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Lampard still without a win as Chelsea manager
Frank Lampard's winless run at the start of his tenure as Chelsea manager extended to three games Sunday after Leicester fought back to earn a 1-1 draw in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge on Sund...
Aug 18, 2019
Reds put Votto on IL with back strain, recall O'Grady
CINCINNATI - The Reds have placed first baseman Joey Votto on the 10-day injured list with lower back tightness that has kept him out of Cincinnati's last three games. The move is retroactive to Thurs...
Aug 18, 2019
Former Longhorns, NFL RB Benson dies in motorcycle accident
AUSTIN, Texas - Former NFL running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36. Benson's attorne...
Aug 18, 2019
The sweet smell of success
Bow Island, AB - You may have never heard of Thacker Specialty Crops located just outside Bow Island but you've likely tasted the product it produces.The farm is one of the country's largest producers...
Aug 18, 2019 Photo by Alex McCuaig - Spearmint farmer Dale Thacker holds one of the plants at his farm on Aug. 17, 2019.
Canada "disappointed" terror suspect's British citizenship revoked
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale's office says the United Kingdom has "off-loaded their responsibilities" in revoking the citizenship of a British-Canadian man imprisoned in Syria. A stat...
Aug 18, 2019
Whitecaps change management structure, removing president from current role
VANCOUVER - Bob Lenarduzzi is out as president of the Vancouver Whitecaps as the club struggles in the standings and continues to grapple with harassment allegations. But the Canadian soccer stalwart ...
Aug 18, 2019
State of mind to be key issue in Alek Minassian trial, judge says
TORONTO - The trial of a man accused of killing ten people in a deadly Toronto van attack will turn on his state of mind at the time, not whether he was behind the wheel, a judge said Friday. Justice ...
Aug 18, 2019
Mickelson late to the course after lightning hits hotel
MEDINAH, Ill. - Phil Mickelson had a wild Sunday, and that was before he showed up for the BMW Championship. Mickelson said on Twitter that lightning struck the hotel where he was staying, leading to ...
Aug 18, 2019
Southern Alberta man fined for selling woman’s horses for slaughter
Lethbridge, AB- A southern Alberta man who sold a woman's two horses for slaughter without her knowledge has been fined after pleading guilty to a lesser charge.Wayne Jubb, 78, was charged last year w...
Aug 18, 2019 Wayne Bernard Jubb leaving the Lethbridge Courthouse Thursday (Lethbridge News NOW)
Canada's Minister of Sport Kirsty Duncan: More anti-abuse work to be done
TORONTO - Kirsty Duncan knows there's still work to be done. Canada's Minister of Science and Sport has made ending abuse and harassment in sport her priority since taking over the portfolio in Januar...
Aug 18, 2019