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Pendrith takes 1-shot lead over Finau at Rocket Mortgage
DETROIT (AP) - Taylor Pendrith grew up getting breaks from golf, putting the clubs away each winter in Canada. That may have helped him when he had to miss nearly four months of competition due to a p...
Jul 29, 2022
Stampers-Blue Bombers rematch highlights weekend CFL schedule
CALGARY - Two weeks after Calgary had its season-opening winning streak snapped by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Stampeders get a chance to return the favour. In what sets up the marquee game of the ...
Jul 29, 2022
House approves bill to help West fight wildfires, drought
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the West cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought - fueled by climate change - that h...
Jul 29, 2022
'Breaking Bad' statues shine light on actors, Albuquerque
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Bronze statues of mythical methamphetamine cookers Walter White and Jesse Pinkman were installed at a convention center in Albuquerque on Friday to celebrate the "Breaking Bad" T...
Jul 29, 2022
'Why did it take so long?' Residential School survivor hears first-hand from Pope Francis
Thousands of residential school survivors have heard firsthand, the messages and apologies delivered by Pope Francis during his visit to Canada.Some of those who listened were from the Lac La Ronge In...
Jul 29, 2022
House passes semi-automatic gun ban after 18-year lapse
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass ...
Jul 29, 2022
May readies Green leadership bid, asked MP Mike Morrice to consider running: sources
OTTAWA - Elizabeth May, who is preparing a bid for the leadership of the Green Party, first asked the only other Green MP if he would consider taking the helm before she decided to apply for her old j...
Jul 29, 2022
Deleted bookmark led to child pornography site that depicted Amanda Todd: Crown
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A Crown attorney says a device seized from the home of the Dutch man accused of harassing British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd contained a deleted bookmark to a child pornogra...
Jul 29, 2022
Fifth annual golf tournament provides another year to remember those lost and celebrate their legacies
The fifth annual Conexus Credit Union Humboldt Broncos Memorial Golf Tournament will take place Aug. 5 and 6, as family and friends gather once again to celebrate and honour the 2017/2018 team.The two...
Jul 29, 2022
Former sport minister Duncan has zero faith Hocky Canada can clean up its sport
TORONTO - As a former gymnast who has seen the darker side of that sport, Kirsty Duncan's mandate was to try to eradicate abuse in Canadian sport. Duncan, who was Canada's sport minister from 2015 to ...
Jul 29, 2022