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Canada and Australia face off at FIFA Women's World Cup with elimination on the line
MELBOURNE, Australia - The exit door at the FIFA Women's World Cup could swing open for Canada on Monday. Or the Canadians could use it to usher out co-host Australia. The stakes couldn't be higher on...
Jul 30, 2023
Canada's Summer McIntosh claims second world swim gold
FUKUOKA, Japan - Summer McIntosh became a double gold medallist at the world aquatics championships with Sunday's victory in the women's 400-metre individual medley. After winning the 200-metre butter...
Jul 30, 2023
A look at the possible outcomes for Canada's group at FIFA Women's World Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia - A look at the permutations in Group B at the FIFA Women's World Cup ahead of Monday's final group games (top two teams advance to knockout round of 16): Nigeria (1-0-1, four poi...
Jul 30, 2023
Newly appointed sports minister meets with Canadian team at FIFA Women's World Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia - The Canadian women's soccer team got a pep talk from newly appointed Sports Minister Carla Qualtrough before training Sunday. "I wanted to make them know that there are 40 milli...
Jul 30, 2023
'Letters of heaven': Kyiv coffee shop manager proud to be called up to fight Russia
Anton says he has always been willing to pick up arms and fight for Ukraine. He recently got his wish, receiving a letter calling him into military service in his country's battle with Russia. "I am g...
Jul 30, 2023
Two Lethbridge locals receive $15,000 prize for food sustainability project
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two people from Lethbridge have won a prize for their work in food sustainability.Gabrielle Kirk and Michael Lavorato have been awarded $15,000 by the Commission for Environmental Coo...
Jul 30, 2023
A bomb at a political rally in northwest Pakistan kills 10 people and wounds more than 50
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful bomb ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country's northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan on Sunday, k...
Jul 30, 2023
Blue Jays looking to add pitching depth and a veteran bat at MLB trade deadline
TORONTO - The players and coaches in the Toronto Blue Jays' clubhouse are getting used to being buyers ahead of Major League Baseball's trade deadline. Toronto holds the third and final wild-card spot...
Jul 30, 2023
Supporters of Niger's coup march through the capital, waving Russian flags and denouncing France
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - Thousands of supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup earlier this week marched through the streets of the capital, Niamey, on Sunday waving Russian flags, chanting ...
Jul 30, 2023
'Complacency' blamed for N.S. struggles with flooding, other climate disasters
HALIFAX - On the night floodwaters swept through his Nova Scotia county, taking lives and tearing out bridges, Doug Pynch says he had trouble believing an emergency alert that flashed across his phone...
Jul 30, 2023