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Captain Tyler Ardron to lead Canada's 31-man squad at Rugby World Cup in Japan
Tyler Ardron captains a Canadian side with few surprises for the Rugby World Cup kicking off later this month in Japan. Ardron, a powerful back-rower who plays his club rugby in New Zealand for t...
Sep 05, 2019
Big spender: Alberta panel says savings to be found in health, education changes
CALGARY - A panel looking into Alberta's finances says the province habitually overspends on its services and needs to get tough on schools, have university students pay more and force ...
Sep 05, 2019
Trump again attacks 'Will & Grace' actress Debra Messing
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump is again attacking Debra Messing, calling the liberal activist and "Will & Grace" star a racist and saying she should be fired from the NBC sitcom. Messing apolog...
Sep 05, 2019
Lethbridge College Kodiaks cross-country team prepares for new season
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The most successful athletics program in Lethbridge College history looks to repeat last season's victories.Over the 2018 season, the Kodiaks women's team won an ACAC (Alberta College...
Sep 05, 2019 Women’s runner Sophia Nowicki, crossing the finish line at the 2018 CCAA national championships (Photo by: Martin Bazyl, courtesy Lethbridge College)
Rare, two-headed rattlesnake found in New Jersey forest
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - It looks like something from a science fiction movie. A newborn two-headed timber rattlesnake has been found in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. Herpetological Associates of Burli...
Sep 05, 2019
China uses arbitrary detentions as 'tool' to achieve 'political goals': Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says China uses arbitrary detentions as a tool to achieve its international and domestic political goals. He brands that as a pressure tactic that is worrying no...
Sep 05, 2019
Ontario woman among Hurricane Dorian victims in the Bahamas
The family of a woman from Windsor, Ont., says she has died in the Bahamas as a result of Hurricane Dorian. A GoFundMe page has been set up to raise money to bring the body of Alishia Sabrina Lio...
Sep 05, 2019
Teen Jonathan David making waves in Belgium, looks to add to Canada goals total
TORONTO - Teenager Jonathan David has started this season as he finished the last - on target. The Ottawa-raised attacking midfielder/forward scored twice last weekend for Belgium's KAA Gent against C...
Sep 05, 2019
Quebec woman waiting for news of her parents trapped in Bahamas during hurricane
MONTREAL - An Ottawa couple and their friends remained unaccounted for on Tuesday after being trapped in a northern Bahamas home Sunday when Hurricane Dorian battered the...
Sep 05, 2019
Environment champions want voters to make climate their main priority this fall
OTTAWA - Two leading Canadian activists say voters need to think about climate change as if we are a country at war against greenhouse-gas emissions. "There's never been a moment quite like this ...
Sep 05, 2019