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Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final kicks off in Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV, Israel - Israel hosted the Grand Final of the 64th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, with Madonna set to showcase Europe's annual music extravaganza. Some 200 million people around the wo...
May 18, 2019
Sinclair scores goal No. 181 as Canada heads to World Cup on winning note
TORONTO - Christine Sinclair scored goal No. 181 of her career and set up another as Canada defeated Mexico 3-0 Saturday in its farewell match on home soil before next month's Women's World Cup. The 3...
May 18, 2019
Star midfielder Piatti returns as Impact held to 0-0 draw against Revolution
MONTREAL - Ignacio Piatti came off the bench to make his long-awaited return from injury as the Montreal Impact were held to a 0-0 draw against the New England Revolution on Saturday afternoon. E...
May 18, 2019
NATO researchers consult federal government on foreign election meddling
OTTAWA - Canadian voters have a duty to think critically about the news they consume as foreign-interference threats loom over the coming federal election, a leading NATO researcher says. Janis Sarts,...
May 18, 2019
Montreal researchers create audible hockey puck for visually impaired players
MONTREAL - A team of Montreal university researchers has developed an audible hockey puck they say could revolutionize the sport for blind players. For years, visually impaired hockey players have&nbs...
May 18, 2019
Montreal researchers create audible hockey puck for visually impaired players
MONTREAL - A team of Montreal university researchers has developed an audible hockey puck they say could revolutionize the sport for blind players. For years, visually impaired hockey players have&nbs...
May 18, 2019
B.C. legislature clerk retires; report says benefits wrongly claimed
VICTORIA - A spending scandal that shook British Columbia's legislature came to a partial conclusion Thursday with the abrupt retirement of the clerk and the suspended sergeant-at-arms asking for...
May 18, 2019
Indigenous teen's treatment while disclosing abuse indicative of 'pattern'
OTTAWA - B.C.'s former child representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says the "heinous" treatment of an Indigenous teenager during a 2012 interrogation by an RCMP officer reflects a pattern ...
May 18, 2019
Lyon beats Barcelona 4-1 to win Women's Champions League
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Lyon beat Barcelona 4-1 in the final to win its fourth consecutive Women's Champions League on Saturday. Ada Hegerberg scored three times in the first half to star for the French s...
May 18, 2019
Abortion rights demonstration held on Cannes red carpet
CANNES, France - Ahead of Saturday's premiere of an Argentine documentary on abortion, dozens of women demonstrated for abortion rights on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Women, ...
May 18, 2019