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Cole exercises opt out but Yankees can keep him by adding 2029 salary, Rizzo option declined
NEW YORK (AP) - Gerrit Cole exercised his opt out from his New York Yankees contract, giving the team two days to void the opt out by adding a $36 million salary for 2029, a person familiar with the d...
Nov 02, 2024
Canada's Fernandez falls to Shnaider of Russia in Hong Kong Open semifinal
HONG KONG - Canada's Leylah Fernandez is out of the Hong Kong Open tennis tournament following a 6-4, 6-2 semifinal loss to top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia on Saturday. Fernandez, the tournament's...
Nov 02, 2024
India protests Ottawa's allegation its home minister ordered targeting of Sikh activists in Canada
NEW DELHI (AP) - India officially protested on Saturday the Canadian government's allegation that the country's powerful home minister Amit Shah had ordered the targeting of Sikh activists inside Cana...
Nov 02, 2024
Peace rink representing Alberta at Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The 2024 Canadian Mixed Curling championship starts Sunday in St. Catherines, Ontario, and a rink from the Peace will be carrying Alberta's colours.The Kurt Balderston foursome from the Sexsmith Curli...
Nov 02, 2024
B.C. deluge shows why cities struggle to keep up with extreme rain
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - Heavy rain isn't unusual for the community of Deep Cove in North Vancouver, but when Ashifa Saferali saw an e-bike floating down the middle of the street she knew this storm wa...
Nov 02, 2024
'Election seems really close': Americans in Canada cast ballot ahead of U.S. election
EDMONTON - Stephen Winters says watching the U.S. election campaign from Canada as a dual citizen is like a parent watching their kid play sports. "When you're on the sideline it makes you more nervou...
Nov 02, 2024
DST ends this weekend
Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend.People should set their clocks back one hour before going to bed Saturday night.People in the B.C. Peace do not change their clocks and stay on the same time ye...
Nov 02, 2024
County and City of Grande Prairie Connector Trail open to the public
The City and County of Grande Prairie have held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of the new Connector Trail.The two-kilometre trail was designed to enhance recreation and connectivity ...
Nov 02, 2024
UK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader in wake of election defeat
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power. Badenoch (pronounced...
Nov 02, 2024
UK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader in wake of election defeat
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power. Badenoch defeated ri...
Nov 02, 2024