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Canada expects desperate foe in Reggae Boyz in CONCACAF World Cup qualifier
After a fine showing Thursday in a 1-1 tie with powerful Mexico in the hostile confines of Mexico City's Azteca Stadium, Canada expects another rude reception in Jamaica in World Cup qualifying play S...
Oct 09, 2021
Pospisil retires with injury, Shapovalov advances at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - A matchup between two Canadians came to a premature end at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Cali., Saturday. Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., advanced to the third ...
Oct 09, 2021
Canadian men eliminated from Rugby World Cup contention after loss in Chile
VALPARAISO, Chile - Canada will miss the Rugby World Cup for the first time ever, knocked out of contention Saturday by Chile in a 33-24 defeat that gave the South Americans a 54-46 aggregate victory ...
Oct 09, 2021
Prime Minister marks start of Thanksgiving holiday by meeting Afghan refugee family
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the beginning of the Thanksgiving holiday by meeting a family of Afghan refugees who recently arrived in the country. Obaidullah Rahimi began working at t...
Oct 09, 2021
Prime Minister marks start of Thanksgiving holiday by meeting Afghan refugee family
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the beginning of the Thanksgiving holiday by meeting a family of Afghan refugees who recently arrived in the country. Obaidullah Rahimi began working at t...
Oct 09, 2021
Kurz to quit as Austrian chancellor amid corruption probe
BERLIN (AP) - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Saturday that he plans to step down in an effort to defuse a government crisis triggered by prosecutors' announcement that he is a target of a cor...
Oct 09, 2021
Ruling party narrowly loses Czech vote; PM Babis may be out
PRAGUE (AP) - Prime Minister Andrej Babis' centrist party on Saturday narrowly lost the Czech Republic's parliamentary election, a surprise development that could mean the end of the populist billiona...
Oct 09, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Strip clubs are dead, thanks to attitudes and technology
STRIP CLUBS, or "peeler bars" as some call them, are, it seems, officially dead in Kamloops. Few will mourn their demise, but they were certainly part of an interesting and lively era in River City.Th...
Oct 09, 2021
Banisadr, Iran's first president after 1979 revolution, dies
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran's first president after the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the growing power of clerics as the na...
Oct 09, 2021
US Open champ Raducanu upset at Indian Wells; Murray wins
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Emma Raducanu came down to earth in her first tournament since her surprising U.S. Open victory, losing in straight sets to Aliaksandra Sasnovich at the BNP Paribas Open on Frid...
Oct 08, 2021
