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Three Canucks in hunt after strong opening rounds at Canadian Open
ANCASTER, Ont. - Three Canadians were within three shots of the lead toward the end of the morning wave of the opening round of the RBC Canadian Open on Thursday. Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., led ...
Jun 06, 2019
Trudeau says carbon tax can help deal with extreme weather, Alberta fires
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal carbon tax will help deal with weather disasters such as fires in northern Alberta. Speaking in Vancouver, Trudeau said Canadi...
Jun 06, 2019
'It's hard to think about them': Emotions run free as Canadians mark D-Day
COURSEULLES-SUR-MER, France - Joseph Edwardson couldn't hold back the tears. Exactly 75 years earlier, Edwardson and thousands of other young Canadian men had come ashore on this very beach in norther...
Jun 06, 2019
Star driver Hamilton says F1 should level the playing field between teams
MONTREAL - Reigning drivers' champion Lewis Hamilton believes returning to an old-school style of racing would solve Formula One's ongoing problem with parity. The four-time world champ and current F1...
Jun 06, 2019
Ex-Islanders coach Jack Capuano lands associate coach role with Senators
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have hired former New York Islanders head coach Jack Capuano as their associate coach. Capuano has signed a three-year contract and will work under new Senators head coach...
Jun 06, 2019
Benning: Canucks looking for help on defence heading into draft, free agency
Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning has a lot of balls in the air these days. There's the upcoming NHL draft - which his team just happens to be hosting - plenty of meetings, and p...
Jun 06, 2019
Emails show chaos before Kansas player's death
WICHITA, Kan. - The assistant football coach at a Kansas community college told officials a 300-pound defensive lineman who died of heatstroke after practice was "making a stressful moan" when he arri...
Jun 06, 2019
Garth Brooks: 'There's just something about Canada'
Every athlete or performer knows its important to power up before a big competition or performance. For country music superstar Garth Brooks vitamins and power drinks are on the menu."My vitamins and ...
Jun 06, 2019 The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour takes the country music superstar to Regina's Mosaic Stadium on Aug. 10. (submitted photo/garthbrooks.com)
'My son's not breathing:' 911 call played at meningitis death trial
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The father of a toddler who died of bacterial meningitis called 911 because his son wasn't breathing but initially declined an offer of an ambulance, a trial heard Tuesda...
Jun 06, 2019
Trump eases up, makes nice with May before she steps down
LONDON - Making nice at the end, President Donald Trump eased up Tuesday on his frequent criticisms of outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May over her handling of the tortured Brexit deal, declar...
Jun 06, 2019