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Unbeaten Winnipeg Blue Bombers not taking Ottawa Redblacks lightly
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers may be odds-on favourites to extend their season-opening winning streak to five games, but you'll never get them to admit it. Every week they're 0-1, says star run...
Jul 18, 2019
Rapper YG's home searched after deputy-involved shooting
LOS ANGELES - Authorities searched the Los Angeles-area home of rapper YG on Thursday in connection with a police shooting in Compton that killed a bystander earlier this month. Deputy Marvin Crowder,...
Jul 18, 2019
Iowa governor's aide now says Tupac email not tied to ouster
IOWA CITY, Iowa - A spokesman for Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds now says a mass email praising rapper Tupac Shakur wasn't the reason Reynolds ousted an agency director. Reynolds spokesman Pat Garrett was ask...
Jul 18, 2019
A year after Danforth shooting, teens who lost friend grapple with anxiety
TORONTO - They were eight care-free teenagers out celebrating a birthday when the bullets flew. The rampage that ensued on July 22, 2018, changed their lives. Days before the first ...
Jul 18, 2019
Lyme-infected ticks are so common in parts of Canada, testing no longer done
OTTAWA - Lyme disease has settled so deeply into parts of Canada many public health units now just assume if you get bitten by a tick, you should be treated for the potentially debilitating bacte...
Jul 18, 2019
Chris Sale snaps Fenway losing streak, beats Blue Jays 5-0
BOSTON - Chris Sale and two relievers combined on a two-hitter, and the Boston Red Sox left-hander struck out 12 in six innings Thursday for his first regular-season win at Fenway Park in more than a ...
Jul 18, 2019
Fentanyl overdose victim's mom wants Regina police to carry more naloxone kits
REGINA - A mother whose son died of a fentanyl overdose wants the Regina Police Service to equip all front-line officers with the life-saving antidote naloxone. Jenny Churchill's 30-year-old son, Jord...
Jul 18, 2019
Lethbridge athletes competing at multi-sports games this summer
LETHBRIDGE, AB - More than two dozen athletes from Lethbridge will be or have been taking part in several multi-sports games throughout the summer. According to Susan Eymann, Executive Director of the...
Jul 18, 2019 Lethbridge Sport Council -Photo: courtesy Lethbridge Sport Council
Scrapie Disease, related to mad cow, found in two flocks of sheep in Alberta
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirms some sheep in Alberta have been infected with scrapie, a fatal disease that affects the animals' nervous system.The federal agency's website says...
Jul 18, 2019 Sheep flock - photo credit to the Canadian Sheep Breeders Association
Justin Trudeau takes aim at NDP over EU-Canada trade pact as summit wraps up
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling out New Democrats after their leader encouraged French lawmakers to reject the comprehensive trade agreement between the European Union and Canada. ...
Jul 18, 2019