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Grand Chief Joseph Tokwiro Norton, leader of Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, dead
KAHNAWAKE, Que. - The longtime leader of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake who played a prominent role in the 1990 Oka crisis and rail blockades earlier this year has died. The council says Grand Chief ...
Aug 14, 2020

Bichette, Blue Jays hit 6 more HRs in Buffalo, bop Rays 12-4
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Teoscar Hernndez hit two of Toronto's six home runs, Bo Bichette connected for the fourth straight game and the Blue Jays kept knocking balls out of their new Buffalo park, beating the...
Aug 14, 2020

Bo Horvat scores in overtime as Canucks beat Blues 4-3 in NHL playoff action
EDMONTON - Bo Horvat scored on a breakaway in overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 4-3 win on Friday in NHL playoff action. Horvat took a stretch pass from Quinn Hughes and zipped the pu...
Aug 14, 2020

U.S. left out key statements by Huawei executive in extradition request: lawyer
VANCOUVER - A former adviser to the U.S. State Department says the American government omitted key statements by Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in order to support its extradition c...
Aug 14, 2020

'Rock bottom': Barca reeling after 8-2 humiliation by Bayern
LISBON, Portugal - The postmortem from Gerard Piqu was as brutal as the humiliation dished to Barcelona by Bayern Munich. "It's a disastrous result," the defender said. "An embarrassment, that's the w...
Aug 14, 2020

Bayern humbles Barcelona 8-2 to reach Champions League semis
LISBON, Portugal - Bayern Munich inflicted on Barcelona the most humiliating defeat of the Lionel Messi era and among the worst in team history by 8-2 to reach the Champions League semifinals on Frida...
Aug 14, 2020

Winning ticket for Oilers 50/50 delayed another week as team processes refunds
EDMONTON - Officials with the Edmonton Oilers say it could be another week before they draw a winning ticket for a record-setting 50/50 raffle. The pot for the Aug. 7 online draw hit more than $1...
Aug 14, 2020

With Tories set to reveal new leader Aug. 23, here's the votes are counted
OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party will announce the winner of its leadership contest on Aug. 23. Nearly 269,500 people are eligible to vote for the new leader, which is roughly 10,000 ...
Aug 14, 2020

Pimiskatan Canoe Club hosting two events in August
Residents of the tri-communities are welcome to join a 32-kilometre paddle around Nut Point next weekend. The trip is one of two events being hosted in August by the Pimiskatan Canoe Club, which is lo...
Aug 14, 2020

Minus head coach Claude Julien, Canadiens dominate Flyers in Game 2
TORONTO - Tomas Tatar and Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored twice, Carey Price made 30 saves for the seventh post-season shutout of his career, and the Montreal Canadiens thumped the Philadelph...
Aug 14, 2020