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'Just in fun': Alberta bar owner doesn't regret stringing up Trudeau pinata
RED DEER, Alta. - The co-owner of a bar in central Alberta doesn't regret hanging up a large pinata of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the Canada Day weekend. Rob Newell admits, however, th...
Jul 02, 2019
Defending champion Brooke Henderson welcomes stiff competition at Canadian Open
AURORA, Ont. - When she was just 10 years old, Brooke Henderson's dad Dave took her to an LPGA event where she briefly met her idol Morgan Pressel. Pressel spoke to Henderson about her golf game, took...
Jul 02, 2019
Morgan scores and Naeher saves in 2-1 victory over England.
LYON, France - Alex Morgan celebrated her go-ahead goal with a cheeky tea-sipping motion and Alyssa Naeher stopped a late penalty kick to send the United States into the final at the Women's World Cup...
Jul 02, 2019
Nazem Kadri on time with Leafs: 'I wouldn't change that experience for anything'
Nazem Kadri knew for a while he might get caught in the trade winds swirling around the salary cap-squeezed Maple Leafs. That doesn't make his departure any easier. The veteran centre was de...
Jul 02, 2019
Cartoonist behind anti-Trump image thinks online presence played role in contract ending
An editorial cartoonist who recently drew international attention and celebrity support for an anti-Trump sketch says he doesn't believe that piece of work was why an Atlantic medi...
Jul 02, 2019
Calgary Stampeders hurting at key positions including quarterback
CALGARY - Banged up at multiple positions, the Calgary Stampeders awaited word on one player in particular. Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell was scheduled to have magnetic resonance imaging on his th...
Jul 02, 2019
Lines drawn on planned B.C. park reserve where many species at risk live
OSOYOOS, B.C. - A next step in preserving one of Canada's most ecologically diverse regions has been reached between two British Columbia First Nations and the federal and provincial governments....
Jul 02, 2019
Mexico buses home dozens of asylum seekers returned by US
MEXICO CITY - Dozens of Central Americans who had been returned to the border city of Juarez to await the outcome of their U.S. asylum claims were being bused back to their countries Tuesday by Mexica...
Jul 02, 2019
Kansas City Royals edge Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 thanks to five-run inning
TORONTO - Blue Jays pitcher Aaron Sanchez remains positive that he will find a way out of a two-month slump that has seen him fail to record a victory in his last 12 starts. Sanchez's latest outi...
Jul 02, 2019
Biker group in Lethbridge to raise money for homeless youth in Motorcycle Show and Shine
LETHBRIDGE, AB - They may be covered in tattoos and leather jackets while riding bikes that would make your grandparents nervous, but they are also human beings.President of the Lethbridge chapter of ...
Jul 02, 2019 (Shown left to right): Whiskers, John Allen, Shiela Van Der Linden, Jacks, Wombat. (Supplied by John Allen)