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Cut by Raiders, Brown becoming a Patriot on eve of opener
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Randy Moss. Josh Gordon. And now Antonio Brown. A dozen years after Bill Belichick took a chance on Moss when the talented but troubled diva had worn out his welcome in Oakland, the ...
Sep 09, 2019
Tory leader pitches tax cuts, carbon fight ahead of Manitoba election day
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister has made a final pitch to voters ahead of tomorrow's provincial election. Pallister, surrounded by his party's candidates outside th...
Sep 09, 2019
Canada captain Junior Hoilett returns home after Cuba win due to family reasons
Forward Junior Hoilett, who captained Canada and recorded a hat trick in Saturday's 6-0 win over Cuba, will miss Tuesday's rematch due to family reasons, according to the Canadian Soccer Associat...
Sep 09, 2019
14 dead, 29 missing after bus overturns in Morocco floods
RABAT, Morocco - Fourteen people were killed and 29 others injured when a bus overturned on a bridge amid flooding in south-central Morocco, the state news agency reported Monday. The MAP agency says ...
Sep 09, 2019
Correction: AF-Obit-Robert-Mugabe story
HARARE, Zimbabwe - In a story Sept. 6 about the death of former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mugabe was "the first post-colonial leader of what had b...
Sep 09, 2019
Trump slams John Legend for not helping with justice reform
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is criticizing musician John Legend for not playing a role in passing criminal justice reform following a TV special on the subject in which the star appeared. Trum...
Sep 09, 2019
Cougars winless in weekend exhibition action
PRINCE GEORGE-The Prince George Cougars are 0 and 3 in pre-season play after a 7-0 loss to Kelowna yesterday. The Cats wrap up pre-season play in Dawson Creek with a pair of games against the Edmonton...
Sep 09, 2019 Photo by Marissa Baecker/Shoot the Breeze)
Greta Thunberg coming to Montreal in late September to take part in climate march
MONTREAL - Teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg will be in Montreal at the end of the month to take part in a climate march. The 16-year-old Swedish climate activist announced her presence at th...
Sep 09, 2019
Canada drops in world rugby rankings after loss to United States
Canada has dropped one spot to No. 22 in the world rugby rankings in the wake of its 20-15 weekend loss to the United States. Canada, the last country to qualify for the Rugby World Cup, ent...
Sep 09, 2019
Ex-prison shows animated films made by incarcerated artists
PHILADELPHIA - Ezra has been locked up for about 45 years. In that time, he's taken the opportunities he's been given in prison, grown from them and feels like he's turned his life around. He heard ab...
Sep 09, 2019