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Smith overcomes shaky start to lead LIV Golf in England
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, England (AP) - British Open champion Cameron Smith overcame a pair of bogeys at the start to post a 4-under 67 and take a three-shot lead at LIV Golf-London on Saturday. Smith is play...
Jul 08, 2023
Smith urges Trudeau to see Alberta's perspective of emissions reduction targets; calls for end to B.C. port strike
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrapped up a two-day trip to Alberta on Saturday, flipping pancakes at the Calgary Stampede and meeting with the Ismaili Muslim community, but not before sitting down for...
Jul 08, 2023
Environment Canada issues heat warnings for B.C., parts of Alberta and the North
Parts of southern and coastal British Columbia as well as large swaths of Alberta and the North are under heat warnings as temperatures are forecasted to soar near or above 30 degrees Celsius over the...
Jul 08, 2023
Bianca Andreescu ousted from Wimbledon women's singles by Ons Jabeur
WIMBLEDON, United Kingdom - Canada's Bianca Andreescu was eliminated in the third round of Wimbledon women's singles Saturday in a three-set loss to Ons Jabeur of Tunisia. Jabeur, last year's Wimbledo...
Jul 08, 2023
After return from Syria, two Canadian women appear in Edmonton courtroom on Terrorism Peace Bond
Two Canadians who returned from Syria this week have been arrested.The RCMP Federal Policing Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) arrested Helena Carson, 33, and Dina Kalouti, 42, upo...
Jul 08, 2023
Cavendish crashes out of Tour de France in last attempt at outright record
LIMOGES, France - Mark Cavendish will have to share the record for most career stage wins at the Tour de France. Competing in his final season, the most successful sprinter in Tour history crashed out...
Jul 08, 2023
Iowa GOP schedules Jan. 15 for leadoff presidential caucuses. It's on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Republicans have scheduled the party's presidential nominating caucuses for Jan. 15, 2024, putting the first votes of the next election a little more than six months away....
Jul 08, 2023
US soccer star Megan Rapinoe announces she’ll retire after the NWSL season
CHICAGO (AP) - Days before heading to her fourth World Cup, Megan Rapinoe announced Saturday she'll retire at the end of the National Women's Soccer League season. Rapinoe, 38, made the announcement o...
Jul 08, 2023
US soccer star Megan Rapinoe announces she’ll retire after the NWSL season
CHICAGO (AP) - Days before heading to her fourth World Cup, Megan Rapinoe announced Saturday she'll retire at the end of the National Women's Soccer League season. Rapinoe, 38, made the announcement o...
Jul 08, 2023
Airstrike in Sudanese city kills at least 22, officials say, amid fighting between rival generals
CAIRO (AP) - An airstrike in a Sudanese city on Saturday killed at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one of the deadliest air attacks yet in the three months of fighting between the country...
Jul 08, 2023