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Mixed results for SEAC Tigers bantam and midget teams
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Just as one SEAC Tigers team climbed out of a hole over the weekend, the other fell into one with a pair of losses.The SEAC Bantam AAA Tigers snapped a five-game winless streak with...
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Conservatives' Scheer wants Trudeau to open Parliament Nov. 25
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is calling on the prime minister to open Parliament on Nov. 25. That's five days after Justin Trudeau is scheduled to swear in a new cabinet following last m...
Nov 11, 2019
Utah death-row inmate featured in bestselling book dies
SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah death-row inmate whose double-murder case was featured in the book "Under the Banner of Heaven" and who was nearing execution by firing squad has died of natural causes, prison...
Nov 11, 2019
Canada supports genocide case against Myanmar at International Criminal Court
OTTAWA - Canada is supporting a genocide prosecution against the Myanmar government for systemic violence that forced more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee their country. Gambia filed the genocid...
Nov 11, 2019
Canada's Milos Raonic will miss Davis Cup Finals due to back injury
TORONTO - Canada will not have Milos Raonic on its roster for the inaugural Davis Cup Finals next week in Madrid because of a back injury. The veteran pro from Thornhill, Ont., has struggled with...
Nov 11, 2019
In wake of MLS Cup final loss, Toronto looks to find another goal-scorer
SEATTLE - Toronto FC returned home to a snowstorm Monday, another unwelcome dose of reality after a painful 3-1 MLS Cup final defeat in Seattle. The playing season is over. The planning begins. T...
Nov 11, 2019
Film probes history of Native Americans in the US military
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Before Chuck Boers joined the U.S. Army, the Lipan Apache member was given his family's eagle feathers. The feathers had been carried by his great-great-great-grandfather on his ri...
Nov 11, 2019
Quebec overturns decision to deny French woman immigration documents over her French
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has overturned a decision to deny a French woman her Quebec immigration documents because a chapter of her PhD thesis was written in English. The c...
Nov 11, 2019
Two showcase franchises meet as Toronto and Seattle clash again in MLS Cup final
SEATTLE - A season that started in turmoil could end in triumph Sunday for Toronto FC. TFC will have to do it on hostile ground, however, with a sellout crowd of more than 69,000 solidly behind t...
Nov 11, 2019
Atomic watchdog: Iran's stockpiles of uranium still growing
VIENNA - The U.N. atomic watchdog says Iran's stockpiles of low-enriched uranium are still growing in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal. In a confidential quarterly report distributed to member state...
Nov 11, 2019