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CPL squad Forge FC takes opening leg against Honduran club C.D. Olimpia 1-0
Hamilton-based soccer club Forge FC downed Club Deportivo Olimpia 1-0 on Thursday in the first leg of their CONCACAF League Round of 16 matchup. The Canadian Premier League team got a goal from Chris ...
Aug 22, 2019
NFL pre-season game at IG Field changed to 80-yard field due to conditions
WINNIPEG - Concerns over the condition of IG Field in Winnipeg prompted the NFL to shorten the field for Thursday's pre-season game between the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers. The regular 100-y...
Aug 22, 2019
Title exploring life in the emergency room wins Red Deer Reads 2019
The winner of this year's Red Deer Reads competition strays a bit from the beaten path, according to organizers. Life on the Ground Floor-Letters from the Edge of Emergency Medicine, a national bestse...
Aug 22, 2019 Candice Putnam (left) and Briana Ehnes with the 2019 winner of Red Deer Reads, 'Life on the Ground Floor' by James Maskalyk, MD, as well as the runners-up. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Quebec City's Anne-Catherine Tanguay comes out flying at CP Women's Open
AURORA, Ont. - A busy week of media commitments, two pro-ams and an intensive practice session with her coach had taken a toll on Anne-Catherine Tanguay. When the Quebec City native woke up on Th...
Aug 22, 2019
Harvey Weinstein wants to move trial out of NYC
NEW YORK - A lawyer for Harvey Weinstein has asked that the disgraced movie mogul's upcoming criminal trial be moved out of New York City, saying he can't get a fair trial. In a longshot motion filed ...
Aug 22, 2019
Australian court upholds sex abuse verdict of Cardinal Pell
MELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian appeals court Wednesday upheld convictions against Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children, in a decision ch...
Aug 22, 2019
Border official questioned Meng on alleged business in Iran: court documents
VANCOUVER - Court documents released ahead of a Huawei executive's extradition trial suggest a Canadian border official questioned Meng Wanzhou about her business before RCMP arrested her. T...
Aug 22, 2019
Trump flip-flops on tax cuts, citing 'strong economy'
WASHINGTON - A day after considering cutting taxes to promote economic growth, President Donald Trump on Wednesday changed course and said he would abandon the idea because the nation already had "a s...
Aug 22, 2019
LA Opera names lawyer to lead Placido Domingo investigation
SAN FRANCISCO - Los Angeles Opera said Tuesday it will immediately open a "thorough and independent investigation" into allegations of sexual harassment against the opera star Placido Domingo, the com...
Aug 22, 2019
Provincial education curriculum advisory panel includes RDC vice-president
The Government of Alberta has announced who will sit on an independent panel to provide advice on the development of future grade school curriculum."I am proud to move forward on two important commitm...
Aug 22, 2019