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Canadian Anne-Catherine Tanguay taking a year off from pro golf
QUEBEC - Canadian golfer Anne-Catherine Tanguay is taking a one-year sabbatical to focus on personal projects. The 28-year-old Quebec City native says she plans to conserve her status as a player...
Oct 17, 2019
Canada women to play tournament in China to prepare for Olympic qualifier
TORONTO - Canada will take part in a women's soccer invitational tournament in China next month, facing Brazil and either China or New Zealand in Yongchuan. The matches are part of Canada's preparatio...
Oct 17, 2019
Bomb scare at Montana school turns out to be false alarm
HELENA, Mont. - Authorities evacuated an elementary school in Montana on Tuesday after officials found what they thought were the remnants of a homemade bomb that exploded, but it turned out to be a p...
Oct 17, 2019
Trapper plays with 'gator until it tires, pulls it from pool
PARKLAND, Fla. - A Florida animal trapper says he corralled a large alligator by playing with it until it got tired after it hopped into a residential swimming pool. Celebrity trapper Paul Bedard, who...
Oct 17, 2019
Alicia Alonso, the grande dame of Cuban ballet, has died
HAVANA - Alicia Alonso, the revered ballerina and choreographer whose nearly 75-year career made her an icon of artistic loyalty to Cuba's socialist system, died Thursday at age 98. Miguel Cabrera, an...
Oct 17, 2019
List grows of Mounties suing attorney general over 2014 Moncton shootings
MONCTON, N.B. - More than a dozen RCMP officers who responded to the 2014 shootings in Moncton, N.B., that claimed the lives of three of their colleagues are now looking to sue the atto...
Oct 17, 2019
Canadian star winger DTH van der Merwe retires from international rugby
DTH van der Merwe, Canada's all-time leading try-scorer, is retiring from international rugby in the wake of his fourth World Cup. "I've now lived and enjoyed my Canada 15s dream, 13 years of wearing ...
Oct 17, 2019
Roughly 13,000 without power days after snowstorm pummels Manitoba
WINNIPEG - The farm that has been in Jamal Abas' family for four generations was without power for a sixth straight day Tuesday - one of thousands of homes and businesses across Manitoba still su...
Oct 17, 2019
With major construction at Royal Inland Hospital, Interior Health expands hours at Tudor Village Lab
KAMLOOPS - As construction of the massive Patient Care Tower continues to complicate movement around Royal Inland Hospital, Interior Health is trying to direct more patients to access services elsewhe...
Oct 17, 2019 Image Credit: Interior Health
Gooding faces new charges and a potential parade of accusers
NEW YORK - Cuba Gooding Jr. is facing a growing cast of sexual misconduct accusers, with prosecutors Tuesday unveiling new criminal charges against the actor and telling a judge they intend to have up...
Oct 17, 2019
