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Canada's women's basketball team to begin Olympic qualifying process
EDMONTON - Two-time Olympian Kim Gaucher and WNBA rookie Bridget Carleton headline Canada's women's basketball team for the FIBA AmeriCup 2019. The tournament that opens Sunday in San J...
Sep 19, 2019
B.C. parent charged in alleged admissions scam in the United States
BOSTON - A woman accused of paying $400,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles, as a fake soccer recruit has become the 52nd person charged in a sweeping college admissions ...
Sep 19, 2019
B.C. parent charged in alleged admissions scam in the United States
BOSTON - A woman accused of paying $400,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles, as a fake soccer recruit has become the 52nd person charged in a sweeping college admissions ...
Sep 19, 2019
'It's bad': Hundreds of water rescues as Imelda soaks Texas
BEAUMONT, Texas - The remnants of Tropical Depression Imelda unleashed torrential rain Thursday in parts of Texas and Louisiana, prompting hundreds of water rescues, a hospital evacuation and road clo...
Sep 19, 2019
Hurricane rips roofs, cuts power in Bermuda, but no deaths
MIAMI - Hurricane Humberto blew off rooftops, toppled trees and knocked out power as it blew past the British Atlantic island of Bermuda. But officials said Thursday that the Category 3 storm caused n...
Sep 19, 2019
Review board hears mass killer takes medication, should have trips into Edmonton
EDMONTON - A review panel has reserved its decision on what privileges it may allow a man found not criminally responsible for killing five young people at a Calgary house party while suffering s...
Sep 19, 2019
Even the sparrows: Extensive new study finds three-billion-bird decline
An extensive study of hundreds of bird species across decades worth of data has for the first time estimated how badly numbers of even the most common birds have shrunk. The paper, published Thursday ...
Sep 19, 2019
Linebacker Greenwood, receiver Begelton to miss Stampeders game versus Argos
TORONTO - The Calgary Stampeders will be minus two key performers for their game Friday night against the Toronto Argonauts. Receiver Reginald Begelton and middle linebacker Cory Greenwood, both start...
Sep 19, 2019
Edmonton Eskimos starting quarterback Trevor Harris out for next game
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos will be missing their starting quarterback on Friday night. Trevor Harris, the CFL's leading passer this season, has been placed on the one-game injured list and will m...
Sep 19, 2019
US economy could shrug off oil prices if disruption is brief
DALLAS - The price of gasoline crept higher after a weekend attack devastated Saudi Arabian oil output, but if the disruption to global supplies is short-lived, the impact on the U.S. economy will pro...
Sep 19, 2019