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BMO Field has new grass but playing in February still a groundskeeping challenge
Toronto FC players and coaches like to have the grass field at BMO Field watered, so they can fizz the ball over a slick surface. Watering the field in February in Toronto presents a problem, how...
Feb 26, 2019
'I never gave up': Track cyclist Simmerling rebounds from horrific injury
VANCOUVER - A year ago, Canada's first three-sport Olympian was broken. Georgia Simmerling had crashed during a ski cross competition weeks before the Pyeongchang Olympics where she was expected to be...
Feb 26, 2019
Hamilton's Alena Sharp's new life balance paying dividends on the LPGA Tour
Most golfers look for balance in their swing. Hamilton's Alena Sharp found it in her life and is now reaping the benefits on the LPGA Tour. Sharp was named Golf Canada's player of the week on Feb. 18 ...
Feb 26, 2019
Tornado death confirmed as violent storms smack the South
COLUMBUS, Miss. - Weekend storms raked parts of the Southeast, leaving deaths and injuries in their wake as a tornado smashed into a commercial district in a small Mississippi city and drenching rains...
Feb 26, 2019
Prince Harry, Meghan back education for girls in Morocco
ASNI, Morocco - Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, flew up to a village in Morocco's rugged Atlas Mountains on Sunday to visit a school and encourage girls to pursue an education no matte...
Feb 26, 2019
On his way to Vietnam, Kim Jong Un took an early smoke break
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - It's unclear whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is going to give up his nukes anytime soon, and the same could probably be said for his cigarettes. Footage by Japan's ...
Feb 26, 2019
Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr wants court to rule sentence expired
EDMONTON - Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr is to ask Alberta's youth court today to declare his eight-year sentence to have expired. The sentence, which was imposed in 2010 by a military com...
Feb 26, 2019
Parliament Hill, not Capitol Hill, central to Canada's latest tariff strategy
WASHINGTON - Canada's trade-versus-tariffs drama with the United States has entered its third act, and the scenery has changed - from Capitol Hill to Parliament Hill. For months, the ic...
Feb 26, 2019
UN: Last year saw highest number of Afghan civilian deaths
KABUL - More civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year than in any of the previous nine years of the increasingly bloody conflict, according to a U.N. report released Sunday, which blamed the spi...
Feb 26, 2019
Singh promises action on affordable housing after winning in Burnaby South
BURNABY, B.C. - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says he will use his new position as a member of Parliament to pressure the Liberal government to take action on the affordable housing crisis in Brit...
Feb 26, 2019