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No US men in Top 30 for 1st time in computer tennis rankings
There are no American men in the ATP's Top 30 for the first time in the nearly half-century of computerized tennis rankings. The highest-ranked man from the U.S., Taylor Fritz, slid one place to No. 3...
May 10, 2021
Toronto Raptor Kyle Lowry receives honorary doctorate from N.S. university
WOLFVILLE, N.S. - Toronto Raptor Kyle Lowry congratulated students for navigating their studies through the COVID-19 pandemic as he received an honorary doctorate from Nova Scotia's Acadia University ...
May 10, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, May 10, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):11:15 a.m.Ontario is reporting 2,716 new cases of COVID-19 today, more than half of them in the Toronto area.Toronto and nearby P...
May 10, 2021
Blake Shelton joins drive to help feed out-of-work musicians
For more than a year now, the state of America's live music industry has been a grim one. The COVID-19 pandemic threw hundreds of thousands of musicians, roadies and other touring industry professiona...
May 10, 2021
Canadian men to face Wales and England in July rugby test matches
The Canadian men's rugby team, which last played in October 2019 at the World Cup in Japan, will return to action in July against tough opposition in Wales and England. The 23rd-ranked Canadians will ...
May 10, 2021
Reversing Trump, US restores transgender health protections
WASHINGTON - The U.S. will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow t...
May 10, 2021
Vancouver Island Crisis Society reports record call volumes
NANAIMO - Phone calls for help coming from all over Vancouver Island soared to a new high, while a non profit agency grapples with how to keep up with demand.Vancouver Island Crisis Society (VICS) exe...
May 10, 2021
UN says 5 migrants drowned; over 700 intercepted off Libya
CAIRO - At least five people, including a woman and a child, drowned when a boat carrying at least 45 Europe-bound migrants capsized off Libya, a U.N. migration official said on Monday. The wreck was ...
May 10, 2021
EU talks up Afghan support as US leaves, security declines
BRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers on Monday debated ways to maintain support for Afghanistan's beleaguered government after a brutal weekend attack on a girls' school underscored deep concer...
May 10, 2021
China to draw 'separation line' on peak of Mount Everest
BEIJING - China will draw a "separation line" atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday. A...
May 10, 2021