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Tampa Bay Rays beat Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2 to sweep wild-card series
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - An unexpected return to the playoffs didn't last long for the Toronto Blue Jays. They surprised many by getting to the wild-card series. The top-seeded Tampa Bay Rays surprised ...
Sep 30, 2020
Seagram's heir sentenced to prison in branded sex slave case
NEW YORK - An heir to the Seagram's liquor fortune was sentenced Wednesday to an 81-month prison term and immediately thrown behind bars for her role as an unwavering benefactor of Keith Raniere, the ...
Sep 30, 2020
QMJHL players to be handed 15-minute penalties for fighting
LONGUEUIL, Que. - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has approved new rules that dole out stiffer punishments for fighting. All players involved in a fight will now receive a 10-minute miscon...
Sep 30, 2020
Canadian rower Silken Laumann drawn to paratriathlete's story, backs her with cash
CALGARY - Leanne Taylor was born the same year Silken Laumann overcame long odds to stand on the Olympic podium. Laumann rowing to a bronze medal with a mangled leg at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barc...
Sep 30, 2020
Golf Canada CEO Laurence Applebaum happy with how industry stepped up during pandemic
Although restrictions put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 initially wreaked havoc on the golf season, Laurence Applebaum said this season showed the sport's resilience in Canada. The Golf Cana...
Sep 30, 2020
A's hold off Abreu, White Sox 5-3, force series to Game 3
OAKLAND, Calif. - Marcus Semien and Khris Davis homered early and the Oakland Athletics held off Jos Abreu and the Chicago White Sox in the late innings for a 5-3 win Wednesday that sent their AL play...
Sep 30, 2020
Alberta’s next Artist in Residence
Award-winning singer and songwriter Joal Kamps will be Alberta's next Artist in Residence.Kamps is a Calgary-based career musician, songwriter and performing artist, a solo instrumentalist (guitar) an...
Sep 30, 2020
Red Deer with 6 active COVID-19 cases
Red Deer has dropped an active case of COVID-19 and now sits with six. The number of recoveries in Red Deer has correspondingly increased by one to a total of 104.Red Deer County has three active case...
Sep 30, 2020
UN meeting that began with unity concludes with divisions
TANZANIA, Tanzania - This year's U.N. General Assembly meeting began with calls for multilateralism and co-operation - a declaration that the urgency for countries to unite "has rarely been greater." ...
Sep 30, 2020
European report finds waning of democracy in Poland, Hungary
BRUSSELS - Democratic standards are facing "important challenges" in some European Union countries, particularly in Hungary and Poland, where the judicial systems are under threat, the EU's executive ...
Sep 30, 2020