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Vancouver shipyard used one new coast guard vessel to repair, deliver another
OTTAWA - New documents show a Vancouver shipyard was able to deliver the first of the coast guard's three new science vessels last week only by cannibalizing parts from one of the other ships for repa...
Jul 06, 2019
'Without officials, there's no game': 37 years and counting in the stripes for Humboldt resident
It started as a way to make some extra cash as a teenager, but it has since turned into a passion.Humboldt resident Stephen Gray started out as a hockey official when he was 14 years old, and then got...
Jul 06, 2019 Stephen Gray has been a referee in Humboldt for 37 years and counting. (submitted photo/Stephen Gray)
Friday's Scoreboard
Canadian Elite Basketball League Niagara River Lions 97, Saskatchewan Rattlers 89CFLWinnipeg 29 Ottawa 14MLBAmerican LeagueBaltimore 4 Toronto 1Boston 9 Detroit 6N.Y. Yankees 8 Tampa Bay 4 (11 innings...
Jul 06, 2019
Baseball faces crowded sports market in Britain, Europe
LONDON - Making the long walk from the Stratford train station through a mall and to Olympic Stadium, fans headed to the first Major League Baseball games in Europe passed retailers filled with gear f...
Jul 06, 2019
Parliament has an official sergeant-at-arms, after four-year wait
OTTAWA - The federal government has officially appointed a new sergeant-at-arms for the House of Commons, four years after the appointee took on that role in an acting capacity. The Prime Mi...
Jul 06, 2019
Don Was leads Detroit revue celebrating Motown milestone
DETROIT - Don Was is bringing his bass back to Detroit to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Motown Records with a stage full of friends. The Detroit-raised performer and producer leads the 12th Don Wa...
Jul 06, 2019
Survivor on Stromboli dodged falling volcanic material
MILAN - A pair of hikers found themselves trapped by flames after a volcano erupted on the Sicilian island of Stromboli and thought they had escaped to safety but only one of the men survived, a Brazi...
Jul 06, 2019
Trump asks Americans to 'stay true to our cause'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump celebrated the story of America as "the greatest political journey in human history" in a Fourth of July commemoration before a soggy but cheering crowd of spectato...
Jul 06, 2019
Royal baby Archie to have private Windsor Castle christening
LONDON - The youngest member of Britain's royal family, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, is being christened Saturday in a private family ceremony at Windsor Castle. The 2-month-old son of the Duke and Duc...
Jul 06, 2019
Spain: Pamplona kicks off running of bulls festival
PAMPLONA, Spain - The blast of a traditional firework has kicked off Pamplona's famed running of the bulls festival, opening nine days of uninterrupted partying. A member of the northern city's offici...
Jul 06, 2019