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Freeland, British counterpart share views on Canadians detained in China
TORONTO - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and her British counterpart presented a united front Tuesday when it came to voicing concerns about two Canadians detained in China. Freeland ...
Aug 06, 2019
Students, parents, friends among the dead in shootings
One man protected his wife and granddaughter before he was fatally shot; another was killed during an outing with his beloved son. Stories of bravery and loss are emerging from the shootings that took...
Aug 06, 2019
El Paso opens healing centre as it prepares for Trump visit
EL PASO, Texas - El Paso officials opened a grief centre on Tuesday to help people cope with last weekend's mass shooting at a Walmart, in which 22 people, nearly all with Latino last names, were kill...
Aug 06, 2019
GOP governor urges gun sale background checks after shooting
DAYTON, Ohio - Facing pressure to take action after the latest mass shooting in the U.S., Ohio's Republican governor urged the GOP-led Legislature on Tuesday to pass laws requiring background checks f...
Aug 06, 2019
Cyntoia Brown, soon to be freed from prison, has book deal
NEW YORK - Cyntoia Brown, whose imprisonment for murder when she was 16 inspired a public campaign for her freedom, has a book out this fall. Brown's "Free Cyntoia" will be published Oct. 15, Atria Bo...
Aug 06, 2019
Argos, Roughriders quarterbacks, Redblacks returner named CFL top performers
Toronto Argonauts quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson, Ottawa Redblacks returner DeVonte Dedmon and Saskatchewan Roughriders QB Cody Fajardo are the CFL's top performers of the week for Week 8. Bethel-...
Aug 06, 2019
Carla Suarez Navarro knocks out Venus Williams at Rogers Cup
TORONTO - Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams has made an early exit at the Rogers Cup. The 39-year-old American lost 6-4, 6-2 to Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro in the first match on cent...
Aug 06, 2019
Stampede releases 2019 attendance numbers
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede saw a decrease in year over year attendance for portions of this year's event, according to numbers released by the organization on Tuesda...
Aug 06, 2019 A Ferris wheel is pictured at the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede (CHAT News file photo)
Canadian beach volleyball duo Humana-Paredes and Pavan win third gold medal
VIENNA - Canada's beach volleyball champions Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan have clinched gold and won US$40,000 at the A1 Major Vienna in Austria. Volleyball Canada says the 2019 world c...
Aug 06, 2019
Another reason to avoid bunker as snapping turtle lays eggs on N.S. golf course
HALIFAX - For the second year in a row, a central Nova Scotia golf course is home to an unusual hazard after a resident snapping turtle laid eggs in a bunker. Debert Golf Course manager...
Aug 06, 2019