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Smith & Freimark named 2019 Medicine Hat Stampede Rodeo royalty
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat's newest royalty was crowned on Saturday night, as the 2019 Medicine Hat Stampede and Rodeo has it's new queen and princess.In front of a few hundred spectators at the ...
Jul 14, 2019 Photo courtesy of Scott Roblin
Pence tour of migrant centre shows men crowded in cages
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence toured two detention facilities on the Texas border Friday, including a Border Patrol station where hundreds of men were crowded in sweltering cages without cots...
Jul 14, 2019
Caleb Smidt wins Calgary Stampede rodeo, beating out three former champions
CALGARY - Caleb Smidt took on and beat three former champions to win $100,000 on Showdown Sunday at the Calgary Stampede rodeo. Smidt, from Bellville, Texas, won the tie-down roping title with a time ...
Jul 14, 2019
Canada's James Hinchcliffe places sixth in hometown Indy Toronto race
TORONTO - James Hinchcliffe gained more ground than any other driver at the Honda Indy Toronto, but not enough to give him his first victory at his hometown race. Starting from the No. 14 spot, the Ar...
Jul 14, 2019
Pair in hospital after Friday night collision with train near Brooks
BROOKS, AB - Two people remain in hospital after the truck they were travelling in collided with a train outside of Brooks on Friday night.According to Brooks RCMP, they were called out to an uncontro...
Jul 14, 2019 File Photo
Roger Federer withdraws from Rogers Cup in Montreal after losing Wimbledon final
WIMBLEDON, England - Roger Federer is going to take the Rogers Cup off. Federer announced his decision to skip the ATP Tour event in Montreal after losing the men's Wimbledon final on Sunday. Federer ...
Jul 14, 2019
Canada's Wickens hopes to race again; will lead warmup lap of Toronto Indy
TORONTO - Almost a year after a horrific crash left Robert Wickens a paraplegic, it took just a few seconds earlier this week for the Canadian to feel the exhilarating rush of a steering wheel in his ...
Jul 14, 2019
Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Naleyeh dies in Somalia extremist attack
At least 26 people have been killed in an extremist attack in Somalia including a prominent Somali-Canadian journalist and her husband. Mogadishu-based independent radio station Radio Dalsan conf...
Jul 14, 2019
Canada's Wickens leads emotional warm-up lap in Toronto almost year after crash
TORONTO - Canada's Robert Wickens made an emotional return to IndyCar racing on Sunday. Almost a year after a horrific crash left Wickens a paraplegic, the 30-year-old from Guelp...
Jul 14, 2019
'They're home:' Hike to see Banff bison a spiritual journey for group of women
BANFF, Alta. - Marie-Eve Marchand and Tanealle Shade stand on a grassy knoll in Alberta's Banff National Park hoping to catch a glimpse of the bison herd. As they look at a small warden's cabin, ...
Jul 14, 2019