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Wright's grand slam highlights Mavs' 14-0 stomping of Brooks
MEDICINE HAT, AB - They may have been facing the Brooks Bombers on Friday night, but it was the Medicine Hat Mavericks hitting bombs in a 14-0 beat down on the road.Seniors Austin Sojka and Colton Wri...
Jul 12, 2019 File Photo
Fire extinguished at Redcliff Industries; cause under investigation
REDCLIFF, AB - Fire broke out in a quonset hut behind the production plant at Redcliff Industries in Redcliff on Friday night. A fire truck is pictured on the scene of a fire at Redcliff Industries Fr...
Jul 12, 2019 Firefighters respond to a fire in a shed behind the Redcliff Industries Production plant (photo by Dan Reynish)
'It's powerful': Tropical storm starts lashing Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS - Homeowners sandbagged their doors and tourists trying to get out of town jammed the airport Friday as Tropical Storm Barry began rolling in, threatening an epic drenching that could test...
Jul 12, 2019
Jim Bouton, ex-Yankees pitcher and 'Ball Four' author, dies
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book "Ball Four," has died. He was 80. Bouton's fami...
Jul 12, 2019
Jim Bouton, former pitcher, "Ball Four" author, dies at 80
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book "Ball Four," has died. He was 80. Bouton's fami...
Jul 12, 2019
Domingo Germán helps Yankees beat Blue Jays 4-0
NEW YORK - Domingo Germn cruised through six innings of three-hit ball, Edwin Encarnacin hit a three-run double and the New York Yankees kicked off the second half with a 4-0 victory over the Toronto ...
Jul 12, 2019
Liberals nominate well-known anti-pipeline activist to take Montreal NDP seat
MONTREAL - Within a few minutes of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's speech Wednesday night introducing his newest candidate for the fall election, a protester lifted up a sign and began screaming ...
Jul 12, 2019
Canada's Henderson wins ESPY for best female golfer after two LPGA Tour wins
LOS ANGELES - Canada's Brooke Henderson can add an ESPY to her trophy case. Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., was named best female golfer at the annual celebration of athletes on Wednesday. Th...
Jul 12, 2019
Pallister to raise concerns about religious symbols law with Quebec premier
SASKATOON - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he will raise concerns about Quebec's religious symbols law directly with the province's premier. The two premiers are attending an annual meetin...
Jul 12, 2019
Pence acknowledges 'tough stuff' at border detention centre
WASHINGTON - Acknowledging "this is tough stuff," Vice-President Mike Pence says he was not surprised by what he saw Friday as he toured a Texas Border Patrol station, where hundreds of men were being...
Jul 12, 2019