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Chief public health officer calls for continued 'collective effort' against COVID-19
TORONTO - Canada's chief public health officer urged residents to continue making a "collective effort" to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday as parts of the country braced for new rounds of res...
Oct 17, 2020
Canadian Gillian (The Savage) Robertson dominates in UFC decision win in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson used her superior grappling skills to dominate Brazil's Poliano Botelho en route to a unanimous decision win Saturda...
Oct 17, 2020
Organizers exhort women to vote for change at US rallies
Thousands of mostly young women in masks rallied Saturday in the nation's capital and other U.S. cities, exhorting voters to oppose President Donald Trump and his fellow Republican candidates in the N...
Oct 17, 2020
Conservatives staging free speech rally attacked by critics
SAN FRANCISCO - A free speech demonstration staged by conservative activists quickly fell apart in downtown San Francisco on Saturday after several hundred counterprotestors surged the area, outnumber...
Oct 17, 2020
'Home Improvement' actor Zachery Ty Bryan arrested in Oregon
EUGENE, Ore. - Zachery Ty Bryan, the actor who played the oldest son on the long-running 1990s sit-com "Home Improvement" was arrested in Oregon and faces charges of strangulation and assault. The Eug...
Oct 17, 2020
Van Dijk injury causes concern for frustrated Liverpool
Virgil van Dijk has been a commanding - even transcendent - presence at the heart of Liverpool's defence throughout the team's rise to the top of English and European soccer in recent years. In a majo...
Oct 17, 2020
Chief public health officer calls for continued 'collective effort' against COVID-19
TORONTO - Canada's chief public health officer urged residents to continue making a "collective effort" to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday as parts of the country braced for new rounds of res...
Oct 17, 2020
Hat Grannies for Africa sees another successful event
MEDICINE HAT , AB- It's an event that sees local grandmothers or grandothers lend a hand to grandmothers living in Africa who are raising children affected by the HIV AIDS pandemic. Now through their ...
Oct 17, 2020
Fire destroys lobster pound in Nova Scotia, police say man in hospital with injuries
A First Nations leader called on Ottawa to send the military into fishing communities in southwestern Nova Scotia after a suspicious fire at a lobster pound early Saturday capped a week of rising tens...
Oct 17, 2020
Ottawa Senators sign goaltender Joey Daccord to three-year contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed goaltender Joey Daccord to a three-year contract. The first two season of the contract are two-way and carry an annual value of US$700,000 in the NHL and...
Oct 17, 2020