadian auto plant in Mexico
SAN JUAN DEL RIO, Mexico - Looming above a Canadian auto-parts plant, keeping watch over workers, is a painting of the Virgin Mary. This same plant plans a celebration of its latest expansion with a p...
Sep 10, 2017
Syrian chocolatier celebrates factory opening with Nova Scotia town
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - A Syrian refugee said he and his family are giving back to the Nova Scotia town that helped turn them into a world-recognized success story by employing locals and treating the comm...
Sep 10, 2017