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Canadian tennis players ready to start gearing up for the Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - A busy stretch for Canadian tennis starts this weekend with Australian Open players emerging from quarantine. Australian Open qualifier Rebecca Marino of Vancouver kicks things ...
Jan 29, 2021

More than $14,000 in stolen property, drugs seized during south Lethbridge bust
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Four people were arrested following a bust at a residence located near a school in south Lethbridge.Lethbridge Police executed a search warrant at the home in the 1300 block of Hender...
Jan 29, 2021

Pattison Canadian International is included on Woodbine's 2021 thoroughbred schedule
TORONTO - The Pattison Canadian International has been included on Woodbine's 2021 thoroughbred stakes schedule. The turf race was postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but is scheduled to ...
Jan 29, 2021

Trudeau announces suspended flights, mandatory 3-day hotel quarantine for travellers
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced all Canadian travellers returning from overseas will have to take a COVID-19 test at the airport when they land and quarantine in a designated hote...
Jan 29, 2021

2021 Alberta Summer Games cancelled
LETHBRIDGE, AB - After being forced to postpone last summer, the Alberta Summer Games have been cancelled.The event was originally scheduled for July 2020 in Lethbridge but was put on hold due to COVI...
Jan 29, 2021

German financial oversight head out after Wirecard scandal
BERLIN - The head of Germany's financial supervisory authority will leave the job as the agency is reorganized in the aftermath of the accounting scandal at payment systems provider Wirecard, the fina...
Jan 29, 2021

China finance official executed in bribery case
BEIJING - The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company was executed Friday on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a recent corruption case. Lai Xiaomin of ...
Jan 29, 2021

Cicely Tyson paved way for Black actors to follow footsteps
LOS ANGELES - Cicely Tyson was a Black actor who knocked down doors so other women of colour could walk through them. With dignified grace, Tyson strategically selected powerful roles with an intent t...
Jan 29, 2021

Canadian women's speedskating team back on top of podium at World Cup
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canada's women's team pursuit speedskating squad has captured gold at a World Cup for the second week in a row, while the Canadian men's squad earned silver. Ottawa's Ivanie ...
Jan 29, 2021

Police releasing few details after Montreal cop disarmed, injured during traffic stop
Montreal police are releasing little information today after an officer on Thursday was allegedly disarmed and injured following a traffic stop. Police had initially said on Thursday that one of their...
Jan 29, 2021