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Bruins-Blues Cup Final Game 6 could hinge on officiating
ST. LOUIS - Patrick Maroon doesn't want to go there. Not even about how the St. Louis Blues handle the roller coaster of inconsistent officiating. "I'm not talking about it," the usually talkative Mar...
Jun 08, 2019
Rory McIlroy rockets up RBC Canadian Open leaderboard with 6-under 64
ANCASTER, Ont. - When Rory McIlroy first announced that he was going to play in the RBC Canadian Open, he said he was looking forward to winning another national championship. After firing a 6-under 6...
Jun 08, 2019
US and Mexico: More talks, no deal yet to avert tariffs
WASHINGTON - U.S. and Mexican officials laboured for a second day Thursday to avert import tariffs that President Donald Trump is threatening to impose as he tries to strong-arm Mexico into stemming t...
Jun 08, 2019
100 Men makes latest donation to local non-profit
100 Men Red Deer held their latest meeting this week.This time, the group has decided its members will make a contribution to the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre. Each member gives $100.Other no...
Jun 08, 2019
Walk for Common Ground urges Albertans to honour treaty responsibilities
A committed group of around 30 people made it to Red Deer Friday, marking the halfway point of a walk from Edmonton to Calgary which urges Indigenous and non-Indigenous persons alike to find what brin...
Jun 08, 2019 Amy Peters (left), Faika Satterthwaite (centre) and Anita Crowshoe are three of about 30 participants in the Walk for Common Ground. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Feds have failed to explain 'inaction' in Grassy Narrows: UN rapporteur
OTTAWA - The case of a northern Ontario First Nation plagued by mercury contamination is "emblematic" of an overall pattern of inaction in the face of grave risks to the health of Indigenous Peop...
Jun 08, 2019
Albania president cancels elections, citing tense climate
TIRANA, Albania - Albania's president has cancelled upcoming municipal elections, citing the need to reduce political tensions in the country. President Ilir Meta said he acted because "the actual cir...
Jun 08, 2019
Extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou set for early next year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she ...
Jun 08, 2019
It's a Barty party: Australian wins 1st major at French Open
PARIS - Ash Barty knew she needed a break from tennis, from the pressure and expectations, from the week-in, week-out grind. So she stepped away in 2014 and wound up trying her hand at cricket, joinin...
Jun 08, 2019
Leaders of white supremacist prison gang charged in killings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California's most secure prisons, U.S. prosecutors said. ...
Jun 08, 2019