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Bianca Andreescu’s historic win celebrated across Canada
Canadians cheered Bianca Andreescu at viewing parties, sports bars and even at the Toronto International Film Festival as she made sports history on Saturday.Fans were rapt as the 19-year-old from Mis...
Sep 08, 2019 (File photo/ CKOM News Staff)

Dalhousie apologizes for racist actions, views of university's founder
HALIFAX - Dalhousie University is apologizing to the African Nova Scotian community following the publication of a report examining the racist views of the school's founder and Nova Scotia's various c...
Sep 08, 2019

Canadian detained in Cuba following boating death allowed to return home
MASCOUCHE, Que. - A Quebecer who spent more than two years in legal limbo in Cuba following the death of a fellow Canadian tourist returned home last week after being liberated by Cuba's highest ...
Sep 08, 2019

Joe Thornton, 40, signs 1-year, $2 million deal with Sharks
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Joe Thornton is coming back for another season at age 40, signing a one-year, $2 million contract with the San Jose Sharks on Friday after briefly contemplating retirement at the en...
Sep 08, 2019

'It: Chapter Two' scares up $91 million with debut
LOS ANGELES - A robust audience turned out to catch "It: Chapter Two" in movie theatres this weekend, but not quite as big as the first. Warner Bros. says Sunday that "It: Chapter Two" earned an estim...
Sep 08, 2019

NDP ended 2018 with nearly $4.5 million in negative net assets, return shows
OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats ended last year by going deeper into the red. The party's annual return posted to the Elections Canada website shows the party finished 2018 with about $4.7 million ...
Sep 08, 2019

Teen Andrew Nembhard says playing for Canada sets him up nicely for NCAA season
SHANGHAI - Andrew Nembhard's summer basketball highlight actually happened before Canada's team touched down in China for the FIBA World Cup. Quarterbacking Canada's second unit, the 19-year-old from ...
Sep 08, 2019

Nick Nurse sympathizes with Lithuanian coach after blown call at World Cup
SHANGHAI - Canada's men's basketball coach Nick Nurse has plenty of sympathy for Dainius Adomaitis. The Lithuanian coach was livid after a botched call late in his team's 78-75 loss to France tha...
Sep 08, 2019

Canada's Grand Slam champ Andreescu credits winning mindset to meditation
NEW YORK - Bianca Andreescu began her day Saturday the same way she started every morning during her run to the U.S. Open title. By meditating and visualizing how she could beat her next opp...
Sep 08, 2019

Saturday's Scoreboard
WHL - Preseason Prince Albert 3, Moose Jaw 2Medicine Hat 4, Regina 3Winnipeg 5, Brandon 1Edmonton 6, Calgary 2Lethbridge 3, Red Deer 2 (OT)Everett 1, Kelowna 0Kamloops 6, Victoria 4Vancouver 5, Prince...
Sep 08, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)