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A look at 10 Canadian athletes to watch at the Pan American Games in Lima
The Pan American Games won't feature all of Canada's top 2020 Olympians, but some Tokyo medal contenders are sure to be competing in Lima, Peru. The Games also include some top athletes in non-Olympic...
Jul 26, 2019
N.S. hockey tournament brings in pros to honour player who died of cardiac arrest
HALIFAX - Professional hockey players are taking to the ice for a hockey tournament on Saturday that is held in honour of a 16-year-old player who lost his life to a rare, inherited heart disease. The...
Jul 26, 2019
Supreme Court of Canada says military's no-juries justice system constitutional
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says military members accused of serious offences under military law do not have the constitutional right to a civilian jury trial. In a 5-2 decision rel...
Jul 26, 2019
Canada's Maggie MacNeil storms onto world swim stage
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - The year Maggie MacNeil was born, people thought the world might end. They packed away canned goods and fretted about computer meltdowns as the year 2000 approached, unsu...
Jul 26, 2019
Indonesia's Widodo tells AP he'll push economy, labour reform
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's President Joko Widodo says he is freed from political constraints in his final term and vows to push sweeping economic reforms. Widodo told The Associated Press on Fri...
Jul 26, 2019
Now British PM, brash Boris Johnson faces Brexit conundrum
LONDON - Boris Johnson took over as Britain's prime minister Wednesday, vowing to break the impasse that defeated his predecessor by leading the country out of the European Union and silencing those h...
Jul 26, 2019
Kanesatake chief meets with federal and provincial officials over Oka land dispute
MONTREAL - Kanesatake Grand Chief Serge Simon is meeting with representatives from the federal and provincial governments in an attempt to defuse tensions over a land dispute near the Quebec...
Jul 26, 2019
Swedish court documents give details on A$AP Rocky case
HELSINKI - Swedish authorities have released court documents in the assault case in which American rapper A$AP Rocky and two other men are charged, with prosecutors saying that the victim was punched ...
Jul 26, 2019
George Takei calls migrant treatment a 'grotesque low'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - George Takei says U.S. migrant detention policies reached depths beyond what Japanese-Americans faced during their World War II internment. Takei, interned as a child, said his...
Jul 26, 2019
Cardinal Ortega, former archbishop of Havana, dies at 83
HAVANA - Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, the former archbishop of Havana who helped organize the first papal visit to the communist country and negotiated modest openings with a government that...
Jul 26, 2019