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Basketball-sized world-record grapefruit grown in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. - A basketball-sized grapefruit has brought two world records to a Louisiana couple. The giant citrus grew in the yard of Mary Beth and Doug Meyer of Slidell. The Guinness Book of Wor...
Aug 27, 2019
Kim Foxx: Work of Smollett special prosecutor underway
CHICAGO - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx says the work of a special prosecutor investigating why her office dropped charges against Jussie Smollett accusing the actor of staging an attack on hi...
Aug 27, 2019
Ambrose disagrees with Scheer's assertion that Trudeau caved to Trump on NAFTA
OTTAWA - The Conservatives' former leader doesn't agree with the current leader's assertion that Canada got taken to the cleaners by Donald Trump on the renegotiated NAFTA. Rona Ambrose, who was inter...
Aug 27, 2019
Canadians asked to find ash trees in a bid to preserve the species
HALIFAX - An invasive insect from Asia is expected to kill almost every ash tree in Canada, but Donnie McPhee has a plan to preserve the species. Co-ordinator f...
Aug 27, 2019
Reprised double-reverse pass play helps Alouettes outlast Argos 28-22
MONCTON, N.B. - The Montreal Alouettes held off a late Toronto comeback attempt to beat the Argonauts 28-22 Sunday, in a contest that featured a spectacular play coach Khari Jones says he ca...
Aug 27, 2019
Canadian-trained, all-female military unit going through paces in Jordan
OTTAWA - Thousands of troops from more than two-dozen countries including Canada are kicking off an annual military-training exercise in the Middle Eastern country of Jordan amid heightened tensions b...
Aug 27, 2019
Clippers name Ethan Scardina team captain
NANAIMO - The Clippers have named Ethan Scardina as the club's new captain.2019-20 will be his third year in the league and second with with the Clippers.He was Nanaimo's top scorer a year ago with 56...
Aug 27, 2019 Ethan Scardina was the Clippers top scorer with 56 points in 2018-19, now he takes over as the club's new captain. (Gary Dorland)
Father of suspected B.C. killer seeks access to video taken before son's death
VANCOUVER - The father of a suspected killer at the centre of a nationwide manhunt is trying to access a video described as his son's "last will and testament," the man's lawyer said Sunday. Alan...
Aug 27, 2019
Father of suspected B.C. killer seeks access to video taken before son's death
VANCOUVER - The father of a suspected killer at the centre of a nationwide manhunt is trying to access a video described as his son's "last will and testament," the man's lawyer said Sunday. Alan...
Aug 27, 2019
Whitecaps goalie Crepeau returns home for showdown with struggling Impact
MONTREAL - This is hardly just another game for Whitecaps goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau. Coming off a record-setting performance, Crepeau will face his former club for the first time when the last-place V...
Aug 27, 2019