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Raonic ousted from Paribas Open semifinals by Austrian Dominic Thiem
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Dominic Thiem outlasted Canadian Milos Raonic in three sets Saturday to reach the BNP Paribas Open final, where he’ll meet Roger Federer who advanced after Rafael Nadal wi...
Mar 16, 2019
Toronto Blue Jays drop games against Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees
DUNEDIN, Fla. - The Toronto Blue Jays dropped a pair of split-squad pre-season games on Saturday. Toronto lost 4-3 to the Baltimore Orioles at its home spring-training facility and dropped a 17-7 deci...
Mar 16, 2019
Quebec City Muslim worshippers condemn fatal New Zealand mosque attacks
QUEBEC - A little more than two years after their own community came under attack, Muslims in Quebec City said they were in shock over the mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques Friday that claimed...
Mar 16, 2019
Trump downplays white nationalism threat after massacre
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump played down any threat posed by white nationalism after the gunman accused of the New Zealand mosque massacre called the president “a symbol of renewed white id...
Mar 16, 2019
Trudeau expected to shuffle federal cabinet Monday: source
OTTAWA - A senior government official says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to shuffle the federal cabinet on Monday. This will be the third time the prime minister switches up his roster thi...
Mar 16, 2019
McKeever, Wilkie capture Para-nordic gold, silver medals, respectively
SAPPORO, Japan - Canadians Brian McKeever and Natalie Wilkie captured Para-nordic World Cup medals Saturday. McKeever, of Canmore, Alta., and guide Graham Nishikawa, of Whitehorse, won the men's 10-ki...
Mar 16, 2019
Canadian Tyler Mislawchuk earns first World Cup triathlon competition
MOOLOOLABA, Australia - Canadian Tyler Mislawchuk captured his first triathlon World Cup event Saturday. The resident of Oak Bluff, Man., topped a field of 67 competitors to win one of the prestigious...
Mar 16, 2019
Impact midfielder Taider to play in two games for Algerian national side
Montreal Impact midfielder Saphir Taider will play in two games for the Algerian national team. The Impact made the announcement Saturday. Taider, 27, will play in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifi...
Mar 16, 2019
Notley says Kenney needs to clear up leadership race controversy as RCMP investigate
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley wants Opposition Leader Jason Kenney to come clean on a controversy involving one of his leadership rivals. The CBC is reporting that the RCMP has taken ...
Mar 16, 2019
Beyond veto: Trump seeks more workarounds to avoid Congress
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s first veto was more than a milestone. It signals a new era of ever perilous relations between the executive and legislative branches of government. Trump...
Mar 16, 2019