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Veteran Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod returns to NWSL with Orlando Pride
ORLANDO, Fla. - Veteran Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod has signed with the National Women's Soccer League's Orlando Pride. The 36-year-old from St. Albert, Alta., who has won 118 caps for Canada, agr...
Feb 14, 2020
Bernie Sanders pranked by Russians posing as Greta Thunberg
MOSCOW - Russian pranksters claim they called U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pretending to be climate activist Greta Thunberg and offered Thunberg's support to his campaign. Vla...
Feb 14, 2020
No mechanical defects on train that derailed in Saskatchewan: report
The Transportation Safety Board says its investigators have not found any mechanical defects on a train that derailed and spilled oil in rural Saskatchewan.The Canadian Pacific Railway freight train j...
Feb 14, 2020
'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist' finds heart, song in tragedy
LOS ANGELES - The zestfully titled, song-and-dance filled "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" has an unlikely origin. The NBC series, about a young woman who channels other people's thoughts through pop s...
Feb 14, 2020
Reworked charges in Chicago cite another R. Kelly accuser
CHICAGO - An updated federal indictment against R. Kelly filed Friday in Chicago includes sex abuse allegations involving a new accuser, adding to the jailed singer's mounting legal challenges across ...
Feb 14, 2020
Michael Avenatti is convicted of trying to extort Nike
NEW YORK - Michael Avenatti, a lawyer who gained fame by representing a porn star in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was convicted Friday of trying to extort sportswear giant Nike. The verdic...
Feb 14, 2020
Michael Kors reminds that staying in can be chic, glamorous
NEW YORK - Michael Kors is so over leggings and sports bras. He used Wednesday's fall collection as a reminder that staying in and cozying up by the fire can still be chic and glamorous. Blake Lively,...
Feb 14, 2020
Phase 1 of Coaldale fire hall expansion complete
COALDALE, AB - Firefighters in Coaldale now have a bigger and more modern space to work, but it will still be a few months before everything is complete.Fire Chief Kevin McKeown says they have finishe...
Feb 14, 2020 Staff move around items at the Coaldale Fire Hall as Phase 1 wraps up. (Supplied by Coaldale & District Emergency Services)
Baltimore shooting leaves 2 officers wounded; suspect dead
BALTIMORE - A shooting at a Baltimore apartment complex Wednesday ended with the death of a former state corrections official who had been under investigation and the wounding of two fugitive task for...
Feb 14, 2020
BP lays out long-term ambition to achieve net-zero emissions
LONDON - Energy producer BP said Wednesday it wants to eliminate or offset all carbon emissions from its operations and the oil and gas it sells to customers by 2050, an ambitious target born out of p...
Feb 14, 2020