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Goals: Megan Rapinoe launches 'The Call In' book club
NEW YORK (AP) - Megan Rapinoe is such a fan of #MeToo pioneer Tarana Burke that the soccer star chose Burke's upcoming memoir, "Unbound," for her new book club before she had even read it. "She is suc...
Aug 16, 2021

'Keeping these people alive': A volunteer team works to reverse overdoses in Edmonton
EDMONTON - A woman winces as a volunteer crouches down, lifts up her dress and looks at a deep gash running along her right leg. "You need to go to the hospital right now," Angie Staines says, as the ...
Aug 16, 2021

Meng Wanzhou's legal team resumes extradition defence in B.C. court
VANCOUVER - Meng Wanzhou's legal team is expected to argue today there is no evidence showing the Huawei executive caused international bank HSBC to violate U.S. sanctions law. The B.C. Supreme Court ...
Aug 16, 2021

Malaysian PM resigns after failing to get majority support
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin tendered his resignation to the king Monday, becoming the shortest-ruling leader after conceding that he lost majority support t...
Aug 15, 2021

Barron birdies final three holes to win Shaw Charity Classic; Ames and Weir in top-10
CALGARY - Doug Barron felt bad for celebrating his second PGA Tour Champions win a bit prematurely. After lagging his eagle putt to within tap-in range on the par 5 finishing hole of Canyon Meadows Go...
Aug 15, 2021

Blue Jays use 4 homers to avoid sweep, top Mariners 8-3
SEATTLE (AP) - Teoscar Hernndez and Randal Grichuk both homered in the second inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays used four long balls to avoid a sweep with an 8-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunda...
Aug 15, 2021

High winds pose challenge for firefighters battling blazes: BC Wildfire Service
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says it is watching wind conditions in several parts of the province which fuelled some of the larger blazes overnight. Fire information officer Erika Berg called t...
Aug 15, 2021

Federal election officially set for September 20
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has agreed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's request to dissolve Parliament, triggering an election campaign.Canadians are set to go to the polls on Sept. 20.Trudeau is ...
Aug 15, 2021

Kevin Kisner wins 6-man playoff at Wyndham Championship
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Kevin Kisner made birdie on the second extra hole to win a record-tying six-man playoff at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday. Kisner struck his approach to 3 feet on the 18th ...
Aug 15, 2021

Unseeded Camila Giorgi beats Karolina Pliskova to win National Bank Open title
American Reilly Opelka is through to the finals at the National Bank Open in Toronto after upsetting Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6(2)-7, 7-6(4), 6-4 on Saturday. The marathon two-hour, 32-minute matc...
Aug 15, 2021