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Mayor who faces sex assault charge has returned to duties in Port Moody, B.C.
PORT MOODY, B.C. - A mayor who stepped aside after he was charged with sexual assault has returned to work in Port Moody, B.C. Rob Vagramov said Monday that since he took a vo...
Sep 09, 2019
Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now 'dead'
WASHINGTON - U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now "dead," President Donald Trump declared Monday, two days after he abruptly cancelled a secret meeting he had arranged with Taliban and Afghan lea...
Sep 09, 2019
Devils GM doesn't care if Zacha considers signing with KHL
BUFFALO, N.Y. - New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero says he is still attempting to sign centre Pavel Zacha amid concerns the former first-round draft pick will play in the Kontinental Hockey L...
Sep 09, 2019
Anti-diversity op-ed should never have run in Vancouver Sun: Calgary professor
CALGARY - A journalism professor says the controversy over an anti-diversity opinion piece published in - and then pulled online from - the Vancouver Sun has nothing to do with freedom of express...
Sep 09, 2019
QB Chris Streveler leads Blue Bombers over Roughriders to maintain first in West
WINNIPEG - Willie Jefferson didn't want to break a promise to his mother. When the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive lineman sacked Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo on Saturday and forc...
Sep 09, 2019
19 new volunteers for "The Watch" in Lethbridge's downtown begin training
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge's team of volunteer community overseers is growing.Watch Manager Jeff Hansen spoke to city council Monday, outlining how the first couple of months of the progr...
Sep 09, 2019 The Watch volunteers head through Galt Gardens. (Supplied by Lethbridge Police Service)
19 Slams: Nadal stops Medvedev comeback bid to win US Open
NEW YORK - Rafael Nadal's 19th Grand Slam trophy went from inevitable to suddenly in doubt in a thrill-a-minute U.S. Open final. What had all the makings of a casual crowning morphed into a grueling c...
Sep 09, 2019
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 Mi...
Sep 09, 2019
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 Mi...
Sep 09, 2019
School board confirms two teachers refused jobs due to Quebec's secularism law
MONTREAL - A Quebec school board says it refused to hire two teachers who wear religious symbols because they would not comply with the province's new secularism law. The Commission scolaire...
Sep 09, 2019