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Osaka tosses racket, overcomes test from teenager at US Open
NEW YORK - Naomi Osaka spiked her racket after one errant forehand late in the second set at the U.S. Open, then flung it the length of the baseline after a missed backhand return ceded that tiebreake...
Sep 04, 2020

Mental Health: Where to get help in the city?
MEDICINE HAT, AB- As a string of suicides continues to grip our city, there have been lots of questions as to where to get help if you or someone you know is struggling. Stacey Steele, a registered pr...
Sep 04, 2020

Rahm has 65 to catch up to Johnson at Tour Championship
ATLANTA - Five days later, Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm are still going at it. They dressed about the same Friday in the Tour Championship, matched birdies on five holes and wound up tied for the lead ...
Sep 04, 2020

Kiviranta lifts Stars past Avs in Game 7 OT thriller
EDMONTON - Joel Kiviranta completed a hat track 7:24 into overtime to give Dallas a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday in Game 7, sending the Stars to the Western Conference finals for ...
Sep 04, 2020

Surging Blue Jays beat Red Sox 8-7 in opener of doubleheader
BOSTON - Danny Jansen hit a two-run homer, Travis Shaw had a solo shot and the Toronto Blue Jays held off the Boston Red Sox 8-7 in the opener of a doubleheader Friday. The Blue Jays, pushing for a pl...
Sep 04, 2020

Canadian Denis Shapovalov beats Taylor Fritz in third round of US Open
NEW YORK - Denis Shapovalov rallied to beat American Taylor Fritz 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday, continuing a promising tournament for Canadian me...
Sep 04, 2020

Quebec government reveals nearly 50 educational institutions struck by COVID-19
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has unveiled a list of nearly 50 educational institutions that have had at least one COVID-19 case in the past week. The schools listed include preschool, element...
Sep 04, 2020

No 7th trial for Mississippi man freed from prison in 2019
JACKSON, Miss. - A Mississippi man freed last year after 22 years in prison will not be tried a seventh time in a quadruple murder case, a judge ruled Friday after prosecutors told him they no longer ...
Sep 04, 2020

Kelly's lawyers want to question gang member in cell attack
CHICAGO - Attorneys for R. Kelly want to question a convicted member of the Latin Kings gang who says he beat up the jailed R&B singer in a Chicago cell. Kelly's lawyers filed a motion Friday in f...
Sep 04, 2020

School busing a smooth ride in first week back
Busing in the first week of school has been a smooth ride in the local districts, even with the new challenges COVID-19 brings.The regional director for southern Alberta for Southland, which handles s...
Sep 04, 2020