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Jet catches fire in Northern California; 10 aboard unhurt
OROVILLE, Calif. - All 10 people aboard a small jet escaped injury Wednesday after the aircraft aborted its takeoff at a small Northern California airport, went off the runway and burst into flames, o...
Aug 23, 2019
Twelve-year-old Michelle Liu a fan favourite in her CP Women's Open debut
AURORA, Ont. - Just four years ago, Canadian amateur Michelle Liu was leaning on the ropes at the CP Women's Open to ask LPGA Tour professionals for autographs. This week at M...
Aug 23, 2019
Andreescu looks to take advantage of wide-open women's field at U.S. Open
NEW YORK - A year ago, her ranking outside the top 200, Bianca Andreescu barely squeezed into the U.S. Open qualifying. She exited in the first round, and missed the next two months with back problems...
Aug 23, 2019
Illinois patient's death may be first in US tied to vaping
CHICAGO - Health officials said Friday that an Illinois patient who contracted a serious lung disease after vaping has died and that they consider it the first death in the United States linked to the...
Aug 23, 2019
B.C. man takes stand at trial, denies killing daughters and attempting suicide
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver Island man testified Wednesday that he didn't kill his two daughters and denied he tried to take his own life on the day they died. Instead, Andrew Berry's&...
Aug 23, 2019
Bolsonaro prepares to send army to contain Amazon fires
PORTO VELHO, Brazil - Under increasing international pressure to contain fires sweeping parts of the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday he might send the military to battle the mas...
Aug 23, 2019
CP Women's Open like a family reunion for Tanguay and other Canadian golfers
AURORA, Ont. - The CP Women's Open is more like a family reunion than an LPGA Tour event for Anne-Catherine Tanguay. Tanguay, Brooke Henderson, Alena Sharp, Brittany Marchand and Jaclyn Lee have forge...
Aug 23, 2019
Forest fires can contribute to depletion of soil carbon, increase global climate: UofS study
A new study on how forest fires contribute to depleting soil carbon in the boreal forest was published in the prestigious Nature scientific journal.The research team included University of Saskatchewa...
Aug 23, 2019 2014 was the largest fire season in N.W.T. history (File photo/battlefordsNOW).
President Trump offers himself as 'the chosen one'
WASHINGTON - King of Israel? The second coming? The chosen one? President Donald Trump is known to have a healthy ego. But a string of comments Wednesday went to a higher level. First, Trump thanked c...
Aug 23, 2019
Former Riders Hughes, Joseph get their just desserts
The news that Neal Hughes was going into the Saskatchewan Roughriders' Plaza of Honour got a cool reception in his Regina household in June."After I told (my nine-year-old son), 'Dad's going into this...
Aug 23, 2019 Former Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Kerry Joseph returned to Regina for the Plaza of Honour induction ceremony on Aug. 22, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)