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Final shot gives Whye 5-4 win over Jacobs in Grand Slam of Curling WFG Masters final
GUELPH, Ont. - Scotland's Ross Whyte scored two points in the final end for a 5-4 win over Brad Jacobs on Sunday in the men's final of the Grand Slam of Curling's WFG Masters. Jacobs' Calgary-based ri...
Jan 19, 2025
'Message of the times': Tongue on the Post festival blends story-telling and folk music in Medicine Hat
The Tongue on the Post folk music festival is a combination of story-telling through history and raw, modern music. It will begin Jan. 20 throughout Medicine Hat.Medalta has served as the home for the...
Jan 19, 2025
Nigerian gasoline tanker explosion death toll rises to 86, with 55 others injured
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country's emergency response agency said on Sunday. The blast happened in the early ...
Jan 19, 2025
Biden is spending his final full day in office in South Carolina. It helped him become president
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Joe Biden is spending his final full day in office Sunday in South Carolina, a state that holds special meaning after his commanding win in the 2020 Democratic primary th...
Jan 19, 2025
Toronto FC takes 31-man roster to first leg of training camp in Marbella, Spain
Toronto FC has taken a 31-man squad to Marbella, Spain, for the first leg of its training camp. The travelling squad, which left Toronto on Friday but was only announced publicly Sunday morning, featu...
Jan 19, 2025
'Pecha Kucha' gives mother stage to speak on challenges of intellectually disabled in Medicine Hat
Janae Hale has a 13 year old daughter who lives with an intellectual disability.Hale is using the Esplanade's 'Pecha Kucha' Night to speak on the topic that she said isn't being talked about enough.--...
Jan 19, 2025
Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, and activists Ragbir and Smith Pradia
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Biden also pardoned immigr...
Jan 19, 2025
Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Biden also pardoned immigr...
Jan 19, 2025
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will meet at the Australian Open. This time, it's a quarterfinal
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - It's time for the eighth installment of the riveting, intergenerational rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. This one, though, will be the first at the Austra...
Jan 19, 2025
Unity or 'American carnage': What tone will Trump take in second inaugural address?
WASHINGTON - John F. Kennedy inspired Americans with the words, "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." Franklin D. Roosevelt assured them there's "nothing t...
Jan 19, 2025