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US marks 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks
NEW YORK (AP) - The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero has begun with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, 21 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. Victims' ...
Sep 11, 2022
Ewing's 5 straight birdies leads to LPGA win in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI (AP) - Ally Ewing ran off five straight on the back nine Sunday and closed with a 7-under 65 to hold off Xiyu Lin and win the Kroger Queen City Championship in the LPGA Tour's return to Cin...
Sep 11, 2022
Australian women, Fiji men win Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The Australian women dethroned two-time defending champion New Zealand on Sunday to add the Rugby World Cup Sevens title to their HSBC World Rugby Series and Commonwealth Gam...
Sep 11, 2022
Film tells story of Sister Dorothy Moore, Mi'kmaw educator who fought for her people
HALIFAX - As a girl growing up in the Mi'kmaw community of Membertou, Sister Dorothy Moore came to know what it meant to lose one's path and then find the way back through human kindness. The 89-year-...
Sep 11, 2022
Parkinson’s Superwalk supporters raising money to recruit and train neurologists
KAMLOOPS - Dozens came by Riverside Park on Saturday (Sept. 10) for the first Parkinson's Superwalk fundraiser since before the pandemic. That's a smaller turnout than previous years, but the walk sti...
Sep 11, 2022
Flamingoes, sandwiches among unusual items left at Queen tribute site in London
LONDON - A pink papier mach flamingo, a marmalade sandwich and a Queen-shaped rubber duck are among the items being left among the cards and flowers at a tribute site to the late Queen Elizabeth II in...
Sep 11, 2022
Woman recalls meeting future queen as eight-year-old in small-town Ontario
Eliette Levesque was just eight-years-old when she had her first brush with royalty, never realizing she had just met a future queen. In the fall of 1951, the then Princess Elizabeth and her husband P...
Sep 11, 2022
Biden honors 9/11 victims, vows commitment to thwart terror
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, laying a wreath at the Pentagon in a somber commemoration held under a steady rain and paying tribute to "ext...
Sep 11, 2022
First the win, now the work: What Pierre Poilievre has to do next as new Tory leader
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is waking up today as the new leader of the Conservative party, coming off a landslide win. Before he can take time to enjoy the victory, he has a list of things to do. The H...
Sep 11, 2022
In Quebec, the Queen's death raises questions about future of the monarchy in Canada
MONTREAL - The mixed reactions in Quebec to the death of Queen Elizabeth II highlight the province's complex relationship with the monarchy. In the days after the Queen's death, incumbent Premier Fran...
Sep 11, 2022
