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Saudi ambassador tells Ottawa to mind its own business in Badawi case
OTTAWA - Canada needs to start minding its own business when it comes to jailed blogger Raif Badawi, the Saudi Arabian ambassador said Tuesday. Badawi was arrested in June 2012 and later sentenced to ...
Jul 04, 2017
'Bolt Across Canada' proving zero emission travel is possible
From coast to coast, one Canadian couple and their dog are trying to prove zero waste and zero emission car travel can be achieved. Barb Hetherington, Buddy Boyd and canine companion Piper were in Red...
Jul 04, 2017
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games (All times Eastern) MLB American League Toronto 4 N.Y. Yankees 1 Minnesota 5 L.A. Angels 4 Oakland 7 Chicago White Sox 6 Kansas City 7 Seattle 3 Boston 11, Texas 4 National Leaug...
Jul 04, 2017
Saganash apologizes for plagiarism in Globe and Mail op-ed on Canada 150
OTTAWA - NDP indigenous affairs critic Romeo Saganash apologized Tuesday for having plagiarized portions of a recent newspaper column about Canada’s 150th anniversary. The column appeared in the...
Jul 04, 2017
Inside Ontario's fight to save declining barn swallows, one bird house at a time
TOWNSEND, Ont. - The long grass sways as a soft summer wind sweeps under two strange structures, blowing with it the faint smell of manure, in an otherwise empty Ontario field. Under one, which looks ...
Jul 04, 2017
Now with Blue Jays, Montero wants to put Cubs parting behind
NEW YORK - Wearing his new Toronto Blue Jays jersey, Miguel Montero wanted to put his petulant parting from the Chicago Cubs behind him. “It wasn’t the perfect departure, but it is what it...
Jul 04, 2017
A chronological look at Canadian-born Omar Khadr's legal saga
TORONTO - A look at the long legal odyssey of Canadian-born Omar Khadr: July 27, 2002: Khadr, 15, allegedly throws grenade that kills United States Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer during an American ...
Jul 04, 2017
County signs off on Bowden annexation
The Town of Bowden is annexing land from Red Deer County for the first time in about a decade . County council put their stamp of approval on the request Tuesday morning, paving the way for final appr...
Jul 04, 2017
Cavendish withdraws, Sagan disqualified after Tour crash
VITTEL, France - Mark Cavendish has been forced out of the Tour de France after suffering a fractured shoulder blade in a serious crash caused by world champion Peter Sagan, who was disqualified from ...
Jul 04, 2017
Canada's Brittany Crew found strength, success in shot put circle
TORONTO - Brittany Crew is at home in the shot put circle, where she crouches with a steel ball buried in the crook of her neck before exploding in a spinning blur that’s as much ballet as brute...
Jul 04, 2017