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Ottawa Redblacks appoint Joe Paopao as their new running backs coach
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks named Joe Paopao as their running backs coach Monday. Paopao, 63, played quarterback for the Ottawa Rough Riders (1987) and served previously as head coach of t...
Apr 15, 2019

AAA Stars look to the future in development camp
The Battlefords AAA Stars had a successful weekend, as 110 aspiring players hit the ice at their development camp. The players were made up of existing veterans with the club, to players looking to ea...
Apr 15, 2019 The Battlefords Midget AAA Stars had their development camp over the weekend (file photo/battlefordsNOW)

AP journalists win Pulitzer for coverage of Yemen civil war
NEW YORK - A team of three Associated Press journalists won a Pulitzer Prize in international reporting Monday for their work documenting torture, graft and starvation in Yemen's brutal civil war. Rep...
Apr 15, 2019

Harry Novillo scores first MLS goal to lead Impact to 1-0 win over Crew
MONTREAL - Evan Bush has the Montreal Impact on a nice roll. Bush made five saves Saturday to anchor Montreal's 1-0 MLS win over the Columbus Crew in its home opener. The shutout was Bush's third...
Apr 15, 2019

Montreal mayor, opposition leader unite to denounce Quebec's secularism bill
MONTREAL - Elected officials at Montreal's city hall are speaking with one voice against Quebec's proposed secularism bill. Mayor Valerie Plante and opposition leader Lionel Perez presented a bipartis...
Apr 15, 2019

Supreme Court of Canada's Clement Gascon stepping down for family reasons
OTTAWA - Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon is retiring in September after five years on the high court. The court says Gascon, 58, is stepping down for personal and family reasons. Chief ...
Apr 15, 2019

Morehouse College to admit transgender men starting in 2020
The country's only all-male historically black college will begin admitting transgender men next year, marking a major shift for the school at a time when higher education institutions around the nati...
Apr 15, 2019

Mainstream retailers embrace marijuana's less taboo cousin
NEW YORK - It's showing up in everything from skin creams to bath balms to dog treats - an elixir that can supposedly reduce anxiety and help you sleep. The ingredient? CBD, or cannabidiol, a compound...
Apr 15, 2019

Celeb or stranger? Study weighs Americans' interest in birds
NEW YORK - Whooping cranes, common ravens and peregrine falcons are among the celebrities of the sky in the eyes of Americans, even those who've never laid eyes them. The ruffed grouse or purple marti...
Apr 15, 2019

Alberta's Notley talks pipelines, energy on last day of election campaign
CALGARY - Alberta's NDP leader spent the final day of the provincial election campaign casting herself as the best person to get the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion past the finish line. Rachel...
Apr 15, 2019