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Biden calls Xi as U.S.-China relationship grows more fraught
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden spoke with China's Xi Jinping on Thursday amid growing frustration on the American side that high-level engagement between the two leaders' top advisers has been ...
Sep 09, 2021

The Latest on the federal leaders' English-language election debate
The Latest on the English-language leaders' debate among Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet and Green ...
Sep 09, 2021

Unseeded Fernandez, 19, reaches 1st Slam final at U.S. Open
NEW YORK (AP) - Leylah Fernandez's first major semifinal, at the U.S. Open just days after her 19th birthday, did not go her way at the start. After she recovered from that to take a lead, No. 2 seed ...
Sep 09, 2021

Canada's Leylah Fernandez into U.S. Open final with win over Alyna Sabalenka
NEW YORK - Canada's newest teenaged tennis hero is headed to the U.S. Open women's final. Leylah Fernandez, of Laval, Que., fought back from an early 4-1 first-set deficit to narrowly defeat Aryna Sab...
Sep 09, 2021

The Latest on the federal leaders' English-language election debate
The Latest on the English-language leaders' debate among Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet and Green ...
Sep 09, 2021

Can Larry Elder build 'movement' from California recall?
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In two months, Larry Elder went from conservative talk radio host to leader of the Republican field in the California recall election that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom ...
Sep 09, 2021

Yukon officials offer reassurance after COVID-19 case identified in school
WHITEHORSE - Yukon officials say everything has gone according to plan after the first case of COVID-19 was identified at a secondary school since classes resumed. Dr. Catherine Elliott, the territory...
Sep 09, 2021

Birch Hills prepares for by-election, following resignations of elected council members and administrator
Randy Wojcichowsky maintains he did the best he could, but enough was enough.The now former of mayor of Birch Hills is one of three recent resignations in the community. Both he and longtime administr...
Sep 09, 2021

COVID-19 surge in Saskatchewan ‘very troubling’: SHA
A Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) manager says the health-care system is in a "fragile position" at the moment with the tide of new COVID-19 cases showing no sign of slowing down."This most recent...
Sep 09, 2021

PPC removes riding association president after gravel thrown at Justin Trudeau
OTTAWA - The People's Party of Canada says it has removed its president of the Elgin Middlesex London riding association after a handful of gravel was thrown at Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau during a ...
Sep 09, 2021