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Ethnic media aim to help maintain boost in voting by new Canadians
OTTAWA - Zuhair Alshaer spends most of his day editing articles and organizing interviews with politicians for his Ottawa-based Arab Canada newspaper, to introduce Arabic-speaking new Canadians to fed...
Aug 23, 2019
Rolling Stones get a little piece of Mars to call their own
PASADENA, Calif. - There is now a "Rolling Stones Rock" on Mars, and it's giving Mick and the boys some serious satisfaction. NASA named the little stone for the legendary rockers after its InSight ro...
Aug 23, 2019
Kershaw passes Koufax on wins list, Dodgers thump Blue Jays
LOS ANGELES - As good as he felt last week in Miami striking out 10 in seven scoreless innings, Clayton Kershaw felt equally as bad back home at Dodger Stadium. "It's a humbling game," the Dodgers ace...
Aug 22, 2019
Hernandez single in 9th lifts Dodgers over Blue Jays 3-2
LOS ANGELES - Kik Hernandez capped a three-run ninth inning by blooping a single to score Corey Seager and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 Thursday night after being one-hit thr...
Aug 22, 2019
CPL squad Forge FC takes opening leg against Honduran club C.D. Olimpia 1-0
Hamilton-based soccer club Forge FC downed Club Deportivo Olimpia 1-0 on Thursday in the first leg of their CONCACAF League Round of 16 matchup. The Canadian Premier League team got a goal from Chris ...
Aug 22, 2019
NFL pre-season game at IG Field changed to 80-yard field due to conditions
WINNIPEG - Concerns over the condition of IG Field in Winnipeg prompted the NFL to shorten the field for Thursday's pre-season game between the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers. The regular 100-y...
Aug 22, 2019
Quebec City's Anne-Catherine Tanguay comes out flying at CP Women's Open
AURORA, Ont. - A busy week of media commitments, two pro-ams and an intensive practice session with her coach had taken a toll on Anne-Catherine Tanguay. When the Quebec City native woke up on Th...
Aug 22, 2019
Harvey Weinstein wants to move trial out of NYC
NEW YORK - A lawyer for Harvey Weinstein has asked that the disgraced movie mogul's upcoming criminal trial be moved out of New York City, saying he can't get a fair trial. In a longshot motion filed ...
Aug 22, 2019
Redcliff`s surge tank project underway
Redcliff, AB - A mountain of dirt and a large excavation hole sits on the corner of Third Street and Third Avenue in Redcliff's northwest quadrant as the town's project to install a surge tank gets un...
Aug 22, 2019 Photo by Colton McKee - A mountain of dirt stands next to an open excavation site for Redcliff`s surge tank project.
Australian court upholds sex abuse verdict of Cardinal Pell
MELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian appeals court Wednesday upheld convictions against Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children, in a decision ch...
Aug 22, 2019