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Judges to decide on bond hearings for R. Kelly indictments
CHICAGO - Federal judges will decide how to proceed with bond hearings in two separate federal indictments against R. Kelly. The 52-year-old singer was arrested Thursday night while walking his dog on...
Jul 14, 2019

Domingo Germán helps Yankees beat Blue Jays 4-0
NEW YORK - Many players use the All-Star break as a time to rest. Yankees starter Domingo Germn spent most of his time preparing for his next start. Germn cruised through six innings of three-hit ball...
Jul 14, 2019

Pence tour of migrant centre shows men crowded in cages
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence toured two detention facilities on the Texas border Friday, including a Border Patrol station where hundreds of men were crowded in sweltering cages without cots...
Jul 14, 2019

Caleb Smidt wins Calgary Stampede rodeo, beating out three former champions
CALGARY - Caleb Smidt took on and beat three former champions to win $100,000 on Showdown Sunday at the Calgary Stampede rodeo. Smidt, from Bellville, Texas, won the tie-down roping title with a time ...
Jul 14, 2019

Canada's James Hinchcliffe places sixth in hometown Indy Toronto race
TORONTO - James Hinchcliffe gained more ground than any other driver at the Honda Indy Toronto, but not enough to give him his first victory at his hometown race. Starting from the No. 14 spot, the Ar...
Jul 14, 2019

Roger Federer withdraws from Rogers Cup in Montreal after losing Wimbledon final
WIMBLEDON, England - Roger Federer is going to take the Rogers Cup off. Federer announced his decision to skip the ATP Tour event in Montreal after losing the men's Wimbledon final on Sunday. Federer ...
Jul 14, 2019

Canada's Wickens hopes to race again; will lead warmup lap of Toronto Indy
TORONTO - Almost a year after a horrific crash left Robert Wickens a paraplegic, it took just a few seconds earlier this week for the Canadian to feel the exhilarating rush of a steering wheel in his ...
Jul 14, 2019

Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Naleyeh dies in Somalia extremist attack
At least 26 people have been killed in an extremist attack in Somalia including a prominent Somali-Canadian journalist and her husband. Mogadishu-based independent radio station Radio Dalsan conf...
Jul 14, 2019

Métis youth heading to Kenya for program says learning has no borders
For Gavin Blondeau, learning doesn't end in the classroom, it's a way of life. That's why the Mtis youth is over the moon to be one of two youth from Saskatchewan selected in an international internsh...
Jul 14, 2019 Métis youth Gavin Blondeau, the son of one of the current Chapel Gallery show artists, has been selected for an internship program that will take him to Kenya. (Submitted photo/Gavin Blondeau)

Canada's Wickens leads emotional warm-up lap in Toronto almost year after crash
TORONTO - Canada's Robert Wickens made an emotional return to IndyCar racing on Sunday. Almost a year after a horrific crash left Wickens a paraplegic, the 30-year-old from Guelp...
Jul 14, 2019