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Andreescu downs Buzarnescu to advance to quarterfinals at Mexican Open
ACAPULCO, Mexico - Canadian Bianca Andreescu advanced to the quarterfinals at the Mexican Open on Wednesday. The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., defeated Romania’s Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-2, 7-...
Feb 27, 2019
Canada's Auger-Aliassime tops Cuevas to advance to 2nd round at Sao Paulo
SAO PAULO - Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the second round of the Sao Paulo Open on Wednesday, winning a match against Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas for the second time in as many...
Feb 27, 2019
PWPSD to run Facebook campaign on online safety in response to internet 'challenges'
The Peace Wapiti School Division is going to be running an online campaign on Facebook on Thursday, February 28, in response to an online phenomenon called the “Momo Challenge” which has r...
Feb 27, 2019
Liverpool, City win to set up duel for EPL title
The Premier League title race looks to be a duel between Liverpool and Manchester City after the top two collected contrasting home wins on Wednesday and third-place Tottenham lost at Chelsea for a se...
Feb 27, 2019
GP resident named to Big Brother Canada cast
A Grande Prairie resident has been named to the season seven Big Brother Canada cast. Kailyn Archer is among the 14 new houseguests announced Wednesday. Archer is a 42-year-old married mother of four....
Feb 27, 2019
Political operative arrested in North Carolina scandal
RALEIGH, N.C. - The political operative at the centre of an election fraud scandal that has engulfed a North Carolina congressional race was arrested Wednesday on charges of illegal ballot handling an...
Feb 27, 2019
Woman wrongfully held in hospital for almost one year without court order: judge
VANCOUVER - A woman’s rights were violated when she was held in hospital for almost a year without being given written reasons for the detention or an opportunity for legal advice, a British Col...
Feb 27, 2019
Labour code issues flagged after fatal Canadian Pacific accident in Calgary
CALGARY - Documents show a federal investigator flagged labour code contraventions after a Canadian Pacific Railway train conductor died in a workplace accident in a Calgary rail yard last November. A...
Feb 27, 2019
Powell says Fed likely to end bond trimming by end of 2019
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the Fed is close to announcing a plan to end the reduction of the size of its massive bond portfolio, which looks likely by the ...
Feb 27, 2019
Whitmer will use current incentives to aid Fiat Chrysler
LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that Michigan’s incentives for Fiat Chrysler to add 6,500 jobs in the state will not require legislative approval. She said the state will u...
Feb 27, 2019