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Fire damages Mississippi church where Faulkner was married
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi church where William Faulkner was married nearly a century ago has been heavily damaged in a fire. College Hill Presbyterian Church, northwest of Oxford, caught fi...
Aug 15, 2022

Poulin, Jenner lead Canada into women's world hockey championship
CALGARY - Led by captain and golden-goal scorer Marie-Philip Poulin, Canada's roster for the women's world hockey championship resembles the lineup that won an Olympic gold medal in Beijing in Februar...
Aug 15, 2022

Canada's bobsled, skeleton federation in negotiations with Canada's safe-sport office
The national governing body for bobsled and skeleton plans to sign on with Canada's new safe sport office. A spokesperson for Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) said Monday that it is in negotiations wit...
Aug 15, 2022

Dog, missing 2 months, found alive inside Missouri cave
Jeff Bohnert had all but given up on seeing his poodle-hound mix again after she went missing in early June. Two months later, he got a text from a neighbor: People exploring a nearby cave found a dog...
Aug 15, 2022

Blue Jays outfielder Springer reinstated from 10-day IL, set to play Orioles
Toronto Blue Jays outfielder George Springer has been reinstated from the injured list and will be active for the team's series-opening game against the Baltimore Orioles, the team announced Monday. T...
Aug 15, 2022

Public hearings in Emergencies Act inquiry to start in September
OTTAWA - The inquiry into Ottawa's unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act during protests in February will start its public hearings next month. The Public Order Emergency Commission announced today...
Aug 15, 2022

Vasek Pospisil, Alexis Galarneau highlight Canadian men's Davis Cup team
Vasek Pospisil will headline the Canadian men's squad set to compete in Valencia, Spain for the round-robin Davis Cup Finals. Alexis Galarneau, Liam Draxl, Gabriel Diallo, and Cleeve Harper were also ...
Aug 15, 2022

Quebec allows copper smelter in northwest to emit arsenic levels five times norm
MONTREAL - Quebec's environment minister is setting the limit on arsenic emissions for a copper smelter in the province's northwest at 15 nanograms per cubic metre of air. It is the same limit recomme...
Aug 15, 2022

U of L team wins "big data challenge" by predicting pandemic paths
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A team of students and researchers at the University of Lethbridge's (U of L's) Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience hope to make it easier for societies to respond to future ...
Aug 15, 2022

Premier Jason Kenney kicks off campaign to attract skilled workers to Alberta
CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney kicked off a campaign to lure skilled workers from Toronto and Vancouver as he doubled down on his criticism of a so-called Alberta sovereignty act pitched by one of the...
Aug 15, 2022