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Former Gary, Indiana, Mayor Richard Hatcher dead at 86
Former Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher, who became one of the first black mayors of a big U.S. city when he was elected in 1967, has died. He was 86. Hatcher died Friday night at a Chicago hospital, said h...
Dec 14, 2019
Liverpool extends EPL lead as Leicester draws, Chelsea loses
LONDON - Mo Salah and Liverpool are running away with the Premier League. Salah used his blistering pace and a bit of trickery to score both goals in Liverpool's 2-0 win over Watford on Saturday - a r...
Dec 14, 2019
A timeline of Andrew Scheer's political career
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer has announced he will resign as Conservative leader as soon as a replacement is chosen. Here's a brief timeline of his career on Parliament Hill: June 28, 2004: Scheer...
Dec 14, 2019
Quebec religious symbols law causes harm but shouldn't be suspended: Appeal Court
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected a request to suspend the central elements of the province's secularism law, even as one of the judges who made the decision acknowledged it amounted ...
Dec 14, 2019
Project Poinsettia brings cheer to those in care over holidays
Many care homes and health care centres enjoyed a special early Christmas gift Friday.In the spirit of the season, radio station Q98 and dozens of local businesses gifted them with beautiful red and w...
Dec 14, 2019 Q98 staff and a number of project sponsors deliver dozens of fresh poinsettia plants as a gift to patients at Battlefords Union Hospital Friday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Michael Bradley takes massive hometown discount to allow TFC to sign a new DP
TORONTO - With captain Michael Bradley taking a multimillion-dollar hometown discount on his new contract, Toronto FC now has the funds and the opening to sign a marquee attacking talent. Th...
Dec 14, 2019
Canada's Alexis Lafreniere nursing ankle injury at world junior camp
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Alexis Lafreniere had no reason to hit the ice this week. The presumptive No. 1 pick at the 2020 NHL draft, his name has been written in ink on Canada's world junior roster for some t...
Dec 14, 2019
Players hope US-Canada rivalry game helps spawn pro league
HARTFORD, Conn. - Canada and the United States renew their rivalry on the ice Saturday night, with players hoping the first in a series of five games between the national teams will help kindle the pu...
Dec 14, 2019
It's goodbye HFX Wanderers FC for Trinidad & Tobago midfielder Elton John
It's Goodbye HFX Wanderers FC for Elton John. The Canadian Premier League club says John, the soccer player not the rock star, is one of 16 veterans of its inaugural season who won't be back in 2020.&...
Dec 14, 2019
International clings to 2-point lead in Presidents Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia - The International team has the lead going into the final day of the Presidents Cup for the first time in 16 years, and it has a trio of rookies to thank for that. Marc Leishman ...
Dec 14, 2019