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'Cookie guy' purchases over 17k Girl Guide cookies from Nanaimo troop
NANAIMO - The region's anonymous "cookie guy" is at it again.For the fourth time in the last two years, the Cedar branch of Girl Guides have benefitted from a sizeable purchase of their cookie invento...
Oct 11, 2021
Canada urged to join allies in tougher China stance after Kovrig, Spavor release
OTTAWA - The aftermath of Canada's long fight with China over the imprisonment of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig has spawned a new challenge: whether to join allies such as the United States and Au...
Oct 11, 2021
3 US-based economists receive economics Nobel Prize
STOCKHOLM (AP) - A Canadian is among the three U.S-based economists awarded the 2021 Nobel prize for economics for work on drawing conclusions from unintended experiments, or so-called "natural experi...
Oct 11, 2021
García, Grandal shine as White Sox beat Astros 12-6 in ALDS
CHICAGO (AP) - Two big swings by pint-sized Leury Garca. A rule-testing run by Yasmani Grandal. Solid relief work from Liam Hendriks and company. Right when the Chicago White Sox got in big trouble, t...
Oct 10, 2021
Swiatek, Murray advance to 3rd round at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif (AP) - Iga Swiatek routed 25th-seeded Veronika Kudermetova 6-1, 6-0 on Sunday to reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open. Andy Murray had to work a lot harder to get there. S...
Oct 10, 2021
Double trouble: Red Sox bounce TB in 13 after odd wall call
BOSTON (AP) - Saved by a bizarre bounce and an obscure ruling, the Boston Red Sox beat Tampa Bay 6-4 Sunday night on a walk-off, two-run homer by Christian Vzquez in the 13th inning to move one victor...
Oct 10, 2021
Canada plays the Reggae Boyz to a scoreless draw in World Cup qualifier
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Canada collected another valuable away point Sunday in a scoreless draw with Jamaica in the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying. The Canadians (1-0-4) remain unbeaten in t...
Oct 10, 2021
Charge dropped in Ontario man's terrorism hoax case: Lawyer
OTTAWA - The lawyer for an Ontario man charged with falsely claiming to have committed terrorist acts says his client is relieved after the charge was withdrawn.Shehroze Chaudhry was arrested and char...
Oct 10, 2021
Canada's Auger-Aliassime out at Indian Wells after dropping match to Ramos-Vinolas
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime has been eliminated from the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Cali., losing 4-6, 2-6 to Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain on Sunday. Auger-Aliassime,...
Oct 10, 2021
Charge dropped in Ontario man's terrorism hoax case: Lawyer
OTTAWA - The lawyer for an Ontario man charged with falsely claiming to have committed terrorist acts says his client is relieved after the charge was withdrawn. Shehroze Chaudhry was arrested and cha...
Oct 10, 2021