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Brazilian bossa nova pioneer Joao Gilberto dies at 88
RIO DE JANEIRO - Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound...
Jul 06, 2019
Alberta to hold $2.5-million public inquiry into funding for oil and gas foes
CALGARY - The Alberta government will hold a public inquiry into environmental groups that it says have been bankrolled by foreign benefactors hell-bent on keeping Canada's oil and...
Jul 06, 2019
Throwback Expos day at D.C. baseball game divides Montrealers — and Americans
An Expos throwback day at the Washington Nationals' ballpark has divided Montrealers. While some cheered the vintage uniforms donned by players Saturday afternoon as an overdue homage, others cha...
Jul 06, 2019
Toronto Wolfpack survive sloppy play to extend rugby league win streak to 14
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack keep winning. But coach Brian McDermott isn't liking much of what he's seeing these days. For a second game in a row, the transatlantic rugby league team triumphed despi...
Jul 06, 2019
Cashner solid through seven innings to lead Orioles over Blue Jays
TORONTO - Andrew Cashner pitched seven solid innings, Renato Nunez hit a two-run homer and the Baltimore Orioles silenced the Toronto Blue Jays' bats in an 8-1 victory on Saturday. Cashner (9-3) ...
Jul 06, 2019
Boyle's lawyer says alleged victim lied to the court about legal advice
OTTAWA - Former Afghanistan hostage Caitlan Coleman lied this week when she testified in her estranged husband's criminal trial she got approval from her lawyers to talk the media, defence lawyer Lawr...
Jul 06, 2019
Southern California reels from magnitude 7.1 quake
LOS ANGELES - A quake with a magnitude of 7.1 jolted much of California, cracking buildings, setting fires, breaking roads and causing several injuries while seismologists warned that large aftershock...
Jul 06, 2019
On the eve of the World Cup final, Rapinoe calls out FIFA
LYON, France - Megan Rapinoe called out FIFA on the eve of the Women's World Cup title match. Her criticism Saturday ranged from the gap in prize money between the men and women, to scheduling that pu...
Jul 06, 2019
During loss, Fabio Fognini says Wimbledon should be bombed
WIMBLEDON, England - Already on Grand Slam probation, top-10 player Fabio Fognini could be in more trouble after saying during his third-round match at Wimbledon on Saturday that he wanted a bomb to h...
Jul 06, 2019
Calgary couple guilty in son's staph death appeal convictions, sentences
CALGARY - A Calgary couple found guilty in the death of their 14-month-old son are appealing their convictions and sentences. Jennifer Clark and her husband Jeromie Clark were sentenced...
Jul 06, 2019
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