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Iga Swiatek beats Ons Jabeur for 1st US Open title, 3rd Slam
NEW YORK (AP) - Iga Swiatek beat Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the U.S. Open final on Saturday to claim her first championship at Flushing Meadows and third Grand Slam title overall. The No. 1-ranked Swi...
Sep 10, 2022
Iga Swiatek beats Ons Jabeur for 1st US Open title, 3rd Slam
NEW YORK (AP) - Iga Swiatek beat Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the U.S. Open final on Saturday to claim her first championship at Flushing Meadows and third Grand Slam title overall. The No. 1-ranked Swi...
Sep 10, 2022
Argonauts snap Redblacks win streak with 24-19 victory, further gap in East Division
OTTAWA - The Toronto Argonauts tightened their grip on first place in the East Division with a 24-19 over the Ottawa Redblacks on Saturday afternoon. Toronto (7-5) now has a four-point cushion over th...
Sep 10, 2022
Tributes to the Queen flood in from around the world as Charles III proclaimed king
LONDON - People from all over the world gathered outside London's Buckingham Palace today to mark the end of one era and the start of another as Charles III was proclaimed king. At a segment of Green ...
Sep 10, 2022
The Conservative party uses ranked ballots for leadership races. Here's how it works.
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada will announce the winner of its leadership race at an event in Ottawa on Saturday night. The party said it would be counting nearly 418,000 ballots out of som...
Sep 10, 2022
Canadian men start hot then hang on to beat Wales at Rugby World Cup Sevens
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - After falling to Uruguay earlier in the day, the Canadian men survived a 19-point Welsh comeback in the second half to win 33-19 in consolation play at the Rugby World Cup Se...
Sep 10, 2022
Quebec election: François Legault promises to balance Quebec budget in five years
SAINT-JRME, Que. - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is promising to balance Quebec's budget in five years if his party is re-elected on Oct. 3. Legault told reporters in Saint-Jrme, Que.,...
Sep 10, 2022
Evenepoel set to win Spanish Vuelta after protecting lead
PUERTO DE NAVACERRADA, Spain - (AP) - Remco Evenepoel all but clinched his first Grand Tour title on Saturday after the 22-year-old Belgian protected his lead in the Spanish Vuelta on the three-week r...
Sep 10, 2022
Russia announces troop pullback from Ukraine's Kharkiv area
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia's Defense Ministry said Saturday that it is pulling back forces from two areas in Ukraine's Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counter offensive has made significant advances...
Sep 10, 2022
10,000 spectators and hundreds of volunteers when Queen Elizabeth II visited Grande Prairie in 1978: SPRA executive director
The passing of Queen Elizabeth II might have some people remembering when she and Prince Philip visited Grande Prairie in August of 1978.The Royal Couple was here for the sod turning of the QE II Hosp...
Sep 10, 2022