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The thoughts of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and the entire softball community are with the families, teammates and friends of the four North Central Texas College softball team members lost in a Oklahoma highway crash late Friday night.   Lions players Brooke Deckard, 20, Jaiden Pelton, 20, Meagan Richardson, 19, and Katelynn Woodlee, 18, […]

Somalia’s Al-Shabaab militants on Monday shot dead the Maltese manager of a port, while detonating a car bomb in the capital and killing 11 people and wounding 10 others. A gunman shot Maltese national Paul Anthony Formosa, manager of the port of Bossasso in semi-autonomous Puntland state for P&O Ports, a subsidiary of the Dubai-based […]

An Ottawa-based think tank is predicting rising growth for all four Atlantic provinces — especially tiny P.E.I., which is expected to lead the country with 3.2 per cent growth this year. The Conference Board of Canada attributes the rosy outlook to service-sector stability and rising exports in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, while Newfoundland and […]

Armed with some outdoor survival training, granola bars and pink rubber boots, five- and eight-year-old sisters survived 44 hours in rugged Northern California wilderness before they were found dehydrated and cold but in good spirits on Sunday, authorities said. A fire chief and firefighter from a local volunteer department found Leia and Caroline Carrico in a […]

HAARLEM, Netherlands –- Following a near 30-hour delay due to rain, the USA Softball Women’s National Team began the playoff portion of the International Softball Federation (ISF) World Championship on Saturday. Team USA, playing as the top seed from Pool B, defeated Canada 6-1 in their first game to earn a matchup later in the […]

OTTAWA — After initially refusing, Netflix has agreed to remove images of the 2013 Lac-Megantic disaster from its blockbuster film, “Bird Box.” “Netflix and the filmmakers of ‘Bird Box’ have decided to replace the clip,” a spokesman for the streaming company said in an email to The Canadian Press. “We’re sorry for any pain caused […]

Click:postpartum hair loss New Australian research has revealed how fussy men and women are about education when online dating. Carried out by researchers at Queensland University of Technology, the study looked at 41,936 men and women aged 18 to 80 who were members of online dating website RSVP. The researchers analyzed 219,013 participant contacts during […]

The Spanish government has issued a range of measures aimed at protecting British citizens in the event of a no-deal Brexit.  The royal decree, approved on Friday, gives British residents of Spain access to healthcare until at least the end of 2020. Spain will also provide residency for an estimated 400,000 Britons and preserve freedom of movement across its […]

Some smokers in Hawaii might find themselves waiting a long time before they light up, as a bill has been introduced to bar the sale of cigarettes to anyone under 100 years old.  The proposed law, introduced by local Democratic representative Richard Creagan, would effectively amount to a cigarette ban by 2024. It seeks to gradually […]

Click:calculate life path number There are two types of people at any Canada Day barbecue: the gracious guests who bring the finest beer or cider, and the boors that pawn off the cheap brews. And yes, there’s now evidence proving there are annoying guests who steal the premium stouts and IPAs, leaving nothing but cheap […]