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Montreal's Diallo advances to French Open second round with upset of Cerundolo
PARIS - Montreal's Gabriel Diallo earned his first ever French Open main-draw win with a 7-5, 6-3 6-4 upset of 18th seed Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina in first-round action Monday. Diallo picked up...
May 26, 2025
Former US Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has died at age 94
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Democratic US Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was also a founding member of the Co...
May 26, 2025
RCMP in Coaldale & Picture Butte to be equipped with body cams
More local police officers are getting body-worn cameras.The Coaldale RCMP, which also serves Picture Butte, will equip its members starting in June 2025.The initiative is part of a nationwide rollout...
May 26, 2025
Judge rules hockey player's text inadmissible at trial of five former teammates
An Ontario judge has rejected prosecutors' final attempt to have a text message sent by a former world junior hockey player admitted as evidence in the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates...
May 26, 2025
Judge rules hockey player's text inadmissible at trial of five former teammates
An Ontario judge has rejected prosecutors' final attempt to have a text message sent by a former world junior hockey player admitted as evidence in the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates...
May 26, 2025
CP NewsAlert: NDP will not be granted official party status: MacKinnon
OTTAWA - Government House leader Steven MacKinnon says the NDP will not be granted official party status because the Parliament of Canada Act says a party needs at least 12 seats to be recognized. The...
May 26, 2025
Lethbridge man wins two national racquetball championships
A local man is returning home with some major hardware.Lethbridge's Coby Iwaasa competed in the Canadian National Racquetball Championships in Burlington, Ontario, on Saturday, May 24, 2025.He, alongs...
May 26, 2025
Marcel Ophuls, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who forced France to face its WWII past, is dead at 97
PARIS (AP) - Marcel Ophuls, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose landmark 1969 documentary "The Sorrow and the Pity" shattered the comforting myth that most of France had resisted the Nazis durin...
May 26, 2025
90% of Alberta's measles cases are in South Zone, standing advisory issued
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is warning of a "widespread" potential exposure risk to measles across all communities in the South Zone.The health agency has issued a standing measles exposure advisory...
May 26, 2025
The Latest: MPs vote on new Speaker as Ottawa prepares to welcome King and Queen
OTTAWA - King Charles and Queen Camilla touch down in Ottawa today to begin their first visit to Canada since the King's coronation two years ago. Parliament also opened Monday and MPs are voting on w...
May 26, 2025