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Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime drops first-round match at French Open
PARIS - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the French Open after a first-round loss. The No. 19 seed from Montreal lost 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 to world No. 52 Yoshihito Nishioka at the clay-court Gr...
Sep 28, 2020
Falcons blow another big lead, this time to Foles and Bears
ATLANTA - The Falcons suffered their second straight fourth-quarter collapse after leading by two touchdowns, this time to backup quarterback Nick Foles and the Chicago Bears, who rallied from a 16-po...
Sep 28, 2020
Public skywalk, rooftop garden and returning the clock tower envisioned by new Woodgrove Centre owner
NANAIMO - Condo towers and a public skywalk system connected to a large rooftop garden are just a few development plans at Woodgrove Centre.Vancouver Island's largest shopping centre changed hands rec...
Sep 28, 2020
3 countries to assess new info about 1994 ferry sinking
STOCKHOLM - The governments of Sweden, Finland and Estonia said Monday they will jointly assess what that they called "new significant information" in connection with one of Europe's deadliest peaceti...
Sep 28, 2020
Uber gets back London license after winning court challenge
LONDON - Uber can keep operating in London after the ride-hailing company won a court appeal on Monday against the refusal by transit regulators to renew its license. The U.S. company had challenged T...
Sep 28, 2020
Belarus president sworn in at unannounced inaugural ceremony
KYIV, Ukraine - President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus was sworn in Wednesday to his sixth term in office at an inaugural ceremony that was not announced in advance amid weeks of huge protests of t...
Sep 28, 2020
Childhood lessons, fight with cancer helped John Horgan forge political goals
VICTORIA - An Indigenous leader says John Horgan would often use a joke to ease tensions during difficult times in talks over the future of fish farms between groups with different interests in Britis...
Sep 28, 2020
Second week of British Columbia's election campaign begins
VANCOUVER - The leaders of British Columbia's main political parties spent the weekend focusing on health care promises as the first week of the campaign ended. The NDP's John Horgan promised to push ...
Sep 28, 2020
COVID-19 aid bill, Tory leader O'Toole's speech headline Parliament's first full week
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole and Bloc Quebecois chief Yves-Francois Blanchet are expected to take their seats in the House of Commons this week after being benched due to COVID-19. The tw...
Sep 28, 2020
Childhood lessons, fight with cancer helped John Horgan forge political goals
VICTORIA - An Indigenous leader says John Horgan would often use a joke to ease tensions during difficult times in talks over the future of fish farms between groups with different interests in Britis...
Sep 28, 2020