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Roberto Mancini announces surprise resignation as Italy coach after up-and-down tenure
ROME (AP) - Italy coach Roberto Mancini surprisingly resigned on Sunday, ending an an up-and-down tenure with the national team that included a European Championship title in 2021 but also a failed qu...
Aug 13, 2023
Poilievre's Conservative party embracing language of mainstream conspiracy theories
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been hitting the summer barbecue circuit with ramped-up rhetoric around debunked claims that the World Economic Forum is attempting to impose its agen...
Aug 13, 2023
Calgary, Scarborough square off in Sunday's CEBL championship final
LANGLEY, B.C. - The Canadian Elite Basketball League will have a new champion on Sunday night. The Scarborough Shooting Stars and the Calgary Surge will square off at Langley Events Centre to determin...
Aug 13, 2023
Two years into Taliban rule, Afghan women ask Canada for education and accountability
OTTAWA - Ahead of the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Afghan women are asking Canadians to join them in protecting gains in girls' education and resisting legitimacy for the terro...
Aug 13, 2023
Montreal urban fish farmers say their Arctic char cuts greenhouse gases and waste
MONTREAL - A warehouse basement in an industrial area of Montreal, near the intersection of two highways, feels about as far from a fish habitat as it gets. But walk through the doors of Opercule's se...
Aug 13, 2023
Nowitzki, Gasol, Parker give international flavour to Basketball Hall of Fame
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Fans waved a German flag and chanted Dirk Nowitzki's name when the former Dallas Mavericks big man walked the red carpet into Symphony Hall on Saturday night for the Basketba...
Aug 12, 2023
Adams Jr. returns from injury to lead B.C. Lions to 37-9 win over Calgary Stampeders
VANCOUVER - Vernon Adams Jr. went 23 for 32 and threw for four touchdowns in his return to the Lions starting lineup as B.C. hammered the Calgary Stampeders 37-9 on Saturday evening at B.C. Place. The...
Aug 12, 2023
Second semifinal at NBO Montreal postponed to Sunday due to weather
MONTREAL - The second women's singles semifinal at the National Bank Open has been postponed due to rainy weather. The match between third seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan and Liudmila Samsonova will...
Aug 12, 2023
Glover goes low again, leads FedEx Cup opener by 1 stroke
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Lucas Glover got enough out of his round Saturday for a 4-under 66, giving him a one-shot lead going into the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship and a chance to lock up a ...
Aug 12, 2023
Look way up tonight: Annual Perseid meteor shower reaching its peak
The annual Perseid meteor shower is reaching its peak this weekend. The American Meteor Society says the best time to see these speedy streaks of light is after midnight and preferably close to dawn. ...
Aug 12, 2023
