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Nadal, Cilic meet with US Open quarterfinal spot at stake
NEW YORK - After an easy first week at the U.S. Open, Rafael Nadal figures to have a challenge in the fourth round. The No. 2 seed faces No. 22 Marin Cilic in a matchup of past champions, with the win...
Sep 02, 2019
Officials: Dozens feared dead in California dive-boat fire
LOS ANGELES - As many as 33 people are feared dead, according to the Coast Guard, after a dive boat caught fire before dawn Monday off the Southern California coast. Five people were rescued and Lt. C...
Sep 02, 2019
Supervised Consumption Site town hall in Medicine Hat on Tuesday
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Residents will be able to have their say about a proposed supervised consumption site in Medicine Hat on Tuesday.The government of Alberta is holding a public engagement session in ...
Sep 02, 2019 The location of the proposed supervised consumption site in Medicine Hat
Federal party leaders focus on wooing union heartland for Labour Day
OTTAWA - Wooing workers in Canada's union heartland is the focus for federal party leaders on this Labour Day. Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP Leader J...
Sep 02, 2019
Osaka consoles teary Gauff, 15, after beating her at US Open
NEW YORK - Naomi Osaka looked across the net after ending Coco Gauff's U.S. Open in the third round Saturday night and saw the tears welling in the 15-year-old's eyes. Osaka also saw a bit of herself ...
Sep 02, 2019
Honeymoon will have to wait for Traer and Scrubb, who's in China for World Cup
DONGGUAN, China - Catherine Traer and Thomas Scrubb were working out last summer on the basketball court Traer's dad Rick had built in the family's backyard. The two players work out there regularly b...
Sep 02, 2019
Advanced Education minister to visit Medicine Hat College in September
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Alberta's Minister of Advance Education will be touring the province's universities and colleges throughout the month of September, which includes a stop at Medicine Hat College.Min...
Sep 02, 2019
Iran says test malfunction caused rocket explosion
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran is for the first time acknowledging that a rocket explosion took place at its Imam Khomeini Space Center, with an official saying a technical malfunction caused the blast. Governme...
Sep 02, 2019
Gender equality and the election: what role will feminism play in the campaign?
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a lot of attention with his line about the calendar year when asked why he named an equal number of men and women to cabinet after his newly elected Lib...
Sep 02, 2019
Evacuations begin as Dorian bears down on northern Bahamas
MCLEAN'S TOWN CAY, Bahamas - Hurricane Dorian shut down some hotels and forced some evacuations Saturday in the northern Bahamas as the fierce Category 4 storm prepared to unleash torrents of rain and...
Sep 02, 2019