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Sports betting roundup: NFL and college football were all about the favourites
The past weekend of football was all about the favourites. The favoured teams went 13-1 straight up and 10-4 against the spread in the NFL. In college football, the three most teams bet at the BetMGM ...
Nov 04, 2024
Musk PAC tells Philadelphia judge the $1 million sweepstakes winners are not chosen by chance
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A lawyer for Elon Musk 's political action committee told a judge in Philadelphia on Monday that so-called "winners" of his $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes in swing states are n...
Nov 04, 2024
AHS makes final Connect Care roll out
Alberta Health Services (AHS) completed its ninth and final launch of Connect Care on Nov. 2, putting more than 11,000 additional staff and physicians at 155 AHS-partner sites and locations onto a com...
Nov 04, 2024
Saints fire coach Dennis Allen after seventh straight loss. Darren Rizzi named interim coach
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Saints fired coach Dennis Allen on Monday, a day after a loss at last-place Carolina extended the Saints' losing streak to seven games - their longest since 1999. "D...
Nov 04, 2024
Saints fire coach Dennis Allen after seventh straight loss. Darren Rizzi named interim coach
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Saints fired coach Dennis Allen on Monday, a day after a loss at last-place Carolina extended the Saints' losing streak to seven games - their longest since 1999. "D...
Nov 04, 2024
'Beam of light that cut through injustice': Tributes for TRC chair Murray Sinclair
WINNIPEG - Murray Sinclair, a former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools, died Monday in Winnipeg. He was 73. Here are some notable tributes to...
Nov 04, 2024
Longtime rivals Ovechkin, Crosby join Necas as NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Washington Capitals left-wing Alex Ovechkin, Carolina Hurricanes centre Martin Necas and Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Ovechkin...
Nov 04, 2024
Harris and Trump make a furious final push before Election Day
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a final spri...
Nov 04, 2024
Supreme Court won't revisit request from four Canadian men held in Syria
OTTAWA - Canada's top court will not reconsider pleas from four Canadian men detained in Syria for a hearing that could open a path to their freedom. Last year the Supreme Court of Canada declined to ...
Nov 04, 2024
The death toll in Lebanon crosses 3,000 in the 13-month Israel-Hezbollah war, Health Ministry says
BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's Health Ministry said more than 3,000 people have been killed during 13 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. At least 13,492 have been injured. Hezbollah began firin...
Nov 04, 2024