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Montreal's Auger-Aliassime reaches fourth round at Wimbledon
LONDON - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime is the latest Canadian to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon. The 20-year-old advanced Saturday when Nick Kygrios retired due to an injury in their third-rou...
Jul 03, 2021
Cypress County Fire Services battle four grass fires in 48 hours
CYPRESS COUNTY,AB- Hot dry temperatures have resulted in a busy week for Cypress County fire crews. In the past two days, crews were called out to four different grass fires. "In the past 48 hours we ...
Jul 03, 2021
'Resilience' is catchphrase for Canada's Tokyo Olympic track and field team
TORONTO - The world No. 1-ranked decathlete Damian Warner trained in an unheated hockey arena all winter that was so cold some days he couldn't feel his feet. Melissa Bishop-Nriagu worked out in her h...
Jul 03, 2021
Lytton, B.C., wildfire grows as others force evacuations in another region
LYTTON, B.C. - The B.C. Wildfire Service says the wildfire burning near Lytton, B.C., has grown since Friday night as another blaze forced more than 100 homes to be evacuated. The fire burning near Ly...
Jul 03, 2021
Train carrying liquid asphalt derails between Blackfalds and Lacombe
NOTE: The original RCMP release identified the contents spilled as "tar sand." After speaking with RCMP who clarified, we have changed the wording to better reflect what the train was carrying.A 23-ca...
Jul 03, 2021
Fans say seeing Habs at home in final a once in a lifetime experience
MONTREAL - Even with the arena at a fraction of its capacity and despite their team trailing for more than 58 minutes, the fans at Montreal's Bell Centre were never quiet on Friday night. For some of ...
Jul 03, 2021
Elsa falls back to tropical storm while racing toward Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Hurricane Elsa fell back to tropical storm force as it raced toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, but it still threatened to unleash flooding and landslide...
Jul 03, 2021
9 people in custody after hourslong armed standoff on I-95
WAKEFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Massachusetts state police said nine suspects have been taken into custody following an hourslong standoff that prompted the partial closure of Interstate 95. Police said the s...
Jul 03, 2021
Fire official: Demolition to collapsed condo to start Sunday
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A top Miami-Dade fire official has told family members of people missing...
Jul 03, 2021
The Latest: Kerber turns match around to win at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local): 2:10 p.m. Former Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber turned her third-round match around completely after a rain delay to beat Alia...
Jul 03, 2021