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Stampede Rodeo kicks off Thursday night
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The best cowboys and cowgirls will be competing for prize money over the next three days.The Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Rodeo gets underway Thursday evening in the grand...
Jul 25, 2019
World No. 1 Djokovic, No. 12 del Potro withdraw from Rogers Cup
MONTREAL - The field for the upcoming men's Rogers Cup took a big hit Thursday after Tennis Canada announced that world No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 12 Juan Martin del Potro are withdrawing from the t...
Jul 25, 2019
SAG Awards shift date, avoid schedule conflict with Grammys
LOS ANGELES - The Screen Actors Guild Awards will shift a week earlier than planned and avoid airing at the same time as the Grammy Awards. Organizers announced the shift Thursday and that the show, w...
Jul 25, 2019
Load management guru says winning with Raptors 'more important than anything'
VANCOUVER - He's worked with some of the world's top athletes and could fill an entire hand with his NBA championship rings, but the man tasked with keeping Kawhi Leonard healthy for the Raptors ...
Jul 25, 2019
'Orange Is the New Black' offers fans a way to give back
NEW YORK - The Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black" isn't content with leaving behind a legacy of good television. It wants to do good in the real world, too. The series' creative team said Thursd...
Jul 25, 2019
NBC's 'Will & Grace' reboot to end in 2020 after 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES - "Will & Grace" is coming to an end, again. NBC said Thursday that the rebooted sitcom will wrap after its upcoming 2020 season, with the air date to be announced. "Will & Grace" ...
Jul 25, 2019
Canada's Felicia Spencer says set to surprise Cris Cyborg at UFC 240
EDMONTON - Canadian fighter Felicia Spencer says she's OK flying under the radar as her opponent Cris Cyborg duels with UFC boss Dana White over a possible Amanda Nunes rematch. "People might be ...
Jul 25, 2019
Court orders Elections Canada to review moving voting day over religious worries
OTTAWA - Canada's chief electoral officer is taking a second look at whether voting day this October needs to be moved because it falls on a Jewish holiday after being ordered by a Federal Court ...
Jul 25, 2019
Scheer says Liberals exaggerating over his call to review Canada Food Guide
ST-HYACINTHE, Que. - On a visit to an agricultural fair in a battleground riding east of Montreal Tuesday, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer defended his promise to review the Canada Food Gu...
Jul 25, 2019
Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse finally running fast and painfree
MONTREAL - Via Rail train 068 was pulling into Montreal Central Station late Wednesday night when the woman who'd been seated behind sprinter Andre De Grasse for the previous five hours...
Jul 25, 2019