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"History": Thousands come for last glimpse of queen
LONDON (AP) - When Rachel Brading was a child she waited hours to see Queen Elizabeth II pass by her hometown in the midlands of England. Forty years later she was waiting again, one among a crowd of ...
Sep 14, 2022
Montreal tops Chicago 3-2 behind strong first half, near home-field advantage
MONTREAL - CF Montreal just needs one more point to clinch home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs after securing a 3-2 win over the Chicago Fire at Stade Saputo on Tuesday. Kei Kamara...
Sep 13, 2022
Indigenous Services minister attends funeral at site of mass killing in Saskatchewan
JAMES BAY CREE NATION, SASK. - The federal minister of Indigenous Services is speaking out after visiting the site of a mass killing in Saskatchewan. Patty Hajdu attended the funeral Tuesday of one of...
Sep 13, 2022
B.C. to close schools, give public workers day off to mourn Queen on Sept. 19
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will follow the federal government's lead and honour the national day of mourning to mark the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, Sept. 19. It ...
Sep 13, 2022
Telus StoryHive has picked a group of seniors to receive $10,000 in funding
The Telus StoryHive Voices 2.0 Program has given $10,000 in production funding, along with training, to the Grande Prairie Seniors Reading Theatre. This film project "Memories of One-Room Schools in G...
Sep 13, 2022
Stein earns first Prince of Wales Stakes win aboard Duke of Love
FORT ERIE, Ont. - Justin Stein has his first Prince of Wales Stakes win. The veteran jockey rode Duke of Love to victory in the $400,000 race, the second jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, at For...
Sep 13, 2022
Pospisil, Auger-Aliassime combine for narrow Davis Cup win over South Korea
VALENCIA, Spain - Vasek Pospisil won his opening singles match, then teamed with Felix Auger-Aliassime to take the deciding doubles match as Canada won its opening tie at the Davis Cup Finals tennis t...
Sep 13, 2022
Whitecaps have 'backs against the wall' heading into season's final homestand
VANCOUVER - This isn't how the Vancouver Whitecaps wanted to enter their final homestand of the season. With just four games left on the schedule, the 'Caps (9-14-7) are on a three-game losing skid an...
Sep 13, 2022
Expansion Montreal Force women's hockey team names Peter Smith first head coach
MONTREAL - The Montreal Force has named Peter Smith the team's head coach for its expansion season in the Premier Hockey League. Smith, of Lachine, Que., coached the McGill University Martlets to four...
Sep 13, 2022
Ken Starr, whose probe led to Clinton impeachment, dies
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ken Starr, a former federal appellate judge and a prominent attorney whose criminal investigation of Bill Clinton led to the president's impeachment, died Tuesday at age 76, his fami...
Sep 13, 2022