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Ruud Awakening: Canada's Auger-Aliassime falls to Norwegian at National Bank Open
MONTREAL - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the National Bank Open after dropping a 6-1, 6-2 decision to Norway's Casper Ruud in quarterfinal play Friday at IGA Stadium. The Montrealer was the...
Aug 12, 2022
Canada considered jobs, inflation in decision to return Russian turbine: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show that Ottawa considered the impact on Canadian jobs and global inflation in its decision to return a turbine being repaired in Montreal to a Russian energy giant....
Aug 12, 2022
City of Iqaluit declares emergency due to water shortage
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit has declared a state of emergency due to a water shortage. The Nunavut capital says there has been a lack of precipitation this summer and flows in the Apex Rive...
Aug 12, 2022
Two-time champion Simona Halep advances past Coco Gauff at National Bank Open
TORONTO - Two-time champion Simona Halep has moved on to the semifinals of the National Bank Open. The Romanian player dispatched Coco Gauff of the United States 6-4, 7-6 on Friday. The 30-year-old Ha...
Aug 12, 2022
Excitement in B.C. Indigenous communities as salmon get past Fraser slide zone
VANCOUVER - Thousands of migrating sockeye and chinook salmon appear to be making it through a massive slide area on the Fraser River on their way to spawn in central British Columbia. Fisheries and O...
Aug 12, 2022
Montenegro gunman kills 11 on the street; police kill him
CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) - A man in Montenegro went on a shooting rampage Friday, killing 11 people on the streets of a city before being shot dead, Montenegro state TV reported, quoting police source...
Aug 12, 2022
Part of Hwy 93 north of Lake Louise collapses into river
LAKE LOUISE, AB - Crews spent much of the morning on Friday, August 12, 2022, getting traffic back into order after part of a highway collapsed.511 Alberta reports that there is a washout on Highway 9...
Aug 12, 2022
Voting deadline looms in race to replace Jason Kenney as Alberta UCP leader, premier
It's deadline day to buy $10 Alberta United Conservative Party (UCP) memberships to vote for the next leader and premier.The party is accepting drop-offs until 5:00 p.m. and online memberships until m...
Aug 12, 2022
Poll suggests most Canadians view Pope's apology as step toward reconciliation
EDMONTON, AB - A poll suggests more than half of Canadians viewed the recent visit by Pope Francis and his apology for abuses at residential schools as a step toward reconciliation.The Angus Reid Inst...
Aug 12, 2022
Wisconsin GOP leader fires 2020 election investigator
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Assembly Republican leader who hired a former state Supreme Court justice to investigate the 2020 election fired him Friday, after the former justice and former Pres...
Aug 12, 2022