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Missing Clark Atlanta University student found dead
ATLANTA - A missing Clark Atlanta University student has been found dead, authorities said Friday. The body of Alexis Crawford, 21, was found at a park in DeKalb County, Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shi...
Nov 10, 2019
Canada’s Kim Boutin wins 500-metre, earns fourth World Cup gold of season
MONTREAL - Canada's Kim Boutin finished first in the women's 500-metre at the ISU short-track World Cup on Sunday for her fourth gold medal of the season. Courtney Sarault of Moncton, N.B., ...
Nov 10, 2019
NewsAlert: Sportsnet apologizes for Don Cherry's anti-immigrant comments
TORONTO - Sportsnet has apologized for TV commentator Don Cherry's remarks on Saturday night's Coach's Corner segment. The network says Cherry's remarks are discriminatory and offensive and do&nb...
Nov 10, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Two showcase franchises meet as Toronto and Seattle clash again in MLS Cup final
SEATTLE - A season that started in turmoil could end in triumph Sunday for Toronto FC. TFC will have to do it on hostile ground, however, with a sellout crowd of more than 69,000 solidly behind t...
Nov 10, 2019
Michigan man uses battle axe to fight off intruder
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A Michigan man whose hobbies include ritualized combat with replica weapons from the Middle Ages says he wielded a battle axe he calls "my baby" to fend off an intruder. Thir...
Nov 10, 2019
NewsAlert: Toronto FC falls to Seattle Sounders in MLS Cup final
SEATTLE - The Seattle Sounders have won their second Major League Soccer championship. Seattle scored three times in the second half as the Sounders downed Toronto FC 3-1 in the ML...
Nov 10, 2019
Scheifele scores 21 seconds into OT to lift Jets to 3-2 win over Stars
WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele scored 21 seconds into overtime as the Winnipeg Jets ended the Dallas Stars' winning streak at four games with a 3-2 victory on Sunday. Scheifele got his seventh goal of the ...
Nov 10, 2019
Trevor Harris puts on quite a show as Eskimos down Alouettes in East semifinal
MONTREAL - Trevor Harris threw for 421 yards and a TD as the Edmonton Eskimos held on for an entertaining 37-29 East Division semifinal win over the Montreal Alouettes on Sund...
Nov 10, 2019
Parti Quebecois mulls name change after 2018 defeat, but few seem eager
TROIS RIVIERES, Que. - The Parti Quebecois has reopened the debate over changing its name, but few of its members seem ready to take such a drastic step as the party seeks to recover from a 2018 elect...
Nov 10, 2019
Metis veterans get long-awaited recognition ahead of Remembrance Day
OTTAWA - A fiddle played the sombre strains of the Last Post and Amazing Grace during a special ceremony Friday to remember the contributions of Canada's Metis people during the Second World War ...
Nov 10, 2019