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Canada without top two players for Billie Jean King Cup after Fernandez pulls out
MONTREAL - Leylah Fernandez says she will not compete in this year's Billie Jean King Cup Finals, leaving Canada without its top two players heading into the women's international tennis tournament. T...
Oct 14, 2021
CFL announces it has awarded Hamilton the 2023 Grey Cup championship contest
The CFL has awarded Hamilton the 2023 Grey Cup game. Hamilton will stage the 2021 contest at Tim Hortons Field on Dec. 12. The 2022 Grey Cup will be held at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. Regina was suppos...
Oct 14, 2021
Bloc call for Brome-Missisquoi recount halted, confirming federal seat for Liberals
OTTAWA - The Liberals have been confirmed as winners in the Quebec riding of Brome-Missisquoi after the Bloc Quebecois halted a recount of federal election votes. The recount was requested by Marilou ...
Oct 14, 2021
Murdaugh charged with taking insurance money in maid's death
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A prominent South Carolina lawyer has been charged with stealing insurance settlements meant for the sons of his late housekeeper, state police said Thursday. Alex Murdaugh was a...
Oct 14, 2021
Central Alberta café owner sentenced for breaching public health orders
MIRROR, AB - The owner of a central Alberta caf convicted of breaching public health orders this spring has been sentenced to three days in jail satisfied by time already served, and sanctioned with a...
Oct 14, 2021
Mali's Timbuktu fears jihadis as France reduces troops
TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) - It's been nine years since Islamic extremists in northern Mali arrested Zahra Abdou on charges of showing her hair and wearing an outfit they said was too tight. The al-Qaida-lin...
Oct 14, 2021
Supreme Court orders new trial in shooting death of Indigenous man
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is ordering a new trial for an Ontario resident who was acquitted after shooting and killing an Indigenous man in 2016. Peter Khill, of Binbrook, Ont., was found n...
Oct 14, 2021
Ivanovic, Pennetta, Moya among 6 nominees for tennis Hall
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Grand Slam title winners Ana Ivanovic, Flavia Pennetta, Carlos Moya and Cara Black are the new nominees on the International Tennis Hall of Fame ballot for the Class of 2022, join...
Oct 14, 2021
Jim Litkowski running for mayor in Pincher Creek
PINCHER CREEK, AB - Jim Litkowski wants residents to go out and vote.Litkowski is a candidate for mayor in Pincher Creek in this month's municipal election. He told LNN that initially, he wasn't plann...
Oct 14, 2021
Armed clash erupts in Beirut in protest against blast judge
BEIRUT (AP) - Armed clashes broke out in Beirut Thursday during a protest against the lead judge investigating last year's massive blast in the city's port, as tensions over the domestic probe boiled ...
Oct 14, 2021