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Bikes, beers and bruising course at Battle Creek Showdown
Medicine Hat, AB - The Battle Creek Showdown returns to the Cypress Hills this weekend as mountain bikers from across southern Alberta and Saskatchewan get ready to tackle the nine-kilometre loop outs...
Aug 23, 2019 Photo courtesy of Battle Creek Showdown - Kids line up at the starting line for the junior version of last year's Battle Creek Showdown. The annual race takes place on Saturday at Elkwater with the main race starting at 10 a.m.
Ottawa Redblacks, Saskatchewan Roughriders headed in opposite directions
REGINA - It's amazing how things have changed for the Ottawa Redblacks and the Saskatchewan Roughriders since their initial meeting of the season on June 20. The Redblacks won a 43-41 shootout at TD P...
Aug 23, 2019
Judge orders woman in Capital One case to remain in custody
SEATTLE - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered a woman accused of hacking Capital One and at least 30 other organizations to remain in custody pending trial because she is a flight risk and poses a physical...
Aug 23, 2019
B.C. Lions preach finish, toughness against ferocious Hamilton Tiger-Cats
VANCOUVER - Despite a tough start to the season, Bryan Burnham says the B.C. Lions are still in good spirits - albeit with a bit of an edge. The Lions (1-8) have yet to win a game in Vancouver th...
Aug 23, 2019
Taylor Swift says she plans to re-record her songs' masters
NEW YORK - Taylor Swift plans to re-record her songs after her catalogue was purchased by popular music manager Scooter Braun. "CBS Sunday Morning" previewed some of its pre-taped interview with Swift...
Aug 23, 2019
Clarification: Nicholas Sparks-Lawsuit story
RALEIGH, N.C. - In a story Aug. 21 about a lawsuit against novelist Nicholas Sparks by the former headmaster of the school the author founded, The Associated Press, citing testimony from Sparks, repor...
Aug 23, 2019
Jet catches fire in Northern California; 10 aboard unhurt
OROVILLE, Calif. - All 10 people aboard a small jet escaped injury Wednesday after the aircraft aborted its takeoff at a small Northern California airport, went off the runway and burst into flames, o...
Aug 23, 2019
Harvest time at the Farmers' Market
Medicine Hat, AB - With harvest season underway, the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede is reaping what it has sown with plenty of fresh food on offer from dozens of local farmers and ranchers on sa...
Aug 23, 2019 Photo by Alex McCuaig - Some of the fresh produce currently available at the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede Farmers' Market.
Twelve-year-old Michelle Liu a fan favourite in her CP Women's Open debut
AURORA, Ont. - Just four years ago, Canadian amateur Michelle Liu was leaning on the ropes at the CP Women's Open to ask LPGA Tour professionals for autographs. This week at M...
Aug 23, 2019
Andreescu looks to take advantage of wide-open women's field at U.S. Open
NEW YORK - A year ago, her ranking outside the top 200, Bianca Andreescu barely squeezed into the U.S. Open qualifying. She exited in the first round, and missed the next two months with back problems...
Aug 23, 2019