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Graburn Rd. fire under control but hotspots remain
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - Cypress County remains under a state of local emergency with more than 160 hotspots still burning across 17,000 hectares of burned prairie south of Walsh.Volunteer firefighters an...
Aug 04, 2019 Photo courtesy of Alex McCuaig - Alberta Forestry fire crews search out hotspots along Mackay Creek on Sunday Aug. 4, 2019.
Mancini leads Orioles past Toronto 6-5 in mistake-prone game
BALTIMORE - Trey Mancini drove in two runs and the Baltimore Orioles took advantage of a wild major league debut by Toronto reliever Yennsy Diaz to beat the Blue Jays 6-5 on Sunday. Mancini has 15 RBI...
Aug 04, 2019
Aide: Sen Mitch McConnell trips, breaks shoulder in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is recuperating at home in Kentucky after suffering a shoulder fracture in a fall Sunday, a spokesman said. McConnell tripped Sunday morni...
Aug 04, 2019
American star Serena Williams ready for first Rogers Cup since 2015
TORONTO - Serena Williams can still recall the frustration she felt after losing her first professional tennis match. That it happened in Canada - where she'd eventually enjoy plenty of...
Aug 04, 2019
Canada's Adam Svensson shoot 61 after making bid for rare 59 at Wyndham
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Canada's Adam Svensson made a run at golf's magic number before settling for a 9-under 61 on Friday at the Wyndham Championship. The 59 watch was on after the 25-year-old ...
Aug 04, 2019
Shibuno holds off Salas to win Women's British Open on debut
MILTON KEYNES, England - Hinako Shibuno of Japan finished with a birdie to win the Women's British Open by one shot over Lizette Salas as she wrapped up a stunning major championship debut on Sunday. ...
Aug 04, 2019
Surf's Up! Teenager Mathea Olin wins Canada's first-ever Pan Am surfing medal
PUNTA ROCAS, Peru - Surfer Mathea Olin floated on her longboard Sunday off the Punta Rocas beach, watching the ocean and waiting for the right moment to make her move. The 10-foot waves...
Aug 04, 2019
How Trump's latest China tariffs could squeeze US consumers
WASHINGTON - The latest tariffs President Donald Trump plans to impose on Chinese goods would cost U.S. households an average of $200 a year, some economists estimate, and would start to bite consumer...
Aug 04, 2019
NYPD judge recommends firing officer in Eric Garner death
NEW YORK - In a reckoning five years in the making, an administrative judge on Friday recommended firing a New York City police officer over the 2014 chokehold death of an unarmed black man whose dyin...
Aug 04, 2019
Veteran Liberal MP Denis Paradis won't seek re-election this fall
MONTREAL - Veteran Liberal MP Denis Paradis says he won't seek re-election in this fall's federal election. The Quebec MP says in a message published on Facebook that it's time to turn ...
Aug 04, 2019