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Film producer Avi Lewis named as NDP candidate in B.C. riding
HALFMOON BAY, B.C. - Documentary film producer Avi Lewis has been acclaimed as the federal NDP candidate in a riding in southern British Columbia. Lewis, the grandson of former federal NDP leader Davi...
May 22, 2021
Wei-Ling Hsu, Moriya Jutanugarn share lead at Kingsmill
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - Wei-Ling Hsu birdied the final hole Saturday for a 6-under 65 and a share of the third-round lead with Moriya Jutanugarn in the LPGA Tour's Pure Silk Championship. Jutanugarn ...
May 22, 2021
A wild ride for Mickelson and 18 holes away from history
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Phil Mickelson survived a wild ride Saturday at Kiawah Island with a 2-under 70 in the PGA Championship that left him 18 holes away from becoming golf's oldest major champio...
May 22, 2021
Sorokin, Islanders beat Penguins 4-1 in Game 4 to tie series
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - After two tough losses, the New York Islanders turned back to Ilya Sorokin in a game they needed to win, and the rookie goalie came through. Sorokin stopped 29 shots, Oliver Wah...
May 22, 2021
Even on easier Ocean Course, low scores elusive at PGA
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - The wind was more manageable at Kiawah Island on Saturday, there were plenty of friendly hole locations and Pete Dye's punishing seaside track still wasn't set up to play it...
May 22, 2021
Killorn, Kucherov pace Lightning's 6-2 rout of Panthers
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The sight of Nikita Kucherov crumpled to the ice in pain left a sour taste in the mouths of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The reigning Stanley Cup champions beat the Florida Panthers 6-2...
May 22, 2021
Dua Lipa blasts group that condemned her for Mideast stance
NEW YORK (AP) - Singer Dua Lipa is blasting an organization that paid for a full-page ad in The New York Times that called her antisemitic for her support of Palestinians, saying it used her name "sha...
May 22, 2021
Active COVID-19 case count in Grande Prairie back below 200
The City of Grande Prairie added six new cases of COVID-19 and 34 recoveries for Friday, May 21, bringing the active case total in the city down by 28 to 191.Two new cases and nine recoveries were rec...
May 22, 2021
Volcano erupts near Congolese city of Goma; residents flee
GOMA, Congo (AP) - Congo's Mount Nyiragongo erupted for the first time in nearly two decades Saturday, turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked residents tri...
May 22, 2021
Cloistered nuns get vaccinated to do their 'duty as citizens' and neighbours
MONTREAL - Cloistered nuns in Montreal's Carmelite monastery lined up to complete their COVID-19 vaccinations yesterday. Inside a 125-year-old convent in the city's Plateau neighbourhood, 11 sisters -...
May 22, 2021