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Kentucky coach John Calipari believes Canada shaped Nuggets star Jamal Murray
John Calipari believes Jamal Murray's humble upbringing in Canada continues to play dividends for the Denver Nuggets star. The Basketball Hall of Fame coach at the University of Kentucky had Murray on...
Sep 18, 2020

Man to be sentenced in gas-and-dash death of Alberta gas station owner
WETASKIWIN, Alta. - A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter after an Alberta gas station owner was killed in a gas-and-dash is to be sentenced today in the Court of Queen's Bench. Mitchell Robert Syd...
Sep 18, 2020

End of the runway? Fashion world mulls post-COVID future
LONDON - It's the September fashion week season, and in any other year London would be abuzz with fashionistas zipping across town in Mercedes Benzes, hobnobbing with celebrities at glittering catwalk...
Sep 18, 2020

Canadian Denis Shapovalov advances to quarterfinals at Italian Open
ROME - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is heading to the quarterfinals of the Italian Open. The No. 12 seed from Richmond Hill, Ont., rallied to beat world No. 47 Ugo Humbert of France 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 in ...
Sep 18, 2020

Firefighter dies battling wildfire sparked by gender reveal
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A firefighter died battling a wildfire in California that officials said was sparked by a device used to reveal a baby's gender. The death occurred Thursday in the San Bernard...
Sep 18, 2020

US bans WeChat, TikTok citing national security
WASHINGTON - The U.S. will ban the use of the Chinese app WeChat on Sunday citing national security concerns. Downloads of the he app TikTok, owned by the same company, will be banned at the same time...
Sep 18, 2020

Book 'em: Police find 'irreplaceable' tomes stolen in 2017
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Police in Romania have uncovered a trove of "irreplaceable" books including first editions of works by Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton that were stolen in a sophisticated 201...
Sep 18, 2020

Van Morrison targets virus restrictions in 3 new songs
LONDON - Van Morrison has never been one to hold back over the years. Why start now? The 75-year-old singer-songwriter is certainly not holding back on what he thinks of the lockdown restrictions put ...
Sep 18, 2020

Canada's top curling teams scramble for competition amid pandemic
Canada's top curling teams are trying to cobble together a competitive fall season despite the COVID-19 pandemic decimating the calendar. The Grand Slam of Curling was whittled from six...
Sep 18, 2020

Danish prince "fine" for Paris post after blood clot surgery
COPENHAGEN - Prince Joachim, the younger son of Queen Margrethe of Denmark who underwent an emergency surgery in France in July for a blood clot in his brain, said Friday he was "eager to get started"...
Sep 18, 2020