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1 more for 24: Serena Williams reaches US Open final again
NEW YORK - Serena Williams used a strong performance to return to the U.S. Open final and give herself another shot at winning a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam title. Williams got past a slightly sha...
Sep 05, 2019
Canada's Eric Lamaze wins CANA Cup aboard Chacco Kid at Spruce Meadows
CALGARY - Canada's Eric Lamaze won the CANA Cup on Thursday night aboard Chacco Kid, delivering a clear and fast time of 37.8 seconds. The duo led the jump off but no one could catch them in the 1.6-m...
Sep 05, 2019
Owner of dive boat where 34 died seeks to head off lawsuits
LOS ANGELES - The owners of the dive boat where 34 people perished in a fire off Southern California filed a lawsuit Thursday to head off potentially costly litigation. Truth Aquatics Inc., which owne...
Sep 05, 2019
Tisdale Regional Landfill one of 12 projects receiving funding from provincial and federal government
The Town of Tisdale and its regional landfill is one of 12 recipients of funding from the Canadian government and Saskatchewan under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.On Wednesday, Sept. ...
Sep 05, 2019 The Tisdale Regional Landfill will receive a total of almost $3 million combined from the federal and provincial governments. (submitted photo/Town of Tisdale)
Manitoba Tory candidate was investigated for sharing photo of naked women
WINNIPEG - A Progressive Conservative candidate looking to keep his seat in Tuesday's Manitoba election was investigated for showing his assistant a photo on his cellphone of naked women and...
Sep 05, 2019
Labour Day lives up to billing for Roughriders linebacker Moncrief
It took three seasons, but Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker Derrick Moncrief finally experienced his first Labour Day clash and it lived up expectations. The six-foot-two, 220-pound Moncrief h...
Sep 05, 2019
Nicki Minaj tweets that she's retiring to 'have my family'
LOS ANGELES - Is Nicki Minaj really hanging up the mic? The chart-topping rapper announced Thursday on Twitter that she "decided to retire & have my family." Her announcement comes as a surprise a...
Sep 05, 2019
Bo Horvat says he's ready to be Captain Canuck in Vancouver
CHICAGO - Bo Horvat is ready and willing to be the next captain of the Vancouver Canucks. He's just waiting for the tap on the shoulder. The team left the role vacant last season following the retirem...
Sep 05, 2019
Father of slain 7-year-old Quebec girl gets bail pending his trial
GRANBY, Que. - The father of a slain 7-year-old Quebec girl at the centre of an alleged case of neglect has been granted bail by a judge. The evidence heard at his bail hearing today was under a ...
Sep 05, 2019
Opposition campaign launched to fight Quebec's religious symbols law
MONTREAL - People from various faiths gathered in a downtown Montreal church Thursday to declare their intention to keep battling the province's secularism law, which prohibits some public servan...
Sep 05, 2019