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Blue Jays manager keeping the faith, says AL East race not yet over
TORONTO - Blue Jays manager John Gibbons is keeping the faith during the stretch drive, even when it comes to catching the surging Boston Red Sox for the AL East pennant. Asked if the race for first p...
Sep 23, 2016

Powerhouse Canada on impressive roll heading into World Cup semifinal
TORONTO - Ryan Getzlaf doesn’t remember a single thing from Canada’s last matchup with Russia in a tournament featuring the best hockey players in the world. “I couldn’t even t...
Sep 23, 2016

Veteran Montoya the front-runner to back up Price in Canadiens net
BROSSARD, Que. - When the Montreal Canadiens signed veteran Al Montoya as a free agent this summer it took some of the drama out of the training camp battle for the job as Carey Price’s backup. ...
Sep 23, 2016
Award winning Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook found dead in Ottawa
OTTAWA - An award winning Inuit artist has been identified as the woman who was found dead earlier this week in the Rideau River in Ottawa. Police say the body of Annie Pootoogook, 46, of Ottawa was d...
Sep 23, 2016
With international careers winding down, Sedins relishing chance for major title
TORONTO - Daniel Sedin knows the World Cup of Hockey may be his final chance to represent Sweden at a best-on-best tournament along with twin brother Henrik. With that in mind, there’s no shorta...
Sep 23, 2016
Climate, China, health care: how federal politics touched Canadians this week
OTTAWA - First the limos, now the fat moving packages. Members of Parliament returned to the House of Commons this week in a predictably feisty mood, with Conservatives pouncing on Liberal disclosures...
Sep 23, 2016

One Step Closer To Managing Heavy Rains In Lethbridge County
LETHBRIDGE COUNTY – Construction on phase 1 of The Malloy Drainage Basin Project has officially wrapped up. Government and local officials collaborated to amend and widen natural and constructed...
Sep 23, 2016

Desperate Whitecaps 'playing for their lives' with four games left on schedule
VANCOUVER - With the Vancouver Whitecaps’ playoff hopes hanging by a fraying thread, head coach Carl Robinson expects to learn a thing or two about his players in the coming weeks. Making the po...
Sep 23, 2016
Mother Nature, wary pilot force Casse to miss Tepin's Woodbine Mile win
Mother Nature and a cautious pilot forced Mark Casse to miss his first-ever $1-million Ricoh Woodbine Mile win Saturday. Heralded filly Tepin earned the half-length win over 23/1 longshot Tower of Tex...
Sep 23, 2016
Defenceman Myers says he's coming into jets camp pain free after hip surgery
WINNIPEG - Tyler Myers has one regret about undergoing hip surgery in the spring. “Based on the way it feels now, I wish I would have got it done a couple of years ago,” the Winnipeg Jets ...
Sep 23, 2016