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World's best throw this season for Canadian shot putter Sarah Mitton
LANGLEY, B.C. - Sarah Mitton obliterated her Canadian shot put record with the world's best throw this season. The 26-year-old from Brooklyn, N.S., threw 20.33 metres with her sixth and final throw to...
Jun 25, 2022
Toronto Blue Jays redesign Fourth of July hats, remove stars
The Toronto Blue Jays have altered the design of an upcoming special edition Fourth of July ballcap. All 30 Major League Baseball teams were originally scheduled to wear special hats decorated with Am...
Jun 25, 2022
Plouffe sisters help Canada advance to women's 3x3 basketball semifinal
ANTWERP, Belgium - The Canadian women's 3x3 basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the FIBA World Cup 2022 after back-to-back wins on Saturday. Canada defeated top-seeded Germany 22-13 and then...
Jun 25, 2022
Serena Williams puts 'Out of office' on for Wimbledon return
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Serena Williams joked - or was it a joke? - that she activated the "Out of office" message on her email account so anyone trying to reach her about her many non-tennis activi...
Jun 25, 2022
BBEX Awards returns to in-person this November
Nomination season for the 2022 Battlefords Business Excellence (BBEX) Awards is here.The 28th edition of the annual event is set for Nov. 9 at the Dekker Centre, which will see the awards return to a ...
Jun 25, 2022
Garcia beats Andreescu to win Bad Homburg title
BAD HOMBURG, Germany - Canada's Bianca Andreescu came up just short of ending her title drought on Saturday. Caroline Garcia won her first title in three years after coming back from a set and a break...
Jun 25, 2022
7 accusers write to Ghislaine Maxwell's sentencing judge
NEW YORK (AP) - Seven women who say Ghislaine Maxwell helped Jeffrey Epstein steal the innocence of their youth and poison the promise of their future are asking a judge to consider their pain as she ...
Jun 25, 2022
Indigenous conservation Canada's way of the future, Guilbeault says
Tanya Ball began her career as a social worker for the Kaska Dene First Nation. Now she runs a land guardian program, working to monitor and protect a vast stretch of the band's northern British Colum...
Jun 25, 2022
Biden signs landmark gun measure, says 'lives will be saved'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, inclu...
Jun 25, 2022
Launch held for Battlefords addictions clinic, harm reduction van
Significant upgrades in addiction services were unveiled in the Battlefords this week.Many dignitaries were present for the grand opening of the Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine (RAAM) clinic in No...
Jun 25, 2022